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[Collocations #4]Fill in the gaps with the collocation that most typically occurs in the corpus.The exercise reflects tendencies rather than hard and fast rules.
If more than one word is possible, choose the one that most commonly occurs in the corpus.
(1) You can rely me.(2) The public should put more trust teachers.(3) He was about to a fatal mistake.(4) I can understand your reluctance talk about it.(5) It successfully paved the for other cases.(6) There stood the car, very spick and in the morning sunlight.(7) The case was full of odds and that didn't fit together.(8) Next time I meet him I will beat the daylights out of him.(9) His staff have that sinking that they will never see him again.(10) She pursed her and tossed her head, looking annoyed.
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