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[Collocations #1]
FOCUS: Words that typically go together (as collocations)
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises:

1) Search for "akimbo" in the corpus; which of the following parts of the body collocate with "akimbo"?
hands and feet
arms and thighs
head and toes

2) Does "akimbo" typically have LEFT or RIGHT collocations? (i.e. on which side of "akimbo" do the collocates typically occur)
left
right
both

3) Use the corpus to find out which of the following statements is true?
"naked" is a typical right collocation of "stark"
"fear" is a typical right collocation of "stark"
"off" is a typical right collocation of "stark"

4) According to the corpus results which of the following nouns typically collocates with "asylum"?
applicant
postulant
seeker

5) According to the corpus results is "egg(s)" typically a LEFT or RIGHT collocate of "bacon"?
left
right
either

6) Search for "rancid" in the corpus; which of the following typically collocates with it?
tea
butter
toast

7) According to the corpus results which of the following is NOT found as a collocate of "wounded"? (Sort concordances by LEFT word.)
badly
deadly
mortally

8) Search for "immemorial" in the corpus; which of the following typically occurs as its LEFT collocate? (Sort concordances by LEFT word.)
ages
years
time


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