{"id":6248,"date":"2026-07-06T23:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/english-collocations-natural-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:05:39","slug":"english-collocations-natural-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/fr\/english-collocations-natural-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"English Collocations: The Hidden Rules That Make You Sound Natural | \u82f1\u6587\u642d\u914d\u8a5e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u672c\u6587\u91cd\u9ede:<\/strong>\u672c\u6587\u6df1\u5165\u89e3\u6790\u82f1\u6587\u642d\u914d\u8a5e(collocations)\u2014\u2014\u4e5f\u5c31\u662f\u6bcd\u8a9e\u4eba\u58eb\u81ea\u7136\u800c\u7136\u8aaa\u51fa\u53e3\u7684\u56fa\u5b9a\u8a5e\u8a9e\u7d44\u5408\u3002\u5c0d\u53f0\u7063\u4e0a\u73ed\u65cf\u8207\u82f1\u6587\u5b78\u7fd2\u8005\u800c\u8a00,\u642d\u914d\u8a5e\u662f\u5f9e\u300c\u6587\u6cd5\u6b63\u78ba\u300d\u9081\u5411\u300c\u807d\u8d77\u4f86\u9053\u5730\u300d\u7684\u95dc\u9375\u3002\u638c\u63e1\u642d\u914d\u8a5e\u80fd\u660e\u986f\u63d0\u5347\u5546\u696d\u82f1\u6587\u3001\u591a\u76ca(TOEIC)\u5beb\u4f5c\u8207\u8077\u5834\u53e3\u8aaa\u7684\u6d41\u66a2\u5ea6\u3002<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can build a sentence where every word is spelled correctly, every verb is conjugated properly, and the grammar is flawless \u2014 and it still sounds wrong to a native speaker. Say &#8220;I did a big mistake&#8221; or &#8220;a heavy rain is falling strongly&#8221; and English ears wince, even though nothing is technically ungrammatical. The problem is not your grammar. It is your collocations \u2014 the invisible partnerships between words that native speakers absorb without ever being taught. For Taiwanese professionals who already have a solid grammar foundation, collocations are usually the missing layer between &#8220;correct&#8221; English and English that actually sounds fluent.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2.jpg\" alt=\"opened notebook\" class=\"wp-image-6242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">opened notebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Exactly Is a Collocation? | \u4ec0\u9ebc\u662f\u642d\u914d\u8a5e?<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_v68FYLrXek?feature=oembed\" title=\"English Collocations: The Hidden Rules That Make You Sound Natural\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A collocation is simply a pair or group of words that habitually go together in a language. English speakers <em>make<\/em> a decision but <em>take<\/em> a photo; they have <em>fort<\/em> coffee but not <em>powerful<\/em> coffee; they run into <em>heavy<\/em> rain, not <em>fort<\/em> rain. None of the alternatives break any grammar rule. They just are not the combinations that English has settled on over centuries of use. This is why collocations (\u642d\u914d\u8a5e) feel so slippery: there is rarely a logical reason behind them. They are conventions, and the only way to know them is to have met them before.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think of collocations as pre-assembled building blocks rather than individual bricks. Fluent speakers do not construct sentences one word at a time; they reach for ready-made chunks \u2014 &#8220;reach a conclusion,&#8221; &#8220;meet a deadline,&#8221; &#8220;pay attention,&#8221; &#8220;take responsibility.&#8221; Research in second-language acquisition suggests that a huge portion of natural speech is built from these fixed and semi-fixed phrases. When you learn English as isolated vocabulary words, you get the bricks but not the blueprints. Collocations are the blueprints.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Word-for-Word Translation Breaks Down | \u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u9010\u5b57\u7ffb\u8b6f\u884c\u4e0d\u901a<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The single biggest source of collocation errors for Taiwanese learners is translating directly from Chinese. In Mandarin you \u958b (open) a light and \u5403 (eat) medicine \u2014 but in English you <em>turn on<\/em> a light and <em>take<\/em> medicine. The Chinese verb maps onto a different English partner, and word-for-word translation quietly imports the wrong pairing. This is closely related to the broader problem of Chinglish (\u4e2d\u5f0f\u82f1\u6587), but collocation errors are subtler: the sentence is grammatical, so spell-checkers and even many teachers let it slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider a few pairs where Chinese and English simply choose different partners:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u300c\u505a\u6c7a\u5b9a\u300d \u2192 not <em>do a decision<\/em> mais <strong>prendre une d\u00e9cision<\/strong><\/li><li>\u300c\u958b\u6703\u300d \u2192 not <em>open a meeting<\/em> mais <strong>have<\/strong> ou <strong>hold a meeting<\/strong><\/li><li>\u300c\u62cd\u7167\u300d \u2192 not <em>make a photo<\/em> mais <strong>take a photo<\/strong><\/li><li>\u300c\u5f88\u5f37\u7684\u5496\u5561\u300d \u2192 not <em>powerful coffee<\/em> mais <strong>strong coffee<\/strong><\/li><li>\u300c\u585e\u8eca\u300d \u2192 not <em>heavy car<\/em> mais <strong>heavy traffic<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lesson is not to memorise a translation table \u2014 it is to stop thinking in single-word swaps altogether. When you learn a new noun, you should also be learning the verbs and adjectives that naturally travel with it. A word learned alone is a word half-learned.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Main Patterns Worth Recognising | \u503c\u5f97\u8a8d\u8b58\u7684\u4e3b\u8981\u642d\u914d\u6a21\u5f0f<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need to memorise grammatical labels to use collocations well, but recognising the common patterns helps you notice them in the wild. Once your ear is tuned to these shapes, you start collecting them automatically from everything you read and hear.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verb + Noun | \u52d5\u8a5e + \u540d\u8a5e<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the pattern that causes the most trouble because Chinese and English so often disagree on the verb. You <em>make<\/em> an effort, <em>do<\/em> the housework, <em>take<\/em> a break, <em>give<\/em> a presentation, <em>reach<\/em> an agreement, and <em>courir<\/em> a business. The noun is usually easy; choosing its correct verb partner is where fluency lives. If you master only one type of collocation for work, make it this one \u2014 it powers almost every sentence in business English (\u5546\u696d\u82f1\u6587).<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjective + Noun | \u5f62\u5bb9\u8a5e + \u540d\u8a5e<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here English picks favourites among near-synonyms. We say a <em>heavy<\/em> smoker (not a big smoker), a <em>fort<\/em> argument (not a powerful argument), <em>deep<\/em> trouble, a <em>key<\/em> factor, and a <em>tight<\/em> deadline. Swap in a synonym from the dictionary and the meaning survives but the naturalness dies.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white photo of a desk and chair\" class=\"wp-image-6243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-4-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A black and white photo of a desk and chair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adverb + Adjective and Verb + Adverb | \u526f\u8a5e\u642d\u914d<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intensifiers are notoriously fussy. We are <em>fully<\/em> aware, <em>deeply<\/em> concerned, <em>bitterly<\/em> disappointed, and <em>highly<\/em> unlikely \u2014 but not <em>strongly<\/em> aware or <em>deeply<\/em> happy. Likewise verbs pair with specific adverbs: we <em>strongly<\/em> recommend, <em>flatly<\/em> refuse, and <em>vaguely<\/em> remember. These pairings carry a lot of the polish in professional writing, which is why they show up constantly in high-scoring TOEIC (\u591a\u76ca) and business emails.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Collocations Trip Up Taiwanese Professionals | \u53f0\u7063\u4e0a\u73ed\u65cf\u5e38\u8e29\u7684\u96f7<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the workplace, collocation slips rarely cause misunderstanding \u2014 they cause a subtle loss of credibility. A colleague writes &#8220;I want to discuss about the project&#8221; (discuss takes no <em>\u00e0 propos<\/em>), or &#8220;Please give me some advices&#8221; (advice is uncountable, and you <em>offer<\/em> ou <em>give<\/em> advice, never advices), or &#8220;We need to do a meeting.&#8221; Each one is understandable, and each one quietly signals &#8220;non-native&#8221; to a client or manager. In competitive professional English, sounding natural is part of sounding competent.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few high-frequency office collocations worth locking in immediately:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>meet a deadline<\/strong> \/ <strong>miss a deadline<\/strong> \u2014 \u8d95\u4e0a \/ \u932f\u904e\u671f\u9650<\/li><li><strong>hold a meeting<\/strong> et <strong>attend a meeting<\/strong> \u2014 \u8209\u884c \/ \u53c3\u52a0\u6703\u8b70<\/li><li><strong>make progress<\/strong> on a task \u2014 \u53d6\u5f97\u9032\u5c55<\/li><li><strong>raise a concern<\/strong> ou <strong>address an issue<\/strong> \u2014 \u63d0\u51fa\u7591\u616e \/ \u8655\u7406\u554f\u984c<\/li><li><strong>reach a consensus<\/strong> \u2014 \u9054\u6210\u5171\u8b58<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5.jpg\" alt=\"smiling man using laptop computer while sitting on black leather sofa\" class=\"wp-image-6244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-5-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">smiling man using laptop computer while sitting on black leather sofa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Actually Learn Collocations So They Stick | \u5982\u4f55\u771f\u6b63\u5b78\u6703\u4e26\u8a18\u4f4f\u642d\u914d\u8a5e<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The worst way to learn collocations is to memorise long lists \u2014 they blur together and vanish within a week. The reason is that collocations are contextual by nature; stripped of context, they lose the very thing that makes them stick. The strategies below all share one principle: learn the pairing inside a real, meaningful sentence, not as an abstract pair.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Record the whole chunk, never the single word | \u8a18\u9304\u6574\u7d44\u8a5e,\u800c\u975e\u55ae\u5b57<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you note a new word, capture its companions. Instead of writing &#8220;decision \u2014 \u6c7a\u5b9a,&#8221; write &#8220;make an important decision.&#8221; Instead of &#8220;deadline,&#8221; write &#8220;meet a tight deadline.&#8221; Over a few months this single habit rewires how you store vocabulary, and your English starts arriving pre-assembled instead of built word by word. A good English tutor (\u82f1\u6587\u5bb6\u6559) will drill this habit relentlessly, because it is the highest-leverage change most intermediate learners can make.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read widely and notice, don&#8217;t just decode | \u5927\u91cf\u95b1\u8b80\u4e26\u7559\u610f\u642d\u914d<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extensive reading is the most reliable long-term source of natural collocations, because you meet each pairing dozens of times in genuine context until it feels inevitable. The trick is to read actively: when a phrase sounds satisfying, pause and ask why those two words chose each other. News articles, well-edited blogs, and business writing are goldmines. The same applies to learning from film and TV \u2014 noticing the chunks characters actually use trains your ear far faster than word lists.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6.jpg\" alt=\"Fountain pen and a notebook\" class=\"wp-image-6245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-6-600x451.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fountain pen and a notebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use a collocation dictionary, not a bilingual one | \u5584\u7528\u642d\u914d\u8a5e\u8fad\u5178<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bilingual dictionary tells you what a word means; a collocation dictionary tells you what it does. Free tools such as the Cambridge Dictionary and the Oxford Collocations Dictionary let you type a noun like &#8220;decision&#8221; and see every verb, adjective, and preposition that naturally attaches to it. Before you send an important email in English, spend thirty seconds checking that your verb and noun genuinely belong together. This one habit will catch the vast majority of Chinglish-style pairings before they reach a client.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise in output, not just input | \u4e3b\u52d5\u8f38\u51fa,\u800c\u4e0d\u53ea\u662f\u8f38\u5165<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recognising a collocation when you read it is easy; producing it under pressure in a meeting is the real test. After you collect a batch of new pairings, force yourself to use them \u2014 write three sentences about your actual work, or slip them into your next email. Spaced repetition helps here: revisit your collocation notes after a day, a week, and a month, always inside a fresh sentence. Retrieval, not re-reading, is what moves a phrase from your notebook into your mouth.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collocations, the TOEIC, and Career English | \u642d\u914d\u8a5e\u3001\u591a\u76ca\u8207\u8077\u5834\u82f1\u6587<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are preparing for the TOEIC (\u591a\u76ca\u6e96\u5099), collocations quietly determine a large share of your score. The reading section&#8217;s incomplete-sentence questions are frequently collocation tests in disguise: four grammatically possible words, only one of which naturally partners the surrounding phrase. Test-takers who study isolated vocabulary get stuck between plausible options; those who have internalised collocations simply hear which word belongs. The same instinct that helps you pick &#8220;meet a deadline&#8221; over &#8220;reach a deadline&#8221; on the exam is exactly what makes your workplace English sound native.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7.jpg\" alt=\"person writing on white paper\" class=\"wp-image-6246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-7-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">person writing on white paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the quiet payoff of taking collocations seriously. Grammar gets you understood; collocations get you respected. For a Taiwanese professional competing for international clients, promotions, or overseas roles, the difference between &#8220;technically correct&#8221; and &#8220;effortlessly natural&#8221; is often the difference between being tolerated and being trusted. And unlike grammar, which you largely finish learning, collocations are a lifelong collection you keep adding to \u2014 every article, meeting, and film is another chance to gather a few more.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start Collecting Today | \u5f9e\u4eca\u5929\u958b\u59cb\u8490\u96c6<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need to overhaul your study routine to benefit from this. Starting today, change one small habit: whenever you meet a useful English word, refuse to learn it alone. Ask what verbs, adjectives, and prepositions travel with it, write the whole chunk in a real sentence, and use it within a day. Do this consistently and, within a few months, your English will stop sounding translated and start sounding lived-in. That is the moment fluency quietly arrives \u2014 not when you know more words, but when you finally know which words belong together.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8.jpg\" alt=\"Language Apps Words\" class=\"wp-image-6247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/english-collocations-natural-guide-8-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Language Apps Words<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources | \u53c3\u8003\u8cc7\u6599<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dictionnaire de Cambridge<\/a> \u2014 check natural word partners and example sentences<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conseil britannique<\/a> \u2014 ESL learning resources and grammar guidance<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia: Collocation<\/a> \u2014 linguistic overview of collocation types<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=english+collocations+in+use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Collocations in Use (Amazon search)<\/a> \u2014 popular self-study workbooks<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collocations are the word partnerships that make English sound natural. Learn what they are, why translation breaks them, and how Taiwanese professionals can master 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