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Vocabulary – Collocations: DO versus MAKE 2

  • Posted by Ambra
  • Date November 5, 2018
  1. FIXED EXPRESSIONS WITH MAKE OR DO.

To make things even easier for you, here’s a list of collocations with MAKE or DO.

DO MAKE
anything

an assignment

badly

one’s best

a burp

business

chores

a course

a crossword

damage

a dance

the dishes / the washing up

a drawing

one’s duty

everything

an exam

exercise (for instance, running)

an exercise (math exercises)

a fart

a favor / favour

the gardening

good

one’s hair

harm

homework

housework

the ironing

a job

the laundry / the washing

nothing

one’s nails

a painting

paperwork

right (the right thing)

a project

research

the rest

a service

the shopping

something

well

one’s work

one’s worst

wrong (the wrong thing)

 

 

advances

alterations

amends

an announcement

an appointment

arrangements

an attempt

one’s bed

believe

a bet

breakfast

a cake

a call

certain

a change

a choice

clear

a comment

a complaint

a confession

a connection

a cup of coffee / tea

a date

a decision

a demand

a difference

dinner

a discovery

an effort

an error

an escape / one’s escape

an exception

an excuse

a face

faces

famous

a fire

a fool of oneself

fun of someone

a fortune

a friend

a fuss

an impression

inquiries

a joke

a journey

a line

a list

a living

a loss

love

lunch

a mess

one’s mind up

a mistake

money

move

a noise

an observation

an offer

a pass at someone

a phone call

a plan

a point

a prediction

a profit

a promise

a remark

a reservation

room

sales

a scene

sense

a sound

someone rich

someone smile

a sandwich

a speech

a statement

a suggestion

sure

time

trouble

a visit

war

one’s way

 

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