What is a collocation? A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just sound "wrong". Look at these examples: Natural English... | Unnatural English... | the fast train fast food | the quick train quick food | a quick shower a quick meal | a fast shower a fast meal | Why learn collocations? * Your language will be
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wisdom and justice. Seth, the god of evil. Thoth, the god of wisdom and Nephthys the protectress of the dead. Atum’s children had got lost so he sent his all- seeing eye out to find them and when they came back he was so happy he cried tears of joy and when the tears hit the earth, they became the first men. The Zulu myth long ago before man or any animals it was just darkness and a large seed. They seed fell into the earth and long weeds began growing which were called Uthlanga, which is the source
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year. Maybe not every minute of every day but at least once a day, something reminds me of the sacrifices that others have made on my behalf. I'm not a weepy or sentimental person by nature but over the last 10 years or so, I've cried a million tears in the names of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that I don't even know. It doesn't take much. A news article, a Facebook video, a song on the radio... all of these bring to mind a picture of courage, honor, commitment and sacrifice, things
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EGYPTIAN CREATION Nu was the name of the dark, swirling chaos before the beginning of time. Out of these waters rose Atum; he created himself using his thoughts and the sheer force of his will. He created a hill, for there was nowhere he could stand. Atum was alone in the world. He was neither male nor female, and he had one all-seeing eye that could roam the universe. He joined with his shadow to produce a son and a daughter. Atum gave birth to his son by spitting him out. He named him Shu
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Nu was the name of the dark, swirling chaos before the beginning of time. Out of these waters rose Atum; he created himself using his thoughts and the sheer force of his will. He created a hill, for there was nowhere he could stand. Atum was alone in the world. He was neither male nor female, and he had one all-seeing eye that could roam the universe. He joined with his shadow to produce a son and a daughter. Atum gave birth to his son by spitting him out. He named him Shu and made him god of
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events and announced my wedding engagement party. My girlfriend could not hold her joy as tears ran down her face and she nodded her head in approval. She quickly excused herself and gave her mom a quick call announcing to her family that she had been engaged to me. Her family was happy and gave their support. Friends and family were thankful for our engagement after ten years of our dating. Out of joy and excitement, a wedding committee was formed by colleagues with my mom appointed
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FRET- Intro: D-G-A-A7 D G All that I am, all that I have A Em D I lay them down before You, o Lord Bm G All my regrets, all my acclaim Em D G Em--A the joy and the pain I'm making them Yours CHORUS: D Bm Lord, I offer my life to You Gm Em D Everything I've been through G A Use it for Your glory D Bm Lord, I offer my days
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Before I start my recount of one of the happiest moment of my life, I would like to give you a background of the lead characters of my story, my grandparents. They have been married for years, have 4 children, and 9 grandchildren in total. Their marriage, like any another marriages, has not been perfect. My eyes have witnessed them fighting so much that I could keep count of their fights in one hand, with a calculator. I literally grew up with my grandparents as my guardian since my mom used to
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Waking up not knowing where I was or what was going on. Only to see my mother and father in tears along with my sisters, I will never forget the look on each one of their faces till the day I die and long after. Sheer disappointment and fear is all I could see in their eyes. As I slowly started to regain my consciousness I began to realize what was going on. I was in a hospital bed, IV syringes and defibrillator patches all over my body. I was in the 10th grade, I was on top of the world. Perfect
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“Kenji” by Fort Minor In the song “Kenji”, Mike Shinoda, of Fort Minor, describes the difficulties his family and others experienced, being Japanese, in the United States during World War II, a sad and often marginalized time in American history. The main character in the song, Kenji, awakens one day to the news of Pearl Harbor. His family is whisked away and thrown into internment camps with other Japanese-Americans for years during the war. Between 110,000 and 120,000 Japanese-Americans on
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