Authors: Felicity O’Dell & Michael McCarthy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Level: Advanced (C1–C2)
🔍 What It’s About:
This book helps advanced English learners use natural-sounding word combinations (collocations). It teaches the way words “go together” in real life—something that’s often tricky even for fluent learners.
🧠 Key Features:
- 💬 60 easy-to-follow two-page units:
- Left page: Explanation and examples
- Right page: Practice activities
- 🧾 Focuses on academic, formal, and idiomatic expressions
- ✅ Includes answer key
- 🎓 Based on the Cambridge International Corpus (real-world English usage)
📚 What You’ll Learn:
- Collocations for business, politics, media, and science
- Strong and weak collocations (e.g., “a surge of anger,” “make a decision”)
- How to improve writing, speaking, and exam performance (IELTS, TOEFL, etc.)
- Word partnerships with adjectives, verbs, nouns, and adverbs
🎯 Who It’s For:
- Advanced students (C1–C2)
- Exam takers (IELTS 7.0+, TOEFL 100+, CAE/CPE)
- Writers, professionals, and public speakers who want to sound natural and fluent
✅ Why It’s Great:
- Builds fluency and natural expression
- Helps avoid awkward phrasing or “translation English”
- Great companion to English Vocabulary in Use – Advanced
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