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What is the difference between phrasal verb and collocation and idiom ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between phrasal verb and collocation and idiom ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition (ex: look around, put on, hang up, write down, look over, etc.)
A collocation is a common pattern of words (ex: make money, do business, have a great time, gentle kindness, social media, etc.)
An idiom is a common phrase that cannot be understood literally; we must understand it's meaning beyond the words (ex: "you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink" means that you can't force someone to do something that he/she doesn't want to do, "I didn't mean to spill the beans...😅" means that I didn't mean to tell someone/everyone a secret I was supposed to keep, etc.)
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A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition (ex: look around, put on, hang up, write down, look over, etc.)
A collocation is a common pattern of words (ex: make money, do business, have a great time, gentle kindness, social media, etc.)
An idiom is a common phrase that cannot be understood literally; we must understand it's meaning beyond the words (ex: "you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink" means that you can't force someone to do something that he/she doesn't want to do, "I didn't mean to spill the beans...😅" means that I didn't mean to tell someone/everyone a secret I was supposed to keep, etc.)
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