communication

contents:

1-How TO BE good communicator:

2-HOW TO communicate effectively:

                                       TO BE CONTINUED soon….

2 Collocations and Set Phrases

 

A/an

Have a … take a …

Have a drink/ have a bite/ have a laugh/ have a look/ take a look

Have a go/ have a talk/ have a say/ have a try/ have a ride

Have a walk/ take a walk/ have a rest/ take a rest

A few/ a little/ a lot (of)

A kilo/ a meter/ a dozen etc

A coffee/ a fruit juice/ a Coke etc

A hundred/ a thousand/ a million etc

A year/ a week/ an hour etc

 

All

all say/ night/ morning/ afternoon/ evening etc.

all summer/ winter etc.

all day long/ all night long/ all summer long etc.

all year round

all the time= continually

for all time=for ever

(Not) … at all= in any way

by all means (for giving permission)

all in all (for summing up)

all of a sudden = suddenly

for all = despite

for all I/ we know (to say that something may be true, but it’s not important)

first of all..(to emphasize what comes first)

after all (to say that something happens in spite of what has been said/done)

 

 

am/ is/ are

Be+done/ made/ called/ put/ given/ taken/ used/ told

Laundry is done on holidays

It is made here

He is called ‘Raju’

It is put on the top of cupboard

It is kept all the time here

It is given to all

It taken from here

It used for all purposes

are you(still) there? (when you are talking on the phone)

where are you (frequently asked on mobile phones)

where are you from? (to ask nationality, home town)

what’s it called in Spanish/ English/ French?

 

And

And so on/ and stuff/ and everything (for expanding a category)

And/ or…(to say that two things, or only one of them, can exist or may happen)

‘Go + and’

go and see / go and get/ go and have/ go and make/ go and buy

‘come + and’

come and get/ come and see/ come and sit/ come and say/ come and have

come and help/ come and stay

‘try + and’

try and get/ try and find/ try and remember/ try and do/ try and make/

nice and …..

good and … (to add some positive emphasis)

and follows a hundred – a hundred and ten

 

 

Any

‘any’ is used in negative and interrogative sentences and in ‘if’ clauses

never any = I never have any nice teachers

hardly any= I have hardly any blue shirts

seldom any= I seldom see any horror movies

rarely any = I have rarely gone to any movie alone

not any good/ use (to say something is not good or useful)

in any case/ in any event = whatever the situation is or may be

‘at any rate’ (to say that at least one thing about the situation is true)

by any chance ( to find out if something is true)

 

As

as for … (to change to another subject)

such as … = for example

as yet = until now

as it is/ as it was… ( to say what the real situation is or was)

serve as

use something as

be known as

be regarded as

be seen as

be considered as

be defined as

often to introduce clauses which point forward or back in written English

As we have seen, the best method of preventing…

As shown in the diagram …

As we shall see in chapter 3 ….

 

 

Ask

Ask a question / ask questions

Ask permission

Ask my opinion

Ask the way/ the time/ the price

Ask a favour/ ask some advice

‘…if you ask me’ (to show that you are stating a strong opinion

‘may I ask? (a polite, formal way of asking a question)

‘if you don’t mind my/me asking’ (to ask about a sensitive topic)

‘don’t ask’ (to say, informally, that you don’t want to answer the question)

‘don’t ask me’ (to say, often with irritation, that you don’t know the answer)

 

At

At the beginning, at the end, at the top, at the bottom

At home, at work, at school, at university, etc

At the doctor’s / at the hairdresser’s / at the drycleaner’s

At the bank/ at the station/ at the post office

At a party/ at a meeting/ at a meeting/ at a concert/ at a wedding

At dawn/ at dusk/ at sunrise/ at sunset/ at noon/ at midnight/ at night

Look at

laugh at

stare at

smile at

get at

be aimed at

 

At (long) last = eventually

At once= immediately, or, at the same time

At least.. (to say that something is the minimum or that can be done)

At the moment/ at present = now

At its/ his/ her etc best= in its/ his/ her best state

‘While you’re at it’ (to tell that someone should do something while he is at some other work) 

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