Collocations

1. Work - Practice
2. Focus has shifted
3. Total Output
4. Some Extent
5. Family Bonds
6. Further apart
7. Easy option
8. Many factors
9. High response rate
10. Immense hard work
11. Eminent Personalities
12. Computer Crashes
13. Machine Breaks
14. Steady Jobs
15. Disciplined Environment
16. Sheer Genious
17. Declined Significantly
18. make fun of us
19. put forward a theory
20. very effective way of reforming
21. they must ensure that
22. in order to avoid discimination
23. strictly speaking
24. arouse someone's interest
25. lead a seminar
26. fundamentally different
27. a lick of paint
28. a team of experts
29. words of wisdom
30. come up with a suggestion
31. adhere to you principles
32. play the stock market
33. making friends 
34. heavy rain
35. getting off a bus
36. of great importance
37. wider range
38. There's no place like home
39. often make mistakes
40. students gain better marks
41. mitigating circumstances/factors
42. Inclement weather was expected - unpleasant weather
43. She has unburn hair. 
44. I felt deliriously happy. (extremely happy)
45. The chairperson has adjourned the meeting/trial.
46. I was waking to and fro.
47. broad agreement, a broad avenue, a broad smile, broad shoulders, a broad accent, a broad hint.
48. picturesque village/town/location
49. draw up a list/contract
• Our lawyer drew up a contract  for us to sign.
50. pass up a chance/an opportunity
• I didn't want to pass up the chance for onshore, so I agreed to work on any technology.
51. withstand pressure/the impact
• The police officer's vest can withstand the impact of a bullet. 
52.  opportunity arise
• An opportunity arose for me to work in the USA.
53. standard slip
• People feel educational standard slipped when the government cut finances.
54. a spate of attacks/thefts.
• There's been a spate of attacks/thefts in our area recently. 
55. a barrage of questions/insults
• The minister had to put up with a barrage of questions/insults from the angry audience
56.  a stoke of luck [sudden, unexpected piece of luck]
• By stroke of luck, I found my keys in the rubbish bin.
57.  a snippet of information.[small information]
• He gave me a snippet of information which is top secret.
58. vain hope
• He waited in the vain hope that minister would meet him 
59.  mounting concern/criticism/fury [growing concern etc]
• There is a mounting concern on the decision.
60. The simple/plain truth is that no one was aware of the problem.
61. The article provides an intensely personal information on writers' relationship with his wife.
62. Joe's sister is a stunninigly attractive woman.
63. failed miserably
• The teenager tried to persuade his mother that he is innocent but he failed miserably.
64. drives recklessely
65. put the past behind you
• Its time you put the past behind you and sterted focusing on future.
66. Shoulder the blame
1. Satyam shoulder the blame for the failure of the project.
67. Face up to the facts
1. You are never going in the swimming. Its time to face up the facts.
68. Head a team
1. Gagan heads a team for Loyalty onshore.