The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2B - On the tip of my tongue for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press
Question
Look at headings 1-4 in Word Challenge. With a partner, say what they mean.
In pairs, do the exercises in Word Challenge. All the answers have come up in lessons 1A, 1B, and 2A. How many did you get right?
Answer
a)
a collocation = a common combination of words
a phrasal verb = a verb combined with an adverb and / or a preposition to give a new meaning
a synonym = a word or expression that has the same meaning; register = the level or style of language that is appropriate for the situation in which it is being used
an idiom = a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words