Big, Large, Great, Deep, Strong, or Heavy?

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  Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English podcast,

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  where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.

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  My name is Shayna, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.

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  where you can get online courses and e-books that will help you learn English even faster.

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  Let's get started with today's lesson.

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  Don't say I'll have a big coffee.

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  Say I'll have a large coffee.

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  Don't say it was a large success.

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  Say it was a great success.

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  Don't say I'm in heavy trouble.

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  Say I'm in deep trouble.

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  Why do the first sentences sound strange, but the second ones sound natural?

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  The answer is collocations.

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  Collocations are two or more words that go together naturally,

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  and learning them is essential for making your English sound fluent and natural.

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  Today, we'll learn 50 common English collocations with the words big,

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  great, large, deep, strong, and heavy.

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  These all seem rather similar, but they are used in different combinations of words.

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  You'll definitely want to download today's lesson PDF

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