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Many English learners ask, should I say make a mistake or do a mistake?
Take a decision or make a decision?
This is why you need to learn collocations,
the natural word combinations that native English speakers use without thinking.
Learning collocations will help you speak and write more naturally and avoid common mistakes.
So today, we'll learn a hundred useful collocations with four extremely common verbs, make, do, take, and get.
And if you download the free lesson guide, you can see all of them used in example sentences.
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We'll begin with collocations with make.
These collocations often involve creating or producing something, as well as lots of collocations with communication.
So we have make a mistake, make a difference, make a plan, make a wish, make an appointment.
That means to set or establish the time and date of the appointment.
Make money, meaning to earn money from your work.
Make friends, meaning to become friends with people.
Make a decision.