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In the English language, collocation refers to a natural combination of words that are closely affiliated with each other. Some examples are "pay attention" ,"fast food", "make an effort", and "powerful engine". Collocations make it easier to avoid overused or ambiguous words like "very", "nice", or "beautiful", by using a pair of words that fits the context better and has a more precise meaning. Skilled users of the language can produce effects such as humor by varying the normal patterns of collocation. This approach is especially popular with poets, journalists and advertisers. Collocations may seem natural to natural writers and speakers, but are not obvious to non-native English speakers. For instance, the adjective "dark" collocates with "chocolate", but not with tea. Compare:〔(What is a collocation? ) englishclub.com〕 Some collocations are fixed, or very strong; for example, "take a photo", where no vocabulary other than ''"take''" collocates with "photo" to give the same sense. Many collocations are more open, where several different words might be used to give the same meaning, as an example ''keep to'' or ''stick to'' the rules.〔(What is a collocation? ) colasula.com〕 ==Compounds and Idioms== Compounds are units of meaning formed with two or more words. The words are usually written separately, but some may have a hyphen or be written as one word. Often the meaning of the compound can be guessed by knowing the meaning of the individual words. It is not always simple to detach collocations and compounds. *car park *post office *narrow minded *shoelaces *teapot Idioms are collection of words in a fixed order that have a sense that cannot be guessed by knowing the meaning of the individual vocabularies. For example: ''pass the buck'' is an idiom meaning "to pass responsibility for a problem to another person to avoid dealing with it oneself".〔(Compounds and Idioms ) busuu.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English collocations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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