#3 Collocation
slur
1. slur something
speech to pronounce words in a way that is not clear so that they run into each other, usually because you are drunk or tired .
ex: She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred.
2. slur something(music)
to play or sing a group of two or more musical notes so that each one runs smoothly into the next.
3. slur somebody/something to harm somebody's reputation by making unfair or false statements about them.
4.yell + slur
The suspect, who was on a bike, opened his hand while passing and struck the victim in the face, then yelled antisemitic slurs.
ex: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
4. rather + clumsy
But because of her rather clumsy and naive personality, she is often scolded.
It looked rather clumsy but, when I swung it, it felt quite light.
War is a grim business.
2. looking or sounding very serious
ex1: a grim face/look/ smile
ex2: She looked grim.
ex3: with a look grim determination on his face
3. situation + grim
It was bitterly cold and their situation was grim.
2. any of various electronic, sometimes portable consoles or modules, usually computerized, for creating modifying, and combining tones or reproducing the sounds of musical instruments by controlling voltage patterns, operated by means of key boards, joysticks, sliders, or knobs.
3. feature + synthesizer
However, recent adult contemporary music may usually feature synthesizers.
2. something that is radiated
3. emit + radiation
So black holes ought to emit radiation.
sources from
Dictionary.com, SkELL&Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ex: She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred.
2. slur something(music)
to play or sing a group of two or more musical notes so that each one runs smoothly into the next.
3. slur somebody/something to harm somebody's reputation by making unfair or false statements about them.
4.yell + slur
The suspect, who was on a bike, opened his hand while passing and struck the victim in the face, then yelled antisemitic slurs.
clumsy
1. awkward in movement or action; without skill or graceex: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
4. rather + clumsy
But because of her rather clumsy and naive personality, she is often scolded.
It looked rather clumsy but, when I swung it, it felt quite light.
grim
1. fierce, savage, or cruelWar is a grim business.
2. looking or sounding very serious
ex1: a grim face/look/ smile
ex2: She looked grim.
ex3: with a look grim determination on his face
3. situation + grim
It was bitterly cold and their situation was grim.
synthesizer
1. a person or thing that synthesizes.2. any of various electronic, sometimes portable consoles or modules, usually computerized, for creating modifying, and combining tones or reproducing the sounds of musical instruments by controlling voltage patterns, operated by means of key boards, joysticks, sliders, or knobs.
3. feature + synthesizer
However, recent adult contemporary music may usually feature synthesizers.
radiation
1. the act or process of radiating2. something that is radiated
3. emit + radiation
So black holes ought to emit radiation.
sources from
Dictionary.com, SkELL&Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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