Words that naturally go together: heavy rain, make a mess
Learn collocations as fixed phrases
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💡 Collocations are word combinations that native speakers use naturally. They may not follow logical patterns—you need to learn them.
✓There was heavy traffic this morning.
✗There was strong traffic this morning.
Traffic collocates with 'heavy', not 'strong'.
✓I made a mistake on the test.
✗I did a mistake on the test.
Mistake collocates with 'make', not 'do'.
✓She has blonde hair.
✗She has yellow hair.
Hair color uses 'blonde/brown/black', not basic colors.