Vocabulary: Collocations & Idiomatic Language (B2) - Lesson 4: Why Some Word Pairs Sound Natural (and others don't)

Lesson 4: Why Some Word Pairs Sound Natural The "Music" of Collocations Have you ever made a sentence that was grammatically perfect, but an English speaker told you, "We don't really say it like that"? Why do we say 'fast food' but not 'quick food'? Why 'heavy rain' but not 'strong rain'? The answer is collocation . This lesson will explore *why* these word partnerships are so important for sounding fluent and natural . Key Vocabulary Collocation (noun) | ការរួមបញ្ចូលគ្នា A group of words that are often used together in a way that sounds natural. Fluent (adjective) | យ៉ាងស្ទាត់ Able to speak a language easily, correctly, and naturally. Natural (adjective) | ធម្មតា Sounding normal and relaxed, as a native speaker would say it. Interchangeable (adjective) | អាចផ្លាស់ប្តូរបាន Able to be exchanged with each other without making a difference. Fixed Phrase (noun phrase) | ឃ្លាថេរ A group of words used as a single unit, where the words rarely change. Reaso…