SAMPLE VOCABULARY JOURNAL

SOURCE: PIONEER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENT’S BOOK - MODULE 2A

WORD DIFFERENT MISCELLANEOUS
PARTS COLLOCATIONS
& PARTS (ANTONYM,
OF DEFINITION & EXAMPLE
FREQUENCY OF SYNONYM, SUFFIX,
SPEECH FORMULAIC USE
SPEECH ETC.)
to cause damage to; injure The insurance policy Synonyms: harm, injure
- serious damage damaged (adj)
1 damage *** verb / noun or harm; reduce the value covers the building for
- inflict damage
or usefulness of accidental damage. Antonym: repair
somebody who looks after - park ranger His uncle is a ranger
2 ranger * noun range (v) Synonym: trooper
parks - forest ranger at Yellowstone Park.
Synonyms: get better,
to become fit and healthy - recover from Yates is struggling to
regain, reclaim, restore
3 recover *** verb again after an illness or - recover fully / recover form a serious recovery (n)
injury partially knee injury.
Antonym: worsen
Related: grab, hold
to hold someone or tight
- carry cargo
something using your Do you mind carrying carrier (n)
4 carry *** verb - carry virus
hands, arms, or body and this box for me? Antonym: drop
- carry baby
take them somewhere

to move along the ground We spent an hour

on your hands and knees or -crawl slowly crawling around on Related: wander, stroll
5 crawl * verb -
with your body close to the -crawl about our hands and knees
ground looking for the key.

-abandoned She was raised in a Synonyms: empty, left,

left empty or no longer
6 abandoned ** adj building home for abandoned abandon (v) lonely, isolated
used
- abandoned child children.

Synonym: notice
Hugh was spotted by
to notice someone or -spot a weakness spotted (adj)
7 spot *** verb local police and had
something - spot a mistake spotter (n) Antonym: ignore
to leave quickly.

*** very frequent Frequency, definition, examples and miscellaneous based on http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
** frequent Collocation and Formulaic use based on http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
* less frequent
*** very frequent Frequency, definition, examples and miscellaneous based on http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
** frequent Collocation and Formulaic use based on http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
* less frequent