War and peace
Exercise 38.4
Use your dictionary to find two more collocations for each of these words.
Answer
Possible answers:
army – an army advances, marches, retreats; to mobilise an army; a victorious army
soldier – veteran soldier; rank-and-file soldier; a wounded soldier; to serve as a soldier
battle – a fierce battle; a battle of words; a battle of wits; to go into battle; to win/lose a battle
weapon – deadly weapon; chemical weapon; biological weapon; to carry a weapon
to fight – to fight bravely; to fight bitterly; to fight hard
peace – to make peace; the peace process; a peace conference; to take part in a peace demonstration
Over to you
Look at the International Peace and Security section of the United Nations website:
http://www.un.org/en/sections/priorities/international-peace-and-security/index.html
Make a note of any interesting collocations that you find there.
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