Module 14: Verb Collocations

LETTER B

🌏 Become pregnant (Verb)

🇬🇧 To feel pregnant.
🇲🇨 Sedang hamil.
📖 She gave up smoking when became pregnant.

🌏 Become involved (Verb)

🇬🇧 To feel involved.
🇲🇨 Terlibat.
📖 I would like to become involved in raising money for charity.

🌏 Become depressed (Verb)

🇬🇧 To feel depressed.
🇲🇨 Mengalami depresi.
📖 He became depressed after his wife’s death.

🌏 Become famous (Verb)

🇬🇧 To be famous.
🇲🇨 Menjadi terkenal.
📖 Our local baker’s has become famous for its apple tarts.

 

LETTER D

🌏 Do your best (Verb)

🇬🇧 To make the greatest effort possible.

🇲🇨 Melakukan upaya semaksimal mungkin.

📖 All that matters in the exam is to do your best.  


🌏 Do damage (Verb)

🇬🇧 To cause harm or injury to something

🇲🇨 Menyebabkan kerusakan atau cedera pada sesuatu.

📖 The storm did some damage to our roof.

🌏 Do an experiment (Verb)

🇬🇧 To test something.

🇲🇨 Menguji sesuatu.

📖 We are doing an experiment to test how the metal reacts with water.


🌏 Do exercises (Verb)

🇬🇧 To practice or train something

🇲🇨 Berlatih sesuatu 

📖 We will do some exercises practising these collocations tomorrow. 


🌏 Do someone a good turn / do someone a favour (Verb)

🇬🇧 To do something kind that helps someone else.

🇲🇨 Melakukan sesuatu baik yang menolong orang lain.  

📖 Could you do me a favour and pick me up some milk from the supermarket? 

🌏 Do harm (Verb)

🇬🇧 To be damaging and not helpful.

🇲🇨 Merusak dan tidak membantu.

📖 Changing the rules may do more harm than good.

 

 

🌏 Do your hair (Verb)

🇬🇧 Styling your hair

🇲🇨 Menata rambut.

📖 No, I am not ready, I have not done my hair yet.

🌏 Do your homework (Verb)

🇬🇧 To study a subject or situation carefully so that you know a lot about it and can deal with it successfully.

🇲🇨 Mengerjakan tugas sekolah.

📖 My son has to do his homework straight after school.

🌏 Do the ironing/shopping/washing, etc. (Verb)

🇬🇧 To do activities.

🇲🇨 Menyetrika, berbelanja, mencuci dan lain-lain.

📖 I will do the washing if you do the ironing.

🌏 Do some work (Verb)

🇬🇧 To do responsibilities.

🇲🇨 Mengerjakan tanggung jawab.

📖 We will do some work on our project and then we will go to the cinema.

 

 

 

LETTER G

🌏 Go mad (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become mentally ill.
🇲🇨 Menjadi buruk.
📖 Sometimes I think the whole world has gone mad!


🌏 Go bald (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become bald.
🇲🇨 Menjadi botak.
📖 Anton was the first among my friends to go bald.


🌏 Go grey (Verb)

🇬🇧 To grey hair.
🇲🇨 Beruban.
📖 Their hair goes grey hairs when they are 35 years old.


🌏 Go blind (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become unable to see.
🇲🇨 Menjadi buta.
📖 She went blind at age 67.

🌏 Go deaf (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become unable to hear.
🇲🇨 Mengalami kecelakaan.
📖 A disease that caused her to go deaf.

🌏 Go red (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become red.
🇲🇨 Menjadi merah.
📖 He was very embarrassed and his face went red.

🌏 Go dark (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become dark.
🇲🇨 Menjadi hitam.
📖 Suddenly the sky went very dark and it started to rain.

🌏 Go yellow (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become yellow.
🇲🇨 Menjadi kuning.
📖 The pages of the book had gone yellow over the years.

 

LETTER H

🌏 Have an accident (Verb)

🇬🇧 To get an accident.

🇲🇨 Mengalami kecelakaan.
📖 Mr John had an accident last night but he is OK now.


🌏 Have an argument/ a row (Verb)

🇬🇧 To debate.

🇲🇨 Berselisih.
📖 We had an argument / a row about how to fix the car.


🌏 Have a break (Verb)

🇬🇧 To take rest.

🇲🇨 Beristirahat.
📖 Let us have a break when you finish this exercise.


🌏 Have a conversation/chat (Verb)

🇬🇧 To talk.

🇲🇨 Berbicara.
📖 I hope we will have time to have a chat after the meeting.


🌏 Have difficulty (Verb)

🇬🇧 To get difficulty.

🇲🇨 Mengalami kesulitan.
📖 The class had difficulty understanding what to do.


🌏 Have a dream / nightmare (Verb)

🇬🇧 To experience bad ream.

🇲🇨 Mengalami mimpi buruk.
📖 I had a nightmare last night.


🌏 Have an experience (Verb)

🇬🇧 To experience bad ream.

🇲🇨 Mempunyai pengalaman.
📖 I had a frightening experience the other day.

🌏 Have a feeling (Verb)

🇬🇧 To get feeling.

🇲🇨 Memiliki perasaan.  
📖 I have a feeling that something is wrong.  


🌏 Have fun / a good time (Verb)

🇬🇧 To be happy.

🇲🇨 Bersenang-senang. 
📖 I am sure you will have fun on the school trip.  


🌏 Have a look (Verb)

🇬🇧 To look at.

🇲🇨 Melihat. 
📖 The manager wanted to have a look at what we were doing.


🌏 Have a party (Verb)

🇬🇧 To celebarate.

🇲🇨 Berpesta.   
📖 Let us have a party at the end of term.


🌏 Have a problem / problems (Verb)

🇬🇧 To get problem.

🇲🇨 Mempunyai masalah.  
📖 Ask the teacher if you have problems with the exercise.       

🌏 Have a try / go (Verb)

🇬🇧 To try.

🇲🇨 Mencoba.  
📖 I will explain what to do and then you can have a go/try.       

LETTER M

🌏 Make arrangements for (Verb)

🇬🇧 To make something for someone.

🇲🇨 Membuat kesepakatan untuk.
📖 The school can make arrangements for pupils with special needs.


🌏 Make change / changes (Verb)

🇬🇧 To make or do something different.

🇲🇨 Membuat atau melakukan sesuatu perbedaan.
📖 The new manager is planning to make some changes.

🌏 Make choice (Verb)

🇬🇧 To choose.

🇲🇨 Memilih.
📖 Junior had to make a choice between his career and her family.

🌏 Make a comment / comments (Verb)

🇬🇧 To give opinion.

🇲🇨 Memberikan pendapat.
📖 Would anyone like to make any comments on the talk?

🌏 Make a contribution to (Verb)

🇬🇧 To give positive impacts.

🇲🇨 Memberikan dampak positif.
📖 She made a useful contribution to the discussion.  

🌏 Make a decision (Verb)

🇬🇧 To make a choice.

🇲🇨 Menentukan pilihan.
📖 I am so glad it is you who has to make the decision, not me. 


🌏 Make an effort (Verb)

🇬🇧 To struggle.

🇲🇨 Berjuang.
📖 Junior is really making an effort with his math this term. 

 

 

🌏 Make an excuse (Verb)

🇬🇧 To ask permission.

🇲🇨 Meminta izin.
📖 I am so tired to go out tonight. Let us make an excuse and stay at home. 


🌏 Make friends (Verb)

🇬🇧 Be friends.

🇲🇨 Pandai Berteman.
📖 Junior is very good at making friends.   


🌏 Make an improvement (Verb)

🇬🇧 To fix.

🇲🇨 Melakukan Perbaikan.
📖 Repainting the room has really made an improvement.  

🌏 Make a mistake (Verb)

🇬🇧 To be wrong.

🇲🇨 Melakukan kesalahan.
📖 They have made a mistake in our bill.  

🌏 Make a phone call (Verb)

🇬🇧 To call someone.

🇲🇨 Menelpon seseorang
📖 I have got to make some phone calls before dinner.    


🌏 Make progress (Verb)

🇬🇧 To improve.

🇲🇨 Bertumbuh.
📖 Holly is making progress with all her schoolwork.

🌏 Make up your mind (Verb)

🇬🇧 To make a decision.

🇲🇨 Membuat keputusan.
📖 There are many business courses. I could not make up my mind which course to follow.


🌏 Make time for (Verb)

🇬🇧 To arrange your schedule for doing something or being with someone.

🇲🇨 Menyusun agenda kegiatan.
📖 You need to make time for regular exercise.

 

LETTER P

🌏 Pay attention (Verb)

🇬🇧 To regard.
🇲🇨 Memperhatikan.
📖 You must have paid attention to the teacher.

🌏 Pay a compliment (Verb)

🇬🇧 To give praise.
🇲🇨 Memberikan pujian.
📖 I was trying to pay a compliment but she misunderstood.

🌏 Pay your (last) respects (Verb)

🇬🇧 To give honor.
🇲🇨 Memberikan pujian.
📖 At a funeral people pay their last respects to the person who has died.


🌏 Pay tribute (formal) (Verb)

🇬🇧 To give honor.
🇲🇨 Berikan penghormatan.
📖 When Jack retired, his boss made a speech paying tribute to all he had 

done for the company.


🌏 Pay through the nose (Verb)

🇬🇧 To pay too much for something.
🇲🇨 Bayar dengan harga mahal.
📖 He paid through the nose to get the car fixed.

 

 

 

 

LETTER T

🌏 Take a holiday (Verb)

🇬🇧 To be on vacation.

🇲🇨 Mengambil liburan.
📖 We are so glad we decided to take a holiday here.


🌏 Take a trip (Verb)

🇬🇧 To travel.

🇲🇨 Melakukan perjalanan.
📖 Yesterday, we took a trip to the mountains.


🌏 Take a train (Verb)

🇬🇧 To ride a train.

🇲🇨 Naik kereta api.
📖 First we took a train to a little town.


🌏 Take a bus (Verb)

🇬🇧 To ride a bus.

🇲🇨 Naik bus.
📖 And then we took a bus going to various villages. 


🌏 Take a liking to (Verb)

🇬🇧 To like.

🇲🇨 Menyukai.
📖 And got off when saw one that we took a liking to.


🌏 Take a risk (Verb)

🇬🇧 To find a risk.

🇲🇨 Mengalami masalah.
📖 Of course, we were taking a risk as we did not know exactly what we would find there.


🌏 Take an interest (Verb)

🇬🇧 To interest.

🇲🇨 Tertarik.
📖 Some kids took an interest in us and showed us some great places.


🌏 Take photos (Verb)

🇬🇧 Take pictures.

🇲🇨 Ambil gambar.
📖 We took a lot of photos.


🌏 Take a chance (Verb)

🇬🇧 To try opportunity.

🇲🇨 Mengambil kesempatan.
📖 I would take a change and leave if I were you.

🌏 Take a dislike to (Verb)

🇬🇧 To dislike someone.

🇲🇨 Tidak menyukai seseorang.
📖 No point in staying somewhere where the boss has taken a dislike to you.


🌏 Take advantage of (Verb)

🇬🇧 To utilize.

🇲🇨 Memanfaatkan.
📖 Take advantage of being in London – there are always plenty of jobs there.

🌏 Take action (Verb)

🇬🇧 To do something.

🇲🇨 Melakukan sesuatu.
📖 You will soon find something else, so take action, that is my advice.

 

 

🌏 Turn gold (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become gold.
🇲🇨 Menjadi warna emas.
📖 The sky turned gold as the sun set.

🌏 Turn red (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become red.
🇲🇨 Menjadi merah
📖 When the tomatoes turn red, the farmers pick them and sell them.

🌏 Turn white (Verb)

🇬🇧 To become white.
🇲🇨 Menjadi putih.
📖 The news gave his mother such a shock that her hair turned white overnight.