Everyday Speaking collocations

Natural daily conversations, social chats, and daily routines. Each collocation links to its meaning, an example sentence and usage tips.

• make a decisionto choose what to do after thinking about the possible options
• take a showerto wash your body while standing under running water
• catch a coldto become ill with a cold, a common infection of the nose and throat
• do the dishesto wash the plates, cups and pans after a meal
• have a chatto talk to someone in a friendly, informal way
• have funto enjoy yourself while you are doing something
• make progressto improve or move forward towards a goal
• lose weightto become lighter and thinner, for example by eating less or exercising
• hard worka lot of effort, or a task that needs a lot of effort
• common sensethe natural ability to make good, practical judgements
• all nightduring the whole of a night, from evening until morning