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Collocations
Collocations mean
Conventional word
Combinations.

We can say "I fully 
understand" . 
but not fully like,
  
I rather like,but not
I rather understand.

I firmly think,but not
I firmly think .

Somebody can be a
heavy smoker or a 
devoted smoker or a 
heavy friend.

Expressions these are
also idiomatic ,In a
sense ,they are easy to
understand ,but not so
easy for a learner to 
produce correctly .One 
can think of many 
adjectives that might be
used a with  smoker to 
say that somebody smokes
a lot .

For example "big,strong,hard
fierce,mad,devoted.It just
happens that English 
speakers have chosen to
use heavy ,and one has
to know this in order
to express the idea 
naturally and correctly.

These conventional 
combinations of words
are called "Collocations".
All languages have large
number of them.
Some more examples.
a crashing bore(not crashing
nuisance).
a burning desire(not blazing
desire).
a blazing row(not burning
row)
highly reliable(not highly old)
a golden opportunity
(not golden chance).
Change one's mind(not change
one's thought).
Thanks a lot(not Thank you a lot).

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