English Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds of Collocations in American English Quickly and Easily - Jackie Bolen 2021

Eat in moderation

Tim: I 'm eager for the winter holidays to start. I'm so bored with this project I'm working on. How about you? Any big

Oh yeah, for sure. I'll get together with my extended family and some close But it's highly probable that I'll get called into work. I have difficulty with saying no to double overtime! What are your plans?

Tim: You've got to earn a right? For me, no work but lots of family and friends too. And of course, I'm sure I'll achieve my personal best in the amount of Christmas baking eaten.

Sam: Do your best! That's a big goal. I try to eat in moderation but we all know that'll go out the window with my wife's baking.

Vocabulary

Eager for: Excited about.

Winter holidays: Holidays that are taken during winter, usually around Christmas.

Big plans: Plans that are not usual.

Get together with: See; hang out with.

Extended family: Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Not immediate family.

Close friends: Good friends.

Highly probable: Very likely.

Difficulty with: Finding something or someone hard to deal with.

Earn a living: Make money at a job so that you can pay the bills.

Personal best: The best you've done at a certain task in your entire life.

Christmas baking: Special cakes, cookies, etc. that are made around Christmas.

Eat in moderation: Eat only a small-medium amount of food each day.

Practice

It's almost impossible, but I'm going to try to ... this Christmas.

Let's ... with your parents this weekend.

I'm ... this exam to be finished.

It's ... that the Edmonton Oilers will make the playoffs this year.

There are better ways to ... than what you're doing now I think.

Want to help me with ...?

I'd rather have a few ... than many acquaintances.

Do you have any ... for New Year's Eve?

I have ... sitting still for more than an hour. That's why I don't like movies.

For the ..., my family is going to go on a ski trip.

I couldn't see my ... this year because of Covid-19.

My ... for biking is 27km in one hour.

Answers

eat in moderation

get together with

eager for

highly probable

earn a living

Christmas baking

close friends

big plans

difficulty with

winter holidays

extended family

personal best