CoLLocATiOn

It's actually very important and useful to learn collocations and phrases when you are learning new vocabulary or listening to a conversation. It helps you know how to use the words correctly. on top of that, once you learn them by heart, they can help you speak more fluently.

Collocations and phrase:

• mow the lawn
  you can't mow the lawn if it's wet. 
• mow sb down
  three people were mown down this afternoon when a drunken driver lost control of his car.
• come on in
  Come on in! we're just about to start dinner.
• at the moment: now
  I'm afraid she's not here at the moment
• for the moment:
  if you're doing sth for the moment, you are doing it now, but might do sth different in the future.
  Let's carry on with what we agreed for the moment.
• at the stage
  a part of an activity or a period of developement
  her youngest child is at the stage where she can say individual words but not full sentences.
• at the weekend / at weekends
  what did you do at the weekend?
  we usually go windsurfing at weekends.
• at the end of the day
  something that you say before you give the most important fact of a situation
  Of course I'll listen to what she has to say but at the end of the day, it's my decision.
• at times: sometimes
  you can be really annoying at times.
• at lunchtime
  are you free at lunchtime?
• at the age of
  in theory, women can have children at the age of 50. 
• at interals
  the bells ring at regular intervals through the day.
• in the first place: at the beginning
  the trousers shank when I washed them, but they weren't really big in the first place.
  Thankfully, he wasn't hurt, but he never should've been there in the first place. 
• in the media
  the issue has been much discussed in the media
• in a bit
  see you in a bit.
• Hello there
• after you
• a wide range of 
  she's got a wide rang of vocabulary.
• up and down
• dog walk
• sea level
  the top of Mount Everest is 8848 m above sea level.
• humble lunch