Find out the words in column ‘B’ which collocate with the words in column ‘A’.

Question

He committed the crime in broad daylight (not bright daylight or narrow darkness).
I had a cup of strong tea (not rich tea).
The fast train is coming (not quick train).

Such words or group of words which habitually occur together and thereby convey meaning by association are called collocations. A collocation is a combination of words in a language that often go together.

Find out the words in column ‘B’ which collocate with the words in column ‘A’.

Column 'A'	Column 'B'
regular	meal
mid day	concept
key	food
fast	exercise
try	decorated
richly	hard
free	jam
traffic	time
social	animal
wild	justice

Short/Brief Note

Solution

regular - exercise
mid day - meal
key - concept
fast - food
try - hard
richly - decorated
free - time
traffic - jam
social - justice
wild - animal

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