Collocations

✗ beat a record every time

✓ break a record

✗ give the news to someone first

✓ break the news

✗ take a cold

✓ catch a cold

✗ make a crime

✓ commit a crime

✗ make business

✓ do business

✗ make damage

✓ do damage

✗ make exercise

✓ do exercise

✗ make homework

✓ do homework

✗ make research

✓ do research

✗ make me a favor

✓ do someone a favor

✗ make the dishes

✓ do the dishes

✗ wash the laundry

✓ do the laundry

✗ make the shopping

✓ do the shopping

✗ make your best

✓ do your best

✗ take a conclusion

✓ draw a conclusion

✗ win a baby

✓ have a baby

✗ make a chat

✓ have a chat

✗ make a conversation

✓ have a conversation

✗ see a dream

✓ have a dream

✗ pass a good time

✓ have a good time

✗ be with headache

✓ have a headache

✗ make a look

✓ have a look

✗ make a meeting

✓ have a meeting

✗ make a party

✓ have a party

✗ be with a problem

✓ have a problem

✗ have a doubt

✓ have a question

✗ make a rest

✓ have a rest

✗ make a discussion

✓ have an argument

✗ take an idea

✓ have an idea

✗ take breakfast

✓ have breakfast

✗ make fun

✓ have fun

✗ eat a lunch

✓ have lunch

✗ be with time

✓ have time

✗ save a secret

✓ keep a secret

✗ stay with calm

✓ keep calm

✗ maintain contact informally

✓ keep in touch

✗ lose fat kilos

✓ lose weight

✗ do a decision

✓ make a decision

✗ do a difference

✓ make a difference

✗ do a mess

✓ make a mess

✗ do a mistake

✓ make a mistake

✗ do a call

✓ make a phone call

✗ do a plan

✓ make a plan

✗ do a promise

✓ make a promise

✗ do a reservation

✓ make a reservation

✗ do a wish

✓ make a wish

✗ mark an appointment

✓ make an appointment

✗ do an effort

✓ make an effort

✗ do friends

✓ make friends

✗ win money

✓ make money

✗ do noise

✓ make noise

✗ do progress

✓ make progress

✗ open space

✓ make room

✗ do sense

✓ make sense

✗ do sure

✓ make sure

✗ do the bed

✓ make the bed

✗ lose a chance

✓ miss a chance

✗ lose the bus

✓ miss the bus

✗ make a compliment

✓ pay a compliment

✗ give attention

✓ pay attention

✗ economize money

✓ save money

✗ win time

✓ save time

✗ tell a few words

✓ say a few words

✗ tell a prayer

✓ say a prayer

✗ tell a word

✓ say a word

✗ tell for sure

✓ say for sure

✗ tell goodbye

✓ say goodbye

✗ tell hello

✓ say hello

✗ tell sorry

✓ say sorry

✗ tell thank you

✓ say thank you

✗ pass time with family

✓ spend time

✗ do a break

✓ take a break

✗ make a chance

✓ take a chance

✗ breathe deep one time

✓ take a deep breath

✗ do a nap

✓ take a nap

✗ make a photo

✓ take a photo

✗ do a risk

✓ take a risk

✗ catch a seat

✓ take a seat

✗ make a shower

✓ take a shower

✗ make a test

✓ take a test

✗ make a walk

✓ take a walk

✗ make action

✓ take action

✗ take advantage in

✓ take advantage of

✗ make care

✓ take care

✗ drink medicine

✓ take medicine

✗ make notes in class

✓ take notes

✗ make place

✓ take place

✗ catch the bus every day

✓ take the bus

✗ change turns

✓ take turns

✗ use your time

✓ take your time

✗ say a joke

✓ tell a joke

✗ say a lie

✓ tell a lie

✗ say a secret

✓ tell a secret

✗ say a story

✓ tell a story

✗ say the difference

✓ tell the difference

✗ say the future

✓ tell the future

✗ say the hours

✓ tell the time

✗ say the truth

✓ tell the truth

✗ give a party

✓ throw a party

✗ lose time on it

✓ waste time