Try this neat tool for finding vocabulary related to a particular theme or lesson. This free online collocations dictionary allows you to search for a word and find many related vocabulary words. It will generate a list of common words found before and after the word, as well as adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, and verbs that often go along with it.
For example, when you search the word "run" it produces the following:
Common Collocations After "run": away, through, down, fast, across...
Adjectives Collocated With "run": record-breaking, practice, winning, long, short...
Adverbs Collocated With "run": fast, quickly, smoothly, late, regularly, efficiently...
Verbs Collocated Before "run": go for, break into, try to...
...and the list continues.
Try it out and see what you find!
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