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Collocations quest – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison – page 59


Part 1: Vocabulary Research


Word + context

Explanation

→ Example

Translation

preside (over something)

to exercise guidance, direction, or control;

to occupy the place of authority


→ He presides over the throne.

Etw. vorsitzen

to avalanche

(snow)

a large amount of snow and ice or of dirt and rocks that slides suddenly down the side of a mountain


→ Skiing here is dangerous, because of avalanching snow.

Als Lawine herabstuertzen

gelid (thoughts)

extremely cold


→ His mood grew gelid as he saw the traitor.

eisig

eddy(in darkness)

circular movement of air or water


→ The boat was caught in a powerful eddy.

Wasserstrudel;

Gegenstroemung;

Sog;

to rake

to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake


I have to rake the leaves into a pile.

raechen

stewed prunes

(food)

a dried plum that is often cooked before it is eaten


→ My granny only gives me stewed prunes when I'm hungry.

Getrocknete Pflaume

dull chafe


to become irritated or annoyed : to feel impatient ;

to cause soreness or damage by rubbing against something (such as your skin)

→ When the strap is too tight, it chafes the baby's skin.

Scheuern;

wund werden

Part 2: Focus on Collocations


a) Nouns


a cliff of snow


  • fell down a cliff → On the left the slope broke off and fell down a cliff to the river

  • chucking someone off cliffs → 'Crawling down holes, or chucking yourself off cliffs ?

  • The cliff path → They walked up the steep cliff path.


the proper distribution


  • upgrading the distribution → We are constantly upgrading our distribution network to ensure that the right product is delivered to the right customer at the right time

  • extent distribution → Guinness has a long history in the African continent and has progressively extended its distribution in the last 30 years

  • control distribution → But gravity is not the only factor controlling the distribution and movement of water in rock or soil


… splintered the knot into silver threads


  • hang by a thread → All their lives were hanging by a thread.

  • lose the thread → I've lost my thread.

  • held together by a thin thread → My life was held together only by a thin thread after the accident.


by our standards


  • to maintain standards → We try to maintain out high standards.

  • To set standards → We want to set high social standards throughout the Community to improve the neighbourhood.

  • To enforce standards → The police failed to enforce the standards set by Congress.


… he gives us instructions about


  • execute instructions → Our lawyers will execute theirs clients instructions.

  • step-by-step instructions → The manual has some clear step-by-step instructions.

  • obey instructions → The students had to obey the teachers instructions.



…. stiffened itself into a hateful knot


  • tight knot → Her stomach twisted into a tight knot

  • tangled knot → All his words only were a tangled knot of sounds to her.

  • loosened knot → The picture hang from a loosened knot and ultimately fell down.


… hiding currents of gelid thoughts


  • second thoughts → She had seconds thoughts about her wedding.

  • negative thoughts → Negative thoughts will lead to negative outcome.

  • innermost thoughts → He revealed his innermost thoughts to him.


… braided into lynch ropes


  • twisted ropes → The handle looked like twisted ropes.

  • thick ropes → The thick wire ropes hold the bridge.

  • heavy ropes → The sailor tied the heavy rope in a nonchalant manner.

slippery lumps of oatmeal


  • featureless lumps → Her food always looked like featureless lumps.

  • itchy lumps → I have itchy lumps from all the insects here.


    a cheaper version of


    • original version → The software only runs with the original version of the browser.

    • edited version → This is an edited version of the interview.

    • alternative version → We are currently working on an alternative version of the product to avoid plastic production.


    c) Verb-noun / adverb-verb


    … he worked night and day


    • to work tirelessly → I worked tirelessly this summer to save for an oversee trip.

    • to work closely with → We now work closely together with the art department.

    • to work wonders → The new treatment worked wonders on my wound.


    swaddle in comfort


    • to swaddle tightly → She swaddled the baby tightly.

    • to swaddle a bandage → He swaddled the wound with a bandage.

    • to swaddled in lace → She wore an expensive evening gown, which swaddled her in lace.



    • to long for something desperately → With every part of her soul she longed desperately for her wife.

    • to long for unity → The people long for unity among the parties.

    • to long for a drink → After all the hard work the refuse collector longed for a drink.


    Winter tightened our heads …


    • to tighten the grip → He tightened his grip after hearing the bad news.

    • to tighten the lips → She tightened her lips at the sight of the mess.

    • to tighten involuntary → Her stomach tightened involuntary as she saw him.


    … discuss quality of coals


    • to discuss the issue → We need to discuss this issue immediately.

    • to discuss the chapter → The students were asked to discuss the following chapters of the book.

    • to discuss the implications → The researchers met to discuss the implications of the new study.



    What I found most difficult while doing my collocation quest was to find the fitting words in my selected passage. I often revised the selected words because there were not much collocations to work with.


    • I also found it difficult to find interesting and new word partnerships

    • It was very interesting to see the different collocations of the word version because most of them were in correlation with a software and had mostly a technical register.

    • Also, the phrase “chucking myself of the cliffs” was a new and interesting one to me as I never heard of it before and do like the utterance.

    • Lastly, I was a bit confused with the word chafe as there are hardly and word partnerships with it and it is usually used in a rather different context.

    Sources:

    book


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