Collocation Practice

Decide which word, A or B, collocates in these sentences.I _ agree with everything you said. whole-heartedly unconditionally Doesn't time _ when you are having fun? move fly The leaders claimed the meeting had been_. fruitful prolific Everyone got back safe and _after the storm soundly sound I think I've _ weight since U stopped work. accumulated gained They 're building a new water _ plant on the coast. cleaning purification Houses prices have _ dramatically in recent months. ascended soared The disgraced former minister has decided to _ politics altogether. desert abandon The following sentences contain collocations connected with time.Put one of the given words in each of the sentences. 1. Let's leave it at that for the time being and continue tomorrow.2. Slowly but surely the band is becoming more and more popular.3. In the twinkling of an eye the swindler had vanished, never to return.4. In next to no time they had become the best of friends.5. The Whittington family have lived there since time immemorial.6. I arrived in the nick of time to prevent a potential disaster.7. I wandered around the city centre to kill time before my appointment.8. Cooking good French food can be a very time-consuming job.9. They had a long-lasting agreement to keep each other fully informed of developments.10. In a matter of minutes the whole building had been razed to the ground. Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. In this exercise, many of the collocations are connected with 'time'. 1. My watch is gaining several minutes a day. The car in second place is gaining on the leader . I think that the chances of our gaining access to such sensitive information are slim.2. The performance will start dead on time. The race was declared a dead heat. I was awoken in the dead of night by a strange noise from outside.3. The winning goal was scored in the dying second of the game. I've been dying to meet you for ages. Throughout the world, many minority languages are in danger of dying out completely.4. I'm sure such practices were common in the dim and distant past. The judge took a dim view of her excuses. I'm afraid I have only a dim recollection of the events.5. Early evening is normally considered peak viewing time by television bosses. As a singer, she is at the peak of her career. As this is peak season, I'm afraid flights are difficult to find.6. I think it's important to minute this evening for future reference. Please let me know the minute you arrive. The director asked to be kept up to the minute on any major developments. 7. A heated debate has broken out in the media about corruption in high places. She comes from a broken home but has never been worried about only seeing one parent at a time. I had a night of very broken sleep and am consequently feeling a bit slow this morning.