{"id":13327,"date":"2026-06-24T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=13327"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:00:31","slug":"collocations-everyday-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13327","title":{"rendered":"Collocations: everyday conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"soak up the atmosphere (\u0432\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0443)<\/strong>
We walked around the old town, soaking up the atmosphere. (\u041c\u044b \u0433\u0443\u043b\u044f\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0443, \u0432\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0443.)<\/em><\/p>\n

free up some time (\u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438)<\/strong>
I\u2019ll try to free up some time this weekend. (\u042f \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0441\u044c \u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0432 \u044d\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n

keep up my English (\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439)<\/strong>
She watches English films to keep up her English. (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0442 \u0444\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043c\u044b \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439.)<\/em><\/p>\n

work up an appetite (\u043d\u0430\u0433\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0430\u043f\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442)<\/strong>
The long walk helped us work up an appetite. (\u0414\u043e\u043b\u0433\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0443\u043b\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u043c \u043d\u0430\u0433\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0430\u043f\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442.)<\/em><\/p>\n

fit in with sb’s plans (\u0432\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0447\u044c\u0438-\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u044b)<\/strong>
Does this meeting fit in with your plans? (\u042d\u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0430 \u0432\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0438 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u044b?)<\/em><\/p>\n

live up to sb\u2019s expectations (\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0447\u044c\u0438-\u0442\u043e \u043e\u0436\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f)<\/strong>
The hotel lived up to our expectations. (\u041e\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430\u043b \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438 \u043e\u0436\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

soak up the atmosphere (\u0432\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0443)We walked around the old town, soaking up the atmosphere. (\u041c\u044b \u0433\u0443\u043b\u044f\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0443, \u0432\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0443.) free up some time (\u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438)I\u2019ll try to free up some time this weekend. (\u042f \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0441\u044c \u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1263,1258],"tags":[1255,1204],"class_list":["post-13327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collocations","category-phrasal-verbs","tag-b2","tag-collocation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13329,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13327\/revisions\/13329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}