Advanced collocations and compounds

A ...... of normal values is a negative idea.

• breakdown

• turndown

• comedown

• let-down

....... is used to refer to space that can be occupied.

• Space

• Room

......... is used to refer to an unoccupied area, and which could be kept unoccupied.

• Space

• Room

She rented a flat in which there was no ......... to swing a cat.

• space

• room

Scottish people like to live in .......... houses, but they have always been badly paid and could not afford to do so.

Oneday meetings could have been held, instead of the 2- to 3-day meetings which required covering the costs of ...........

• leg room

• room and board

• room service

A limited number of extra .......... seats can be purchased pre-travel.

Twin Oaks has an extensive code of community ......... governing the use of community bikes.

• drop-down

• long-standing

• bylaws

Her story about being chased away from school by wolves seems pretty ........-fetched.

Some places lost as much as half of their .......-up area almost overnight.