Author's Preface
Structure and features of this book
Introduction of main characters

CHAPTER 1 WHERE TO START? The Beginning of Collocation
UNIT 1 Starting with Verbs Verb Collocation
UNIT 2 Starting with Adjectives Adjective + Noun Collocation
UNIT 3 Starting with Adverbs Adverb Collocation
UNIT 4 Starting with Nouns Noun Collocation
UNIT 5 Starting with Prepositions
CHAPTER 2 TAKING ACTION
UNIT 1 To Be and to Have Verbs be, have Collocation
UNIT 2 To Go and to Take Verb go, take collocation
UNIT 3 To Do and to Pay Verb do, pay collocation
UNIT 4 To Get and to Come: Verbs get, come collocation
UNIT 5 To Make and to Keep Verbs make, keep Collocation

CHAPTER 3 THE WAYS TO CHANGE
UNIT 1 Goodness Modifiers Collocation of adjectives and adverbs expressing goodness and badness
UNIT 2 Consistency Modifiers: Adjective and Adverb Collocations Related to Consistency
UNIT 3 Pace Modifiers: Collocation of Adjectives and Adverbs Related to Speed
UNIT 4 Clarity Modifiers Adjective and adverb collocations that indicate the degree of clarity
UNIT 5 Degree Modifiers Adjective and Adverb Collocations Expressing Degree

CHAPTER 4 WORLD AROUND ME
UNIT 1 Weather
UNIT 2 Countryside
UNIT 3 Nature
UNIT 4 Around a City
UNIT 5 A New Place

CHAPTER 5 TRAITS AND EXPRESSIONS
UNIT 1 Feelings
UNIT 2 Appearances
UNIT 3 Personalities
UNIT 4 Behaviors
UNIT 5 Colors and Traits

CHAPTER 6 RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT 1 Friendship Emotions
UNIT 2 Family
UNIT 3 Childhood Memories
UNIT 4 Dating
UNIT 5 Attraction

CHAPTER 7 ACADEMICS
UNIT 1 School Life
UNIT 2 Studying
UNIT 3 Computers
UNIT 4 Beliefs and Opinions
UNIT 5 A Fresh Start

CHAPTER 8 HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
UNIT 1 Sports
UNIT 2 Books
UNIT 3 Movies
UNIT 4 Music
UNIT 5 Eating Out

CHAPTER 9 WORK
UNIT 1 Getting a Job
UNIT 2 Types of Jobs
UNIT 3 Earning Money
UNIT 4 Work Hours
UNIT 5 Job Tasks

CHAPTER 10 HOUSING
UNIT 1 Buying or Renting
UNIT 2 Spending Money
UNIT 3 Deciding and Choosing
UNIT 4 Preparing a Meal
UNIT 5 A Housewarming Party

CHAPTER 11 BUSINESS
UNIT 1 Starting a Business
UNIT 2 Competition
UNIT 3 Gaining Success
UNIT 4 Dealing with Failure
UNIT 5 Travel

CHAPTER 12 LOVE AND MARRIAGE
UNIT 1 Falling in Love
UNIT 2 Engagement
UNIT 3 Disagreements
UNIT 4 Marriage and Divorce
UNIT 5 Beginnings and Endings

CHAPTER 13 HEALTH
UNIT 1 Injuries
UNIT 2 Illnesses
UNIT 3 Treatment
UNIT 4 Pregnancy
UNIT 5 Results and Outcomes

INDEX

The most frequently used collocations, as selected by bilingual authors and native speakers.

When changing 'shower' into English, we think of 'do' as 'do' and say 'do a shower', and when we also say 'effort', we say 'do an effort'. These are errors that occur because we create expressions based on Korean.
These expressions, which should be used as "take a shower" and "make an effort," are typical examples of English collocations.
Collocation is a unique domain of native speakers, so if you want to use natural English expressions, you have no choice but to memorize the expressions they have established.
In "Crucial Collocations in English Conversation," we've excluded the obvious ones that learners already know and the ones that native speakers rarely use, and have collected collocations that native speakers use unconsciously and unconsciously in their daily lives.
This book presents the power of collocation, which is a hammer blow to the idea that "I can just say it by combining words I know roughly."


Includes the most frequently used collocations

The bilingual author and native-speaking reviewer boldly excluded obvious collocations that can be combined simply by knowing the meaning of the words, as well as those that native speakers rarely use in daily life, and selected the most frequently used collocations.
If you're not confident in your own expression combinations, simply studying the ones in "Crucial Collocations in English Conversation" will suffice.


A dramatic storyline with collocation and emotional connection.

The main character, Cassie, comes to study abroad at an American university, meets new friends, studies, prepares for employment, experiences various things, goes through work life, and starts a new family. Based on a story that fits the daily life of the current MZ generation, it has incorporated essential collocations.
The diverse emotional lines of various characters are incorporated into collocation sentences, making conversation study fun.


Colloquial English expressions you'll want to try saying to a native speaker right now

Just looking at Korean sentences, there are so many colloquial sentences that I wonder how to say them in English.
It vividly shows how to speak to others in specific situations and what expressions to use in everyday life.
It's fun like American TV shows, but it's not full of sentences you'll rarely use in real life. Instead, it's full of everyday expressions you're very likely to use, so it kills two birds with one stone: learning collocations and English conversation.

Audio files recorded at a natural native speaker conversational speed

The text was recorded using the latest AI technology, featuring native speaker voices with a variety of tones and accents.
The speed at which native speakers speak and the vivid expression of emotion give the feeling of listening to an audio script when you close your eyes and listen.
Listen to it several times to get used to the speed of native speakers speaking.
Your listening skills will improve beyond recognition.