Noun + Noun Collocations

Task 1. Translate 5 collocations from pp.2-6 and use them in 5

sentences of your own.

 A pang of nostalgia - муки

 A sense of pride
 A surge of anger – волна гнева
 Absentee ballot - заочное голосование
 Abuse of power
 Account executive ведущий счета клиентов;
 Accounting firm
 Accounting system система бухгалтерского учета;
 Action movie боевик
 Advertising agency
 Air attack
 Air gun пневматическое оружие 
 Air raid воздушная атака
Altar boy

 Anthropology department
 Antitrust case антимонопольное дело
 Antitrust law
 Arms buildup наращивание вооружений
 Army unit армейская часть
 Asbestos abatement уменьшение
 Assault rifle штурмовой автомат
 Auction house
 Auto maker
 Auto manufacturer
 Bank draft гарантированный банком чек
 Bank rate банковская ставка
 Bars of soap
 Battle group ударная группа
 Beauty industry
 Beauty parlor салон красоты
 Beauty salon
 Beauty shop косметический кабинет;
 Bed-and-breakfast "ночлег и завтрак"
 Bench warrant судебный ордер
 Bid price предложенная цена
 Birth certificate
 Block grant пакет субсидий
 Block of flats
 Board game настольная игра
 Body armor доспехи
 Body double дублер
Booby trap подвох
 Boot camp учебный лагерь новобранцев
 Border security
 Brand name название торговой марки
 Brokerage firm
 Budget cut сокращение бюджета
 Budget deficit
 Budgie smuggler
 Building code
 Building permit
 Bull market
 Bully pulpit
 Business activity
 Business enterprise
 Business organization
 Business sector
 Cable car
 Call center
 Call option
 Capital gain
 Car manufacturer
 Car park
 Case law
 Case study
 Cash cow
 Catchment
 Catchment area
 Cattle drive
 Cause celebre
 Ceasefire agreement
 Centre of attention
 Charge card
 Charter school
 Chattel mortgage
 Cheese cake
 Child care
 Class action
 Combat mission
 Combat zone
 Comfort food
 Commodity brokerage
 Communications technology
 Computer business
 Contact details
 Conviction politician
 Core values
 Corporate finance
 Cottage industry
 Creation science
 Credit bureau
 Credit union
 Cross-hair
 Cruise missile
 Custody battle
 Date rape
 Day shift
 Death camp
 Death tax
 Death wish
 Debit card
 Defense contractor
 Defense lawyer
 Departure time
 Desk job
 Desk officer
 Desktop publishing
 Detention basin
 Detention centre
 Development status
 Discount rate
 Discount store
 Divorce lawyer
 Dollar diplomacy
 Drainage basin
 Driving licence
 Duct tape
 Eating disorder
 Election fraud
 Electronics industry
 Energy security
 Enterprise zone
 Entertainment industry
 Estate agent
 Estate tax
 Excise tax
 Expert witness
 Factory farming
 Finance company
 Flexibility instrument
 Flight deck
 Foot soldier
 Freedom fighter
 Fringe benefit
 Futures contract
 Gag order
 Gender equality
 Gold mine
 Government agency
 Government office
 Government security
 Grandfather clause
 Ground attack
 Group dynamics
 Group therapy
 Growth industry
 Gunboat diplomacy
 Hand grenade
 Head teacher
 Health club
 Hen weekend
 Highway system
 History department
 Hit list
 Hit man
 Identity crisis
 Index fund
 Insurance broker
 Intelligence operation
 Interest group
 Iron maiden
 Jail cell
 Junk bond
 Jury system
 Keyhole surgery
 Kitchen cabinet
 Knowledge base
 Labor camp
 Law officer
 Lead time
 Learning disability
 Liberation theology
 Lie detector
 Line item
 Liquor license
 Mail fraud
 Management consulting
 Market economy
 Market gardening
 Master sergeant
 Money order
 Motor vehicle
 Murder charge
 Murder conviction
 Music department
 Music school
 Muzzle loader
 News organization
 News show
 Null and void
 Ocean current
 Office block
 Office hours
 Office job
 Old-growth forest
 Opinion poll
 Opposition party
 Order book
 Pack of cards
 Package holiday
 Pair work
 Panic attack
 Parking ticket
 Pay increase
 Peace and quiet
 Peer group
 Personality disorder
 Personnel carrier
 Piece of advice
 Piece of equipment
 Piece of information
 Piece of music
 Piece of paper
 Pipe bomb
 Point of view
 Pork barrel
 Position paper
 Post office
 Power politics
 Pressure group
 Price competition
 Probation officer
 Production cost
 Production line
 Profit margin
 Property right
 Quality of life
 Rap sheet
 Rate of return
 Release candidate
 Rental income
 Report card
 Return address
 Return flight
 Return ticket
 Road rage
 Road safety
 Room for improvement
 Root cause
 Root crop
 Rubber check
 Sausage party
 Savings bond
 School day
 Search warrant
 Security blanket
 Sense of direction
 Service charge
 Service industry
 Sex crime
 Sex offender
 Shock therapy
 Shop floor
 Shorthand typist
 Shoulder strap
 Single entry
 Small-town girl
 Soup kitchen
 Speed limit
 Sports car
 Stag night
 Stock option
 Street name
 Study hall
 Stun gun
 Suicide bombing
 Summit meeting
 Surround sound
 Tax break
 Tax shelter
 Tea leaf
 Television reporter
 Term paper
 Testing ground
 Trade route
 Trading floor
 Transfer agent
 Trial court
 Trial lawyer
 Voting booth
 Voting machine
 Voting right
 Vulture capitalist
 War crime
 War game
 Water cannon
 Word blindness
 Word deafness
 Word salad
 Security forces