假如你講英文，常常「詞窮」，例如，「我送你到門口」，這「送」究竟是怎么個送法？查一下字典，送可以用give、deliver、send、see…of。但你一定找不到walk這個字。Walk someone to the door送某人到門口，是固定搭配，英文叫collocation。

Collocation，指同時出現或搭配在一起用得字。受中文思維影響，逐字由中文譯成英文就會造成錯誤搭配。底下是十個常用得英文搭配用法，試試看你答對了幾個？

(X)：study a Master's. degree

(O)：do a Master's. degree

(X)：I'll send you to the door.

(O)：I'll walk you to the door.

(X)：rear a habit

(O)：form/develop a habit

(X)：raise an example

(O)：give an example

(X)：receive the telephone

(O)：answer the telephone

(X)：I join the examination.

(O)：I took/sat for the examination.

(X)：open the light

(O)：turn on the light

(X)：May I borrow your telephone?

(O)：May I use your telephone?