Monday, August 1, 2011

Collocations of do

  • to do a favour
  • to do a job
  • to do business
  • to do exercise
  • to do research
  • to do shopping
  • to do homework
  • to do housework
    • do the vacuuming
    • do cooking
    • do the ironing
    • do laundry
    • do cleaning
    • do washing-up
    • do washing
    • do the odd works around the house
  • to do a job interview =
  • to do the family accounts
  • to do the calculations / to do the maths / do the arithmetic
  • to do time (in prison) = to be in prison
  • to do time in a place = to spend time

Examples:
- 10 Reasons Why Employers Ask Candidates To Do A Job Interview Presentation
- I had to do a face-to-face interview followed by an entry test.
- My best friend is doing time for something he didn't do.
- Danny Trejo, after years in prison, now is doing time in Hollywood.

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