Verb + noun collocations

REDUCE WASTE

1. REDUKOWAĆ ODPADY 2. Minimise/make less waste 3. You can reduce waste by reusing your plastic bags instead of throwing them away.

TREAT PATIENTS

1. LECZYĆ PACJENTÓW 2. Use drugs, exercises, hospital care etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury 3. One day, hospitals may refuse to treat patients who don't give up smoking.

SUFFER DEFEAT

1. PONOSIĆ KLĘSKĘ 2. Lose/Go down 3. Will Barcelona suffer defeat at the hands of Chelsea?

START A FASHION

1. ZAPOCZĄTKOWAĆ MODĘ 2. Originate a vogue/Create new look 3. Did Florence Welch start a fashion for wearing gorgeous clothes?

REPLACE THE BATTERIES

1. WYMIENIAĆ BATERIE 2. Change dead batteries for new ones 3. This remote control doesn't work. Maybe I should replace the batteries?

PROVIDE HELP

1. POMAGAĆ 2. Help out/Lend support 3. At PC Universe, we can provide help with setting up your computer.

MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

1. DAĆ OGŁOSZENIE 2. Write and insert an advertisement for example in the press 3. The company is going to make an announcement tommorow about job losses.

REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS

1. OGRANICZAĆ WYDZIELANIE WĘGLA 2. Minimise the amount of carbon 3. Using public transport helps to reduce carbon emissions.

TREAT ILLNESSES

1. LECZYĆ CHOROBY 2. Try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc. 3. Is it possible to treat illnesses without drugs?

SUFFER A CATASTROPHE

1. DOZNAĆ KATASTROFY/BYĆ DOTKNIĘTYM KATASTROFĄ 2. Be touched by natural disaster or tragic experience 3. When poorer countries suffer a catastrophe like a flood or an earthquake, it causes enormous destruction.

START A COLONY

1. ZAKŁADAĆ KOLONIĘ 2. Make a new area for living in different country or continent 3. It would be difficult to start a colony on the moon because there's no water.

REPLACE DAMAGED PARTS

1. WYMIENIAĆ USZKODZONE CZĘŚCI 2. Change not working parts/things for new, operable ones 3. Today, surgeons can replace damaged parts of your heart.

PROVIDE INFORMATION

1. DOSTARCZAĆ INFORMACJĘ 2. Pass on/circulate information 3. I asked the university to provide information about their degree courses.

MAKE DISCOVERIES

1. ROBIĆ ODKRYCIA 2. Be the first to find or find out about something 3. Every year, scientists make discoveries about our universe.