“55 Agreeing and disagreeing — HED Vers and notin catlocations { cottecation example i: [ge ton wi aww |e alongwith our view dt ene od pore nied Sel (Complete) greene | We ae in complete mgrwernent ovr the question of rg sks ese tend to ageeliingree | eand co agree tat parents chan Dare teacher Tor prblors wi sare wiain te amy {share your opinion da sports ovencommerdalied depres someone’ pont | appreciate your point of view, but |i dink you are erg attew the peo Oint ve never though Of tat way before. | see someone’ point | Tear see your pol | [understand wii opinion) _Tipreer nots enter Into an argument Gwe the wa in Calon) Differences exist have arisen betwesn te unions and the ‘management over how to solve the problem We disagree over what todo. but insure we can come to] reach a) compromise, spots your ‘The management and the union fave finaly settled their pay dlpuce Giterencoe {im sure we can settle our differences without dumagng sur fens | agree to afer fgree co have | I done dink we wil evar agree with each othe eWe'l just have tO agree erent opin) to differ. Verb and adverb collocations a a ji a Ten ag A fo anno | Tsoi [farce ‘pardylup © 3 point | [agree upto pain bu ao tink thee ae har nporane [ere | fndimeneaiy | losophers disagreed fundamentally over the efecr a ouly/svengy)__| the emironment on HMMBc Adjective and noun collocations for disputes and strong disagreements Ive often disagreed strongly with Naney but F've never had such a head-on clash with her before. [disagreement where two people confront each other directly] ‘The bitter dispute between the two groups finally led to violence, ‘We had a very heated argument about immigration the other day. Jeff and U had a fundamental disagreement aver who should be the next Chair ofthe club, HEINE Further cotlocations for agreeing and disagreeing “The Regional Education Commie hs reached «unanimous agreement «new sptem tee aa Controversy continues extra over the appointment ofthe new Director ‘contr of opinion wth the National Obie Aurore semen dla the iting ofa cowedExercises 55.1 Look at A, Make collocations by matching words from the circle on the left with words from the eval on the cight. { or) (ores points of view into an argument \ come = ae our tenes // someone's po z 155.2 Pur the expressions from the box into the appropriate category below. controversy ager aead-on chsh a heased argument feale sdspute "come to acompromise ferences enst — | 155.3. Rowsite cach sentence using the word in brackets, so that it keeps the same meaning. 1 Tdoa'r completely agree with what you say. (POINT) 2 Lamm in total agreement with you. (ENTIRE) 5 There was no disagreement among the comimittes members. (UNANIMOUS) 4 There will always he differences of opinion even between friends. (ARIS) $ James and Brian had a big disagreement over the question of climate change: (sTHONCIY) 6 "The project has been delayed because ofthe different opinions among the members of the ‘committee, {CONFUCK) 7 Vind it diffcule co ageee with such an idea. (ALONG) {We are in total disagreement about most things. (FUNDAMENTALLY) 55.4 Answer these questions about the collocations on the opposite pase. 1 Which collocation suggests that a disagreement is like a igh temperature? 2. Which two collocations suggest that a disagreement is like a fight or a war? 3 Which collocation suggests thar controversy is ike anger? 4 Why do you think the word bitter is used to refer to quarrels and disputes as well as 10 '5 Which collocation suggests that understanding someone’ opinion is like using your eyes?56 Talking about beliefs and opinions — Speaking about beliefs and opinions {firmly Balove thar young people should have che Fight to vote at 16, 1 share your Contrary vo We have reason) pinion on the | | popular belie ic | | believe thar you issue oF hut ismortiue thar | | witnessed he | Vima great belicver| | blondes are dumb. | | sceidenr i animals rights. Weare poles) (irs a maner of apart in our opinion whether attitudes to life. | | mem are better See divers than 4 a are completely diferent > disagreement * Pm beginning to til More formal ways of discussing beliefs Look at this extract from a student essay and notice the collocations referring ro beliefs | The wr sms to make assumption! ‘sted on an unshaebie Bat we speiony oN awa vale ayia Ho) ‘ars ote vamar ol exert uhh ison se bali has coloured his odgement? a sors cas hoe Son was iso. Howes is evdonn based ono sg cient and ssco 62 ot quis udgument. oro cherdcsnehs cal Souk on! nscorcnncre 2nd ny ow considered opin stat he west be wi Ihave !esious misgivings abouts research anc Ihave daub sto aca of nett thinks or says things are true without enough evidence * people have diferent opinion 2 affected his judgement 5 opinion after much thought » suggest something may be wrong with © Thave serious doubts about Some error warnings The expressions in is table are collocation that learners fem have difficulty swith [He has strong opinions on mary subjocExercises 56.1 Look at A. Complete the collocations in these letters to a newspaper: 56.2 Correct the seven collocation errors in this text T wish we can solve a big problem we have regarding our student committee. Opinions are Separated about now to approach the isue and, naturally, some members have very heavy Spinions. Some oftheir views are based on thelr unstirred belief that they are always ight and that no one can challenge their group of bells. My own thoughtful opinion i tht we should hhave new elections, but | know that others have quite 2 eifferent meaning. 56.3 Match each verb in the box with its noun collocation in the table below. Then write onc sentence for each collocation. ext colour atach make hve ost, ec oun ‘assumptions : somebody’ judgement importance ‘oube on serious mingvings ounee 56.4 Make seven collocations using the words in the box. Use each word once only. apart belief __befeve cast dink femiy hard opinions