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3.2. Immersive Input (Comprehensible Input +1)

Collocations:

These are words that naturally live together. You "make" a bed, but you "do" the dishes. If you "make" the dishes, people will understand you, but they’ll know you aren't native.

lexical chunks

Natives don’t process language as individual vocabulary words strung together by grammar rules. They use —pre-fabricated phrases. Speak Like a Native