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considered the heart of the language. Without heart no language can survive. The
overall skills of L2 learners can be improved with the help of collocations make
the listening, communicating, writing and reading abilities of the L2 speakers
better. By getting the awareness of collocations, they will be in a position to
express their thoughts in a better way, to interpret the texts and to create quality
written works. The procedure of learning collocations has become more
comfortable with the progress of communications. Understanding of English
collocations improves the overall language ability of the L2 speakers.
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