10 ADVANCED COLLOCATIONS YOU NEED TO KNOW! C1 & C2 level vocabulary

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Expanding your vocabulary is an essential part of your Cambridge English exam preparation, whether your taking the B2 First (FCE), C1 Advanced (CAE) or C2 Proficiency (CPE), and these 10 advanced English collocations will really help you in both the Speaking and Writing papers in order to pass the exam with a high mark.
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Ben Gill
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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@improveyourenglishlearning7872]

*Advanced collocations* 1) "To Wholeheartedly agree" (To completely and enthusiastically agree) 2) "To respectfully disagree" 3) "To forge relationships" (To make an effort to create strong connection/bond with someone) 4) "To extol virtues" (To praise positive qualities) 5) "To be extricably linked" (things which cannot be separated, which have an essential connection) 6) "To render speechless" (To surprise someone so that they can't speak anything) 7) "To scupper a plan" (To cause a plan to fail) 8) "Scathing attack" (Very critical or unkind verbal attack) 9) "Blissfully unaware" (Not knowing something unpleasant) 10) "Rekindle the passion/love" (To have strong, positive feelings for someone/something again)

[@fanglaurent123]

Sorry but there is a little typo here. it should be 'inextricably linked' not 'extricably linked'.

[@improveyourenglishlearning7872]

@@fanglaurent123 it's fine. Typo is normal to occur.😊

[@HeaveNinMyHandS]

Not extricably linked it's inextricably)

[@tomnorth9685]

Fruitful lesson as always! As a Senior in a developing country, with not so sizeable financial support, I appreciate your benevolence, not many people would do what you do for free. Keep up the good work, pal.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks 🙂

[@MariaPereira-kq4cd]

Thank you so much. I really like your lessons. They're most useful and interesting.

[@obserwatorrzeczywistosci1402]

Exactly! I totally agree. He is the best !

[@jayalathkumara2170]

Superb

[@fleurblanche7642]

I have never had such q a good English teacher in real life hpp H yes I did have but they were nt natives and they are ar university level I ml ean a teacher f English

[@ArnoldBalobal-cw5fr]

I was rendered speechless by those stunning collocations! This channel is rather the best thing since sliced bread!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks! I'm glad you like my channel 🙂

[@slowlearner4341]

Excellent and highly metaphoric expression; unfortunately, I am way behind.

[@paTrik8973]

I recommend signing up with this mans Patreon! I passed my CPE exam in July. The strategies learned in the workshops were a big part of my success 😊🙏

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😃🙏 Is this Patrik?

[@vladakozub1567]

I remembered this by creating a little story. We can wholeheartedly agree or respectfully disagree, but we still want to forge relationship in which we’ll extol virtues that are extricably linked. Although many scathing attacks might render us speechless and scupper our plans, we’ll pretend like we’re blissfully unaware of them rekindling our love and passion. Maybe it’ll help someone as well.

[@reginaceliafavareli7087]

I'm grateful to teacher Ben for these riveting tips for exam takers!!🎉

[@diogocampelo4708]

Thank you very much for this video, I really learned a lot. I was rendered speechless by the number of beautiful collocations we can form.

[@mdrafiqulbari8674]

Hi Ben! Your excellent presentation on collocation rekindle my passion to learn a new dimension of languages not only English. You deserve a heartfelt appreciation from me. Carry on!

[@callsaul1804]

Geat content! Very useful for c1/c2 preparation! Need more of them

[@germanbenito8779]

Thank you so much Ben. I love your videos. They're very important for me

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@freddiemercury8700]

Thanks ever so much for your time, as well as your bobby dazzler lessons ! As always it's a pleasure to have you back.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😃 Thanks, Freddie

[@alexandermustafin-wiszniew1336]

I started watching the Ben's channel again, which has rekindled my passion to the way how he delivers the nitty-gritty of language on the KZbin.

[@camilocorrea5977]

I wholeheartedly agree. You’re a fantastic teacher. Your tutorials are riveting.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks 🙂

[@RustamBazarbaev]

thank you! I'm grateful for sharing your knowledge

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@alejandropunalfreire3231]

This content is very useful for all of us who want to improve our english level to become a polyglot

[@tamar503]

I passed cae exams in 2019. I love watching and studying from your videos, anyway. There were some here I did not know. Your videos are amazing to brush upon. I greatly appreciate your effort.

[@eddycuevas5130]

This is why I love this channel. Thank you

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😃 You're welcome 👍

[@redflowergrowing]

Thank you Ben!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

My pleasure!

[@Englishbits]

Love your riveting videos, Ben! Thanks for your hard work! :)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks, Katia! I appreciate it. 🙂

[@englishwithmery8129]

Thanks for your riveting videos Ben . I am eternally grateful

[@saraygarciahernandez8235]

Your hard work is much appreciated. The content found in your channel is precious. Thank you for your generosity

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you, Saray 🙂

[@MyFluentPodcast]

I wholeheartedly agree with you Saray. Ben's channel is a gem.

[@user-iz1gu6wp1q]

Love your work!

[@gabrielajacquelinegaleasar6000]

I wholeheartedly thank you for this great video.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You are so welcome!

[@cassiopeialyr]

Looking forward to the C2 course!

[@yangqin2970]

Subscribed ! Your teaching has been second to none. i look forward to watching more new educational videos from you. Thanks for imparting your knowledge of English to all English learners.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@AndreiaModestoAstrodestino]

Thank you for your lessons. Amazing. I learn a lot.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@obserwatorrzeczywistosci1402]

You are a great teacher, Ben. I learn with you almost everyday, my objective is CAE. Now I'm saving money for your course, and hope to start it till the end of this year. Can't wait. I do really appreciate that you don't use any marketing and selling techniques, any tiring ads. Your approach and knowledge are your best ads and there's no need to do anything more.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you

[@viagmail2352]

Very very useful! What a riveting video! Much appreciated

[@minativishwakarma3985]

Lovely collocations!!!! Thanks!!!

[@mrmajeed6385]

Your lessons are highly valued

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks 👍

[@alexandermustafin-wiszniew1336]

Charles Dickens and his extraordinary style of writing are inextricably linked together.

[@slowlearner4341]

Thank you Sir. This collection is really top-shelf, and not for average English speakers like me. I had the satisfaction of approaching something higher, not texts and conversations of my level. It's a good motivation, by the by. I would like to reach this bar somehow and someday. "Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid".

[@monikakopycka3601]

Thank you, Ben. I found this lesson riveting. I also wholehearted agree that this new vocabulary is inextricably linked to improving the knowledge of English in everyday communication to make it more sophisticated and it’s crucial in preparation for C1/C2 exams.

[@maelmori]

I always extol the virtues of your videos. In fact, I've just signed up for your course: it will undoubtedly be off the charts!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😃 Great! I hope you enjoy the course. You can always contact me if you have any questions.

[@maelmori]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. I'm particularly fond of your channel, and I booked my CAE exam for November 5, so it comes just in time. I'll enjoy for sure. Thanks for your riveting content!

[@ramonoblanca-rojo5433]

Looking forward to that coming C2 material, Ben :-)

[@gilbertoxicsquall]

I got C1 in Cambridge. And your videos helped me a lot! Thanks!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Congratulations! 👏

[@angelatorshyna8837]

hey Ben.I am wholeheartedly grateful for that useful lesson.I have learned a lot of new words today.I am going to imply them in my speech as much as possible and show off my knowledge of English.You are making your videos really fascinating and they rekindled my passion for English even more.Keep up the great work.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks for your comment, Angela 🙂

[@JDavidHopkins]

Very good English! I would only recommend using, “employ” instead of “imply”, like this: “I’m going to employ them in my speech . . .”

[@hassanikamel1589]

Thanks alot, we appreciate your content

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks 👍

[@vanessadimarco158]

Very interesting and useful as usual. Thanks a lot

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@amein73]

i love your lessons

[@martinjokes1610]

I utterly agree with you

[@davesmith6436]

*A huge thanks to Ben from me, an English learner! I'm wholeheartedly grateful to you bro! You're cool guy!* *As to the lesson, I've never heard some of these phrases before, they have really turned out to be absolutely new* *and unknown for me! Thanks Ben! From now on will I take all of them into my consideration! (did I use the* *inversion correctly hopefully?!) I'd also like to thank you for the lesson about how to use an inversion, I memorized* *and wrote down all the examples you gave there! On the whole, I'm fond of any kind of your videos if they're for* *C1-C2 levels because that's exactly what I'm seeking to!* *Have a nice week, Ben! The best luck and I'll see you in there soon!*

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks for your comment. 👍 "From now on" is not a negative adverbial phrase so isn't used with the inversion structure..

[@user-oz7qg2nx1d]

Lately l have been reading a book called "Atomic habits" this book is incredibly amazing and motivating and let me tell you more about this book in this book you can truly learn the art of mastering good habits it really rekindeld my love for books and once you finish reading it will render you speechless of how much knowledge you gained about incorporating habits and l always extol how fascinating it is. Thanks a ton for this dynamic and incredibly handy lesson. Keep it up. ☺️💖

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I wholeheartedly agree with you... It's a great book 🙂👍

[@mahamatmahamatabdoulaye893]

Much success teacher Ben 🥇

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks

[@victorraulvera2470]

hi ben !! many tranks , great video ,very usuefull and you are so clear and good teacher, accent, examples , greeting from argentina

[@franciscopontesvelasco4315]

As a rule of thumb its good to be blissfully unaware of everything around us. You can rekindle our passion for English

[@user-ni8mb5ud8h]

Thank you!

[@mugederman4067]

Very useful video. Thank you so much.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'm glad you found it useful 🙂

[@keitaibrahima7384]

Brillant brain! Appreciate it 🙏

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍🙂

[@Domenico05]

I wholeheartidly with some people on the fact that we should avail ourselves of the historical events in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes that humanity made in the past.

[@Domenico05]

I often extol the benefits of switching towards renewable resocurces to tackle one of the most concercing problems of human history

[@Domenico05]

Mother nature and humans are inextricably linked (inextricably intertwined with each other) to each other. It's of paramount importance that governments cooperate with each other to lay out a new plan to restore the environment because the health of humans depends upon a healthy environment

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great examples, Domenico! Just be careful with the spelling of wholeheartedly 🙂

[@zhenyamediocris4373]

Wow, your videos are riveting! I'm wholeheartedly grateful for all your wonderful videos. BTW, I'm reading a book "catch-22" that you have recommended. It's a mesmerizing 🔥, the meaning is so profound

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's great! I'm glad you like the book. It's one of my favourites... In fact, I need to read it again 🙂

[@dumitritaafanasii]

Wholeheartedly thank you, Ben! How can I not extol the virtues of this selection of collocations?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😊 Thanks, Dumitrita

[@muralibabuumb9303]

Great to see you sir

[@user-gf8zl9fd9w]

A real pleasure!!!

[@user-tf8qd1ye8q]

I see you first time and I think you are amazing!!!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks! 🙂

[@vitakost5229]

Thank you very much!!

[@hosseinasadi8881]

I wholeheartedly agree with you many people are blissfully unaware of poor societies in the world.

[@ChristinaKostyrko]

I missed your long lesson SO much!

[@Crisguay]

I "wholeheartedly agree" with all of your follower comments that "extol the virtues" of your channel, since your lessons are "inextricably linked" with high-quality teachings, which always render me spechless. All of us should "forge relationships" in order to make your channel bigger and bigger, which, by the way, is "highly likely" to happen due to its great contents. I'll launch a "scarthing atack" to those who dare not praise your efforts, I'd preffer to be "blissfully unaware" of them, actually. Please Ben, don't "scupper my plan" of moving forward in my learning process and keep up with your outstanding work that "rekindle my passion" for English. (Ben, excuse me for all the mistakes I made in this comment. The only thing I was looking for was to practice these collocations, which has been quite a challenge!!! I'll be always grateful to you).

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Excellent, Cristina! And thank you 🙂

[@ericlopez9105]

Nice you've got an uncanny ability to use those words in context. Hats off!

[@Crisguay]

@@ericlopez9105 Many thanks for your nice comment! 🤗

[@ablessing891]

Thanks a whole lot!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@amineakchouche7012]

useful content :) thank you

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome. I'm glad you found it useful 🙂

[@fleurblanche7642]

He renderd me speechless,I didn't know that to say,I was at a loss for words

[@dronevluchten]

I always learn new words when listening to your vlogs. Mosttimes those words were passively already in my memory. But today I really heard new English words, like to extol or to scupper. I see, I am not yet on any C-level.

[@cactus809]

Though I wholeheartedly agree with other commenters on virtues of your lessons, speaking of myself, I'd say that your lessons, Ben, have rekindled my wish to learn the language.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's great!

[@sunnyjune993]

My top go-to phrases: These dress-code amendments rendered me speechless. My professional advancement and rapid growth helped me to rekindle passion for teaching. Forging a relationship with this IT company required considerable effort and endeavour on my part.

[@franciscojose6496]

The point is very great

[@annettoonders-schepens2163]

Dear Ben, Thank you very much for your useful videos! I wholeheartedly agree with all the other positive comments. I just found a little mistake at 7:18.. I think "The have an essential connection" must be "They have an essential connection". Keep up the good work and see you soon! Greetings from Holland.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Arghhh... I checked the video a number of times but didn't spot that 🤦🏻‍♂️ Thanks for letting me know

[@mateuszs281]

You rekindled my passion for learning English ;)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great!

[@MyFluentPodcast]

Thank you Ben for your video. It is very useful and I will rewatch it to learn more. Straight to the point. 2:05 Wholeheartedly agree: I am a passionate podcast listener and I have never come across that expression. But who knows. You know the following phenomena? When you are learning a word, all of a sudden you see it everywhere. 3:27 Vehemently disagree Respectfully disagree 5:06 To extol virtues 6:0 Use search feature on Twitter (This is very useful, use other apps and websites as well. (For example Youglish) 6:30 To forge relationships 7:00 Inextricably linked. 8:07 To render speechless I like that expression a lot. Cheers, Daniel

[@clausita]

Hi. Waiting for the B2 (FCE) Course 🙏🙏💙

[@franciscojose6496]

Important information no doubt

[@profesordanielalvarez3498]

It was a great 😃👍 video 📸, fantastic! 😍

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you liked it 🙂

[@magdalenalukaszewicz]

I just got my CAE results and...I passed! Thank you so much Ben, your videos were very helpful.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Congratulations, Magdalena! Celebrate in style!! 🙂🎉

[@rosal.6168]

thanks a lot .

[@user-iz1gu6wp1q]

Thank you

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@user-id5xu8kp4g]

Such great lessons and examples, thank you so much! My plans for lying and doing nothing were scuppered by your amazing lesson hehe

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😆

[@JDavidHopkins]

You can tell that the teacher is an Englishman because in the US, we use “scuttled” instead of “scuppered”. We love the Brits!!

[@semihaksoy8182]

Can we say that "extol the virtues" is a kind of compliment?

[@luciademaria8604]

Hi Ben, first of all, thank you for your very well-done videos, they're really useful! I guess scathing attack is always used in the singular but is there any difference in using it with the indeterminate article "a" or without it? thanks in advance for your kind attention! Lucia

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It can be used in the plural form in the same way we can use ATTACK in the plural form. It also requires an article in the singular form.

[@luciademaria8604]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. thanks for your kind and quick response!

[@sejalchoudhary9980]

Please create more videos like this 👍

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Will do 👍

[@CoronaVirus-uy1cw]

Good job

[@alexandermustafin-wiszniew1336]

The human beings ought to extol the virtues of the little friends of ours surrounding us. Although it sometimes takes us to forge a friendship with cats, it always pays off with their great magnitude of thankfulness and kindness.

[@peterszigeti7476]

Let me mention, these expressions mostly exist in other languages: I speak Hungarian so it is easy to understand these collocations. F.e. "scupper" in Hungarian in a mirror translation is: to sink a ship by hitting a hole into the side, so it will sink sooner or later. I think collocation is frequently used in newspapers for the sake of better understanding and to spare a lot of work for journalists. But the use of collocations can be applied in high literature when the writer's opinion is somehow sarcastic about the state of the world or people. Just think about Bertold Brecht.

[@alexandermustafin-wiszniew1336]

I was literally rendered speechless when I realised I had not subscribed to the @tothepointenglishwithben channel, since it had been one of my favourite channels for a while and still is.

[@fleurblanche7642]

Excellent teacher Yu do miracle and I will like to buy your book but 6 prefer to be taught I real life e

[@saeid9800]

Some more advanced collocations: to introduce legislation To initiate measures To tackle the problem To raise awareness Diametrically opposed To address the issue head-on To reignite/rekindle criticisms over To adopt measures To keep abreast of the times To update myself Please let me know if there are any shortcomings in these collocations. You may also decide to introduce them in a separate video.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍 Great! Although, "to update myself" isn't common and sounds quite unnatural.

[@saeid9800]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. I learned these collocations while preparing for IELTS. Actually I wasn't sure about "to update myself". Thank you.

[@lowell572]

@@saeid9800 Hi! Have you passed the exam? Could you please share your experience with me? I'd love to know what sources you used during your preparation. Thanks in advance

[@saeid9800]

@@lowell572 I got the mark I needed. As to your question, you should know how writing section is graded. There are four marking criteria: 1) Task response, 2) coherence & cohesion, 3) lexical resource, 4) grammatical range and accuracy. Search the internet for these: 1) IELTS marking criteria, 2) British council website, 3) IDP website. These websites provide many examples and a lot of information.

[@2010Tigresa]

Hi teacher! I've a question. Blissfully unaware is a synonyn of "oblivious to"? Thank you!

[@cyruschang1904]

-to be oblivious to/of something means to be unaware of or not to be concerned about what is happening around oneself. -to be unaware of something cannot be used to mean "not to be concerned about something" -We use to be blissfully unaware of to mean not to be aware of something unpleasant/upsetting only. It is correct to say "he is unaware of the good/bad news", but we would only say "he is blissfully unaware of the bad news", never "he is blissfully unaware of the good news".

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

They can be synonymous in many contexts but, as Cyrus mentioned, "oblivious to" often has the connotation of being indifferent.

[@m1ndalq]

Thanks for the video, teacher. I'd like to ask, how often do native speakers use the word "scupper"? It seems to me that words like "spoil" or "wreck" would be also fine and I hear them quite frequently. Thanks in advance

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

On its own, we hardly ever use "scupper". But as a collocation with "plans" it's quite common.

[@tuvasyarriver7854]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you for this lesson! Is it possible to use the verb 'scupper' with 'chance'?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, it is another collocation with "scupper". A little less common than with "plans", I would say.

[@JPdynabook]

I wholeheartedly agree that we need to take action to address climate change.

[@worthyourwhilearthi.g6511]

War and oil price hike are inextricably linked.

[@annamiller9153]

I'm sure many viewers will wholeheartedly agree with me that today's content rekindled our passion for advanced vocab. I'm rendered speechless by the video because knowledge is inextricably linked to the fun. Nothing will scupper my plans for watching some more. It's good that you want to forge a relationship with the subscribers by extolling the virtues of TTP. Reading comments I found no scathing attack on you but maybe I'm just blissfully unaware of that. Anyway, I would respectfully disagree with them ;) all the best for you Ben ;)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's excellent, Anna! 👏

[@annamiller9153]

☺️ thank you

[@melike6174]

Very nice video!! Thank you! Where can i find the telegram link?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Here it is: t.me/+Rx-VmR9QA9dInVlm

[@kosogosk3671]

Hi I am quite new to this channel could you explain me about your courses are they full of exercises for exam preparation? I am struggling with my English after few months of unemployment. I am looking for step by step process that in final would take me to Cambridge exam but my goal is to speak well and learn more and better version of English

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

In the C1 Advanced preparation course, I share all of my tips on approach and strategy for every part of the exam as well as looking at example tasks for each part. If you want to practise your speaking as well, I'd recommend you join my TTP Exam Academy via Patreon www.patreon.com/BenGillEnglish

[@matedoliashvili7620]

honestly this video rendered me speechless 🤐

[@worthyourwhilearthi.g6511]

When Indian Ambassador stood by his ground, the European counterpart was rendered speechless

[@claudiareginateixeira2662]

😁🤭🤭🤭 Good morning! Today I had the feeling of getting to learn Latinizetion insted! 😁😁😁 And I am afraid that does not looks natural at all.

[@worthyourwhilearthi.g6511]

To render speechless

[@Mars_warlikeYt]

Nice hair styleeeee 😍😍😍😍😍

[@worthyourwhilearthi.g6511]

Inextricably linked

[@zangetsu308]

Do you have a cambridge english exam course for B2 level?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Not yet. But I plan to create one in the near future