خلاصه ماشینی:
"Each type will be separately discussed under the listing: Pattern I:(verb+conjunction+verb) "a command-and-control"operation "a hit-and-run"accident "a wait-and-see"attitude "a hit or miss"policy The underlying sentence type shaping these collocations can be assumed to be Possible paraphrases: "an operation in which someone commands and controls" "someone hits and runs" "someone waits and sees" "a policy in which you either hit or miss" what is highly interesting is the idea that the abundance as well as the malleability of English attributive collocations might in fact be partly due to the linguistic jargon of CONVERSION which indeed abounds in English.
pattern II:(adjective+noun) "low key"personality "high priority"targets "deep-pocket"clients "full-scale"state visit "big-name"possible contenders "sick-bed"order Possible paraphrases: "an unimportant personality" "clients that are rich" "a state visit occurring on a full-scale" "possible contenders who have big names" "order issued by a sick person in bed" pattern III:(noun+adjective) "pencil-thin"general "scandal-plagued"soccer "heaven-sent"luck "flower-bearing"women "heat-trapping"gases Possible paraphrases: "the general who is as thin as a pencil" "soccer is plagued by scandal" "luck is sent by heaven" "women are bearing flowers" "gases trap heat" pattern IV :(noun+noun) "cat-and-mouse"gamas "nuts-and-bolts"guy "travel-and-expense"reimbursement check "search-and-seizure"order Possible paraphrases: "a game is played by a cat and a mouse" "a guy who deals with nuts and bolts" "a check that pays back the cost of the ticket and the travel expenses" "an order which allows search and seizure" pattern V :(same+noun) "same-day"delivery "same-sex"couples Possible paraphrases: "things are delivered the same day" "couples having the same sex" pattern VI :(noun+verb+noun) "dog-eat-dog"situation This pattern appears to be context-specific and means"law of the jungle.
This means that the learner should be well-versed in English not to be debilitated the complexity of the ACs. Moreover, in pursuit of more bottlenecks in the way of teaching the English ACs, one is immediately catapulted into the domain of a much-discussed, long-sought issue in the foreign language realm, namely, the staggering superiority of communicative approach over the manipulative one."