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8 English collocations with pay
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So what are we going to talk about today? We’re going to look at some collocations and we’re going to look at collocations with pay. To pay.
To pay a bill, to pay some money.
As always, I’m going to give you explanations and some examples.
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INSANITY: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The first one:
to pay the penalty
Meaning: to experience negative consequences of your actions; to suffer as a result of your poor choice
Examples:
If you drive under the influence of a drink, you could pay the penalty and lose your licence.
A drug dealer was caught red-handed with the drugs and had to pay the penalty.
to pay the price
Meaning: to give a certain amount of money in exchange for goods/services; to suffer negative consequences of your decisions
Examples:
If you don’t defend correctly, you eventually pay the price. You give away a goal or an opportunity, and the other team scores a goal.
She paid the price for taking time out of her training schedule to sit her final exams.
8 English collocations with pay
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to pay a visit
Meaning: to go somewhere to see someone or something
We often use it in an informal way to talk about going to the bathroom.
Examples:
My in-laws paid me a visit last weekend. My mother-in-law was in a bad mood all Saturday night which ruined everything.
He is terrified to go out since a mafia gang paid him a visit last month.
to pay tribute (to)
Meaning: to say good things about someone; unfortunately, it often comes too late
Example:
I’d like to pay tribute to the work done by our colleagues during the last three years.
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8 English collocations with pay
to pay your regards (to someone)
Meaning: to pay your respects to someone; to go and see someone or send them a message to be polite
Example:
All those present paid their regards to the medical staff working day in and out at Hillcrest Medical Clinic.
to pay a compliment
Meaning: to say something nice to or about someone
Example:
She did a beautiful job decorating her new house. The rooms look so much bigger and brighter. Everyone paid her a compliment.
8 English collocations with pay
to pay compensation (for)
Meaning: to give money to someone who suffered an injury, infringement of rights, or loss
Example:
I want that person who drove into your car to pay me compensation for the damage done to my car and the injury that I have suffered.
to pay attention to something
Meaning: to concentrate or focus on something
Examples:
When you’re driving your car on the road, you need to pay attention to everything that’s going on around you.
Children often struggle to pay attention to school lessons or a long list of instructions.
Okay, here are some useful English collocations with pay. Let’s repeat them one more time:
- to pay the penalty
- to pay the price
- to pay a visit
- to pay tribute
- to pay your regards
- to pay a compliment
- to pay compensation (for)
- to pay attention (to)
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