07/14/2026
https://buymeacoffee.com/insiderenglish/e/556942
A 6-page PDF of all common collocations for 'make' and 'do', including fixed expressions.
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The functional rationale behind MAKE and DO
This 6-page PDF lists the collocations for 'make' and 'do', including fixed expressions.
07/14/2026
I found an emoji for all 3-letter animal words (but elk).
• ant 🐜
• ape 🦍
• bat 🦇
• bee 🐝
• cat 🐈
• cow 🐄
• dog 🐕
• eel 🐍 *
• elk 🫎 (moose head!)
• fly 🪰
• fox 🦊
• hen 🐓
• kid 🐐 (young goat)
• pig / hog 🐖
• owl 🦉
• ram 🐏
• rat 🐀
*Sorry, no real eel emoji, either! 🐙 close enough. 😅😇
Free PDF: https://buymeacoffee.com/insiderenglish/e/334111
07/14/2026
AI-generated from Robert Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases (Penguin Books, 2008)
07/12/2026
https://open.substack.com/pub/ready4english
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02/23/2026
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08/26/2025
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