Collocations

Yellow doesn’t collocate with hair in everyday English.

Yellow collocates with, say, flowers or paint.

verb + noun (e.g. arouse someone’s interest, lead a seminar).

 adverb + adjective (e.g. fundamentally different).

 adverb + verb (e.g. flatly contradict)

 noun + noun (e.g. a lick of paint, a team of experts, words of wisdom).

 Use the words you know more accurately.

 Vary your speech and, probably more importantly, your writing. Instead of repeating everyday words like very, good or nice, you will be able to exploit a wider range of language. 

Give permission: to allow or permit somebody to do something.

Give a presentation: It means deliver, write the emphasis on the fact that you are presenting something to an audience.

Lay claim to: assert that one has a right to something.

Lay the blame on: to say that someone or something deserves to be considered responsible for something that has happened.

Lay the table: to place and arrange things to be used while eating a meal, such as napkins, etc.