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Llexi Top 100 Business English Collocations

Description:

Llexi Top 100 Business English Collocations sets out one hundred verb and noun pairings in seven groups, from decisions and agreements through to risk and solutions. Llexi, an English vocabulary site, shows each pairing in a short example and adds a section on the wordings that mark a speaker as non-native, a framework for choosing a verb, and answers to questions learners ask.

100% Free (unlimited): The page is open without an account or a payment: the seven groups of pairings, the section on frequent mistakes, the framework for choosing a verb and the questions and answers are all there to read as often as the learner needs.

Access: 100% Free Level: Intermediate (B1-B2) & Advanced (C1-C2) Format: Article / Reference Written for: Business English (ESL) English Variant: US

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

One hundred pairings are arranged in seven groups: decisions, plans and agreements; meetings and conversations; negotiations, sales and deals; performance and feedback; money, budget and finance; projects and teams; and risk, problems and solutions. Later parts cover seven frequent mistakes and a framework for choosing the right verb.

How to use this resource:

You go to the group that matches the task in front of you and take the pairings as whole phrases. The section on frequent mistakes shows you the ones a colleague notices most, and the framework gives you something to fall back on when the usual verb will not come. The questions and answers settle points such as how a collocation differs from an idiom.

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Last verified — Oct. 20, 2026