Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with folk in British Collocation
folk
noun
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/fəʊk/
ordinary
common
everyday
ordinary
Roseanne proved that ordinary folks could create extraordinary comedy.
old/young
elderly
old
young
Most of the old folk stayed indoors in bad weather.
good or friendly
decent
fine
friendly
good
honest
kind
nice
Most of the people in the neighbourhood are decent folk.
from the country/city
city
country
farming
rural
Country folk were encouraged to come to the city.