do collocates with damage,duty, and wrong, but not with trouble,noise,
and excuse:
do a lot of damage, do one’s duty, do wrong
make trouble, make a lot of noise, make an excuse
see also idiomcolloquialism n
a word or phrase that is more commonly used in informal speech and
writing. For example boss is a colloquialism for employer.
see also colloquial speech
colloquial speechn
also casual speech, casual style, informal speech
an informal type of speech used among friends and others in situations where
empathy, rapport or lack of social barriers are important. Colloquial speech
is often marked by the use of slang or idioms and by other linguistic charac-
teristics such as deletion of subject or auxiliaries (e.g. as in “Got the time?”
instead of “Do you have the time?”). Colloquial speech is not necessarily non-
prestige speech and should not be considered as substandard. Educated
native speakers of a language normally use colloquial speech in informal
situations with friends, fellow workers, and members of the family.
see alsostyle
combining formn
a bound form that can form a new word by combining with another com-
bining form, a word, or sometimes an affix. For example, the combining
form astr(o)-, ‘star’, can form the word astrology with the combining form
-(o)logy, the word astrophysics with the word physics, and the word astral
with the suffix -al. Groups of morphemeSlike the -blooded of warm-
blooded or the -making of trouble-making are also sometimes regarded as
combining forms.
see also word formation
commentn
see topic^2
comment clausen
a clause which comments on another clause in a sentence. For example:
She is, I believe, a New Zealander.
Coming from you, that sounds surprising.
Comment clauses function as adjunctsor disjuncts, and are optional in
the sentence structure.
colloquialism