Collocation: types and strengths

Matching exercise
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Drag and drop the items on the right to match the items on the left. To decide if a collocation is relatively weak or strong, ask yourself how many substitutions you can reasonable make.
adjective + noun (stronger)
verb + prepositional phrase (weaker)
verb + adverb (stronger)
verb + adverb (weaker)
adverb + adjective (weaker)
noun + noun (weaker)
verb + noun (stronger)
noun + noun (stronger)
verb + noun (weaker)
adjective + noun (weaker)
adverb + adjective (stronger)
verb + prepositional phrase (stronger)
fall into debt
door handle
write an essay
build well
serious problem
estate car
rain incessantly
patently obvious
extremely happy
send by post
wonderful holiday
compose a symphony