Heavy smoker, heavy schedule, heavy losses...
Common collocations with heavy
(Answers to the exercise)

    1. Our office has been very busy today.
      - We've had a pretty heavy day at the office today.

    2. My brother smokes two packets of cigarettes a day.
      - My brother's a very heavy smoker.

    3. Pierre's English is quite good, but he sounds very French.
      - Pierre speaks English with a heavy French accent.

    4. I'm sorry I'm late. I got stuck in a traffic jam.
      - I'm sorry I'm late. The traffic was very heavy this morning.

    5. I dropped a candy wrapper on the street in Singapore and they fined me $400.
      - I dropped a candy wrapper on the street in Singapore and I was given a pretty heavy fine.

    6. She's quite pretty, but make-up is a bit excessive.
      - I wish she wouldn't wear such heavy make-up.

    7. It was very frosty when we got up this morning.
      - The frost was very heavy this morning.

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