practical advice

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalandadvice

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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advice
noun[U]
uk
/ədˈvaɪs/
us
/ədˈvaɪs/
an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a ...
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(Definition ofpracticalandadvicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpractical advice

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Until recently, locating research or usefulpracticaladviceabout multilingualism and language learning was a very time-consuming endeavor.
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Somepracticaladviceis also offered on how to implement this method in the classroom.
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The report concludes with somepracticaladvicefor teachers who may be interested in the 'hierarchical' approach to teaching relative clauses.
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Additionally, the women wished for their supporters to be trustworthy, to maintain their privacy, and to help withpracticaladviceand assistance.
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These texts, then, are more concerned with conceptual clarification than with dispensingpracticaladvice.
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Relational contracting also can providepracticaladviceabout how to improve intelligence sharing arrangements.
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Practicaladvicecould and should be more based on understanding how the system works.
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The chapters range from the purely theoretical to those describing services and those givingpracticaladviceabout how to address delusions and hallucinations.
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Thus,practicaladvice, language tuition, advocacy, and particularly employment are important in improving their mental health.
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These principles are thepracticaladviceor tips that form the main selling points of the books.
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There is morepracticaladviceabout good parenting in this chapter than one would expect to find given that the topic is genetics.
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These people invariably provide valuablepracticaladviceand feedback to the committee on conditions and practices within the animal facility.
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The book combines theoretical ethical analysis with case studies andpracticaladvice.
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The importance of the community midwife and health visitor in providingpracticaladviceand emotional support is apparent.
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Very few have contained anypracticaladvice, information, or instruction to the citizen.
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Furthermore, researchers could givepracticaladviceon and assistance with the most effective methods of implementing policy decisions (13).
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After all, the academic o staff employed for the college were expected to givepracticaladviceto the community.
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Consider the activity of providingpracticaladviceor tips, and contrast this with the activity of explaining concepts that may be fairly technical or abstract.
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Overall, this is a very readable book which covers a lot of material, managing to combinepracticaladvice about researching life stories with an exploration of conceptual underpinnings.
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