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Collocations for realistic - adj.

1. showing acceptance of the facts of a situation

VERBS

be, seem | keep sth
Try to keep your ambitions realistic.

ADV.

extremely, very | fairly, quite, reasonably | enough, sufficiently
He was realistic enough to know this success could not last.

PREP.

about
My friends were quite realistic about my problems.
in
being very realistic in their expectations

2. showing things as they really are

VERBS

be, look, sound | become | make sth
You could make the hands a little more realistic.

ADV.

extremely, truly, very | fairly, quite | grimly
his grimly realistic first novel about drug addicts

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