More "exotic" verb+noun collocations for advanced student of English?

I'm finding it difficult to get hold of extensive examples or lists.

I'm talking about things like to cast aspersions, to undergo treatment, to undertake a task.

Anyone any pointers?

Also, if anyone has any ideas on other lesson agendas for an advanced student I would appreciate it. Her vocab is good, she has a solid understanding of tenses and her general grammar is good (syntax etc).

Phrasal verbs are always worth revising and I guess she can't have too much vocabulary...

What about English words that there are no direct Polish equivalents for?

There must be a few - e.g. shrug is one as far as I know.

Any more?

to cast aspersions -- poddawać w wątpliwość, oczerniać
to undergo treatment -- poddać się leczeniu
to undertake a task -- podjąć zadanie
to shrug -- wzruszyć ramionami

Oh ok, thanks. Is it a direct equivalent though? I was told there wasn't one. Does the above not just mean "lift shoulders" or something? maybe not.

Anyway, on the other stuff, you misunderstand - I'm looking for the English collocations in order to teach to a Pole. e.g. you don't throw aspersions but castthem etc

If you meant to shrug off, then that would be like zlekceważyć or in current slang olać (literally to urinate upon).
I see your point -- throw is the literal verb and cast is used in upper-shelf collocations. Polish has also got different words for throw, rzucać being the most common one; ciskać is used to covney hurling insults. But for the notion of casting aspersions we say poddawać w wątpliwość (to throw into doubt) or maybe ciskać oszczerstwa (to hurl slander).

By now all this is probably clear....as mud?

Precisely! LOL

I don't need to know the Polish vocab - it is English lists of these verb+noun collocations that I'm looking for , not Polish !!

this seems to work ok: lixiaolai.com/ocd/

dictionary.com is good at providing lots of examples of phrasal verbs and idiomatic usage
e.g. crack

Thanks sausage & Wroclaw.