To CAST apsersions; to BEAR a grudge - what do you call this concept?

Caveat

...and does anyone know where I could find lists of phrases like this?

I.e. certain verbs that only really go with certain nouns to form a phrase which is regarded as correct usage.

TIA

Donkey Oaty

The examples you give are what I would call collocations - specifically they are verb + noun collocations.

I'm not sure where you'd find a list of them though.

Caveat

Aha! Good one thanks. It's a start.

Maybe I could google verb + noun collocations. I'll give it a go...

Caveat

OK, a few results that were too basic but this looks promising:

http://esl.about.com/od/engilshvocabulary/a/collocations.htm

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

looksee

I like new words, and collocation is one I have never heard before! Thanks.

andala

There are quite a few collocation dictionaries available
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=collocations+dictionary&tag=googiehydra-21&index=aps&hvadid=4908150153&ref=pd_sl_l62cmikdn_b