The idiosyncrasy of collocations makes them also language-specific.
in English, you take [a] walk, in Spanish you 'give' it (dar [un] paseo), and in German and French you 'make' it ([einen] Spaziergang machen, faire [une] promenade); in English, rain is heavy, while in Spanish and German it is 'strong' (fuerte lluvia/starker Regen).