He has an impressive stamp collection, though he has been 'collecting' for only a few years.
I 'collected up' [='picked up'] the dishes and brought them to the kitchen.
The operator asked me if I would accept a 'collect' call from John Smith.
(..) Ah...to the HQ. Take me please. I have something to do at the HQ. Mr Bologa... Take this stamp...from Italy. Probably you collect them. Thank you, i don't but... From my husband. He is fighting there. That's all. Forgive me. (..)1965 Forest of the Hanged