"action" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

action sustantivo

sustantivo + action
Kolokacji: 109
class action • enforcement action • government action • wave action • police action • enemy action • court action • strike action • ...
action + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 96
action committee • action film • action plan • action figure • action movie • action program • action sequence • action hero • ...
action + verbo
Kolokacji: 192
action affects • action results • action takes • action occurs • action follows • action causes • action brings • action leads • ...
verbo + action
Kolokacji: 258
take action • initiate action • demand action • delay action • action undertaken • require action • perform actions • threaten action • ...
adjetivo + action
Kolokacji: 455
legal action • military action • affirmative action • disciplinary action • far action • direct action • immediate action • political action • ...
preposición + action
Kolokacji: 36
into action • of action • for action • in action • through action • ...
1. due to one's actions = z powodu czyjś czyny due to one's actions
  • Various countries, not least Germany, have decided against legal action brought by organizations.
  • I didn't ask about abstract arguments for or against action.
  • There were no big public protests against the military's actions.
  • The odds are against military action in 2011, but by the end of the year all bets will be off.
  • That, and his strong stand against affirmative action, once would have been red meat for Democrats.
  • In a district with many minorities, he is against affirmative action.
  • Why then has he set himself so resolutely against industrial action?
  • He attributed that to "the general attack against affirmative action" in recent years.
  • The expression is usually used to warn against risky action.
6. behind one's actions = z tyłu czyjś czyny behind one's actions
9. despite one's actions = pomimo czyjś czyny despite one's actions
10. before action = przed działaniem before action
12. out of action = nieczynny, wyłączony, niepracujący (o maszynie) out of action

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