"affection" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

affection sustantivo

affection + verbo
Kolokacji: 3
Affection goes • affection grows • affection develops
verbo + affection
Kolokacji: 23
show affection • feel affection • win one's affection • express affection • return one's affection • ...
adjetivo + affection
Kolokacji: 61
great affection • deep affection • genuine affection • real affection • mutual affection • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
1. personal affection = własna sympatia personal affection
2. public affection = społeczna sympatia public affection
3. secret affection = tajna sympatia secret affection
  • He has a secret affection towards Kazuko since they were kids, which is made evident by the way he looks out for her and the way he treats her nicely compared to everyone else.
  • Besides, her own secret affection for Richard Ward was calling her back.
  • I won't mention my secret affection for pumpkin scones at Starbucks.
  • She has secret affections and high regards for Richter but she dislikes Erika because she considers her a traitor.
  • Rusty is embarrassed when she discovers Spotty's secret affection for her pink fluffy slippers.
  • His youngest brother, Saloth Nhep, 70, a poor farmer whose thatched house looks out across the river, seemed still to hold a secret affection for Pol Pot.
  • In the "Valentine's Day" episode she is shown to harbor a secret affection for Josh, though he mistakenly believes she has sent him hate mail and is determined to get back at her.
  • Having inherited his mother's pretty eyes and hair, he also harbours a secret affection for the stenographer in his office, and a longing to live in Italy and write poetry.
  • In an over-diagrammatic performance, Paul Venables suggests that, buried deep down, Bertram may harbour a secret affection for his enforced bride.
  • Eventually their fierce rivalry turns to a secret affection, which blossoms into love.
4. equal affection = jednakowa sympatia equal affection
(6) obvious, evident, palpable
Kolokacji: 3
(10) sisterly, brotherly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) lifelong, lasting, enduring
Kolokacji: 3
(12) undying, boundless
Kolokacji: 2
(13) nostalgic, wistful
Kolokacji: 2
(14) grudging, tolerant
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + affection
Kolokacji: 13
with affection • of affection • for one's affections • in affection • to affection • ...

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