"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 5

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) show, display, presume, demonstrate

Kolokacji: 4

(2) feel, win, gain, earn, receive, ...

Kolokacji: 8

Kolokacji: 8

(4) compete, vie, lose

Kolokacji: 3

1. compete for one's affections = rywalizować czyjś sympatie compete for one's affections

2. vie for one's affection = rywalizować czyjś sympatia vie for one's affection

Ms. McGovern is delightful as she finds that, once lovelorn, she is now bedeviled by two lovers, both ardently vying for her affection.
They both vied for Lian's affection.
Wesley and Gunn both vie for Fred's affection.
Two sisters, one legitimate, one not, vie for their father's affection and fortune.
Sisters vie for their father's affection and fortune.
But he is devastated when he realizes that his uncle is also vying for her affection.
At the end of the movie, the two characters vying for her affection beat each other with enormous cuts of these ham hocks.
On "Flavor of Love," 20 contestants vie for the rap star's affection while living with him in a mansion in Encino.
Two sisters vie for their father's affection and fortune.
In this second season, 20 new women vie for his affection, which means being subjected to his whims.

3. lose one's affection = przegrywać czyjś sympatia lose one's affection

adjetivo + affection

Kolokacji: 61

great affection • deep affection • genuine affection • real affection • mutual affection • ...

preposición + affection

Kolokacji: 13

with affection • of affection • for one's affections • in affection • to affection • ...

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