"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 • ...
preposición + affection
Kolokacji: 13
with affection • of affection • for one's affections • in affection • to affection • ...
(1) with, of, for, in, to, ...
Kolokacji: 13
6. on affection = na sympatii on affection
8. about one's affection = około czyjś sympatia about one's affection
9. from affection = z sympatii from affection
11. by affection = przez sympatię by affection
12. despite one's affection = pomimo czyjś sympatia despite one's affection
13. between affection = między sympatią between affection
  • I never called him by his first name, careful not to cross the delicate mentor-protege line between affection and familiarity.
  • I touched her, a pat between affection and compassion.
  • The problem for Miss Pierson's neighbors was that the line between familial affection and sexual abuse is not always clear.
  • She stared at him with an expression caught between affection and frustration.
  • The tension between real-world affection and poker imperatives gives the play - yes, both sorts - its edge.
  • Thalia had spent the day vacillating between icy anger and hot affection.
  • It must have been then that I began to distinguish between affection and appetite.
  • The movie's view of this disturbed young author finds just the right balance between affection and pity, admiration and criticism.
  • She just wished he could see the difference between affection and lust, for she had a powerful need to be hugged.
  • But these American products shape images, not sympathies, and there is little, if any, relationship between artifact and affection.

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