"brief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

brief adjetivo

brief + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 471
brief period • brief moment • brief history • brief appearance • brief stint • brief spell • brief career • brief statement • brief visit • ...
adverbio + brief
Kolokacji: 10
relatively brief • extremely brief • mercifully brief • comparatively brief • fairly brief • ...
(2) unusually, remarkably
Kolokacji: 2
1. unusually brief = wyjątkowo krótki unusually brief
  • Oestrus lasts five days, and mating is unusually brief.
  • Arbitragers and analysts speculated on Thursday that the offer's unusually brief duration was meant to put pressure on the company's board to act.
  • The Court agreed today in an unusually brief opinion, just more than five pages long.
  • He made unusually brief remarks to the players Monday morning, then sent them home several hours early.
  • "Don't even think of smoking here," is the current, unusually brief message on display.
  • When the great man finally spoke down the line from the Chinese capital, the conversation was unusually brief for two such old friends.
  • A comic strip with an unusually brief publication period, it was cancelled after just three months, the final comic published on June 23, 1935.
  • A company spokesman, Victor L. Campbell, acknowledged that the offer's duration was unusually brief.
  • Committee hearings had been unusually brief, largely because few had the courage to testify against it.
  • That was an unusually brief and straightforward reply for Trinary.
2. remarkably brief = niezwykle krótki remarkably brief
brief + preposición
Kolokacji: 5
brief of • brief in • brief for • brief to • brief with

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