"candle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

candle sustantivo

sustantivo + candle
Kolokacji: 17
tallow candle • beeswax candle • wax candle • birthday candle • lighting candle • ...
candle + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 20
candle flame • candle wax • candle holder • candle light • candle lantern • ...
candle + verbo
Kolokacji: 27
candle burns • candle lights • candle flickers • candle illuminates • candle gutters • ...
verbo + candle
Kolokacji: 19
light a candle • hold a candle • use candles • make candles • candle set • ...
(1) light, blow, burn
Kolokacji: 3
  • Don't burn candles for more than four hours at a time.
  • As these candles burned for about four hours, each mark represented 20 minutes.
  • He burns the candle at both ends trying to find a way to win.
  • A single candle burned in the window, though, lighting them home.
  • "I just don't want to burn the candle at both ends."
  • "You have to burn the candle at both ends," he says.
  • I have worked like hell, often burning the candle at both ends, trying to build the business and stay ahead of the competition.
  • Sort of burning the candle at both ends and in the middle too.
  • "This country doesn't want somebody who burns candles to the god Mars," he continued.
  • Lucy had been burning candles in a closet, her sister told the police.
(2) hold, use, make, set, put, ...
Kolokacji: 14
(3) see, include
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + candle
Kolokacji: 41
votive candle • single candle • white candle • scented candle • Roman candle • ...
preposición + candle
Kolokacji: 10
with candles • of candles • from candles • to candles • for candles • ...

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