"close" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

close adjetivo

close + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 198
close friend • close relationship • close proximity • close tie • close range • close contact • close attention • close associate • ...
verbo + close
Kolokacji: 24
come close • stand close • lean close • sit close • live close • ...
adverbio + close
Kolokacji: 32
extremely close • particularly close • fairly close • relatively close • especially close • ...
(1) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
1. extremely close = niezwykle blisko extremely close
2. exceedingly close = niezmiernie blisko exceedingly close
  • The room was exceedingly close: and the scent of the flowers that were placed about in profusion was almost too sweet and overpowering.
  • The fit, as Kai discovered, was exceedingly close for just one of them.
  • The vote was exceedingly close and a final tally was still not finished or released by Friday, April 20, 2012.
  • Grant had an exceedingly close relationship with his twin brother, Colin Campbell, W.S., afterwards, barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, who died suddenly on 30 April 1902.
  • Due to the small molecular size of helium, exceedingly close tolerances were needed to ensure that helium did not exfiltrate through the circulator while in use.
  • He said he had known his assignment would be delicate, since Mr. Kies is "an exceedingly close family friend."
  • Its supporters say Gazprom, which is 38 percent owned by the state and has exceedingly close ties to the Kremlin, will serve as a conduit for government influence over its news programs.
  • Still, Republicans, won the next two Presidential elections, albeit by exceedingly close votes.
  • Labor was exceedingly close to Paul Wittgenstein's family.
  • "They involve very tricky, delicate maneuvers and exceedingly close approaches to the moon."
(6) uncomfortably, somewhere
Kolokacji: 2
close + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
close to • close with • close for • close in • close by • ...

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