"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. relatively close = stosunkowo blisko relatively close
3. sufficiently close = wystarczająco blisko sufficiently close
4. surprisingly close = zadziwiająco blisko surprisingly close
5. increasingly close = coraz bardziej blisko increasingly close
6. damned close = potępieńcy blisko damned close
7. awfully close = strasznie blisko awfully close
  • Well, there are some things that are awfully close to pure and I don't know how they can have any social relevance.
  • On June 28, however, he had an awfully close call.
  • I was awfully close to being right, my friend.
  • Reading the email, it's awfully close to outright criminal extortion.
  • It was awfully close to a Code break.
  • What we have today is a troops-in-contact situation and they're awfully close to each other.
  • "A lot of people felt they were awfully close to the finish line when they didn't get there," Davidson said by telephone last night.
  • Then he offered a tight, thin smile that was awfully close to a frown.
  • I know you were awfully close to her too.
  • You have to read him between the lines, and the lines are awfully close to- gether.
8. tantalizingly close = drażniąco blisko tantalizingly close
9. geographically close = geograficznie blisko geographically close
10. nowhere close = nigdzie blisko nowhere close
11. incredibly close = niewiarygodnie blisko incredibly close
12. remotely close = trochę blisko remotely close
13. physically close = fizycznie blisko physically close
14. excruciatingly close = nieznośnie blisko excruciatingly close
15. frighteningly close = potwornie blisko frighteningly close
16. damn close = cholernie blisko damn close
(6) uncomfortably, somewhere
Kolokacji: 2
close + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
close to • close with • close for • close in • close by • ...

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