"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 7

Grup znaczeniowych: 6

(1) extremely, exceedingly

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 5

Kolokacji: 4

Kolokacji: 16

Kolokacji: 3

1. dangerously close = niebezpiecznie blisko dangerously close

It was dangerously close to an air base in Kabul.
He was dangerously close to coming already, his fingers threading through the hair on her head.
That was dangerously close to the hour when the scientists went to work.
He was dangerously close to the edge of his control and that couldn't be.
Both were dangerously close to the edge of the ring.
He was dangerously close to falling for the pretty Irish teacher.
By the time they got to the top she was dangerously close to tears.
He, on the other hand, was dangerously close to tears.
At one point he goes on hunger strike and is dangerously close to death.
The deficits in some of these countries are dangerously close to, if not above, 3%.

2. perilously close = niebezpiecznie blisko perilously close

3. precariously close = będąc niepewnym jutra blisko precariously close

(6) uncomfortably, somewhere

Kolokacji: 2

close + preposición

Kolokacji: 12

close to • close with • close for • close in • close by • ...

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