"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. 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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