"contain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

contain verbo

contain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 1074
contain information • contain ingredients • contain elements • contain material • contain references • contain sugar • ...
verbo + contain
Kolokacji: 15
try to contain • found to contain • seem to contain • released containing • say to contain • ...
contain + preposición
Kolokacji: 47
contain within • contain in • contain by • contain among • contain about • ...
contain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 56
contain therein • barely contain • actually contain • originally contain • once contain • generally contain • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) therein, normally, commonly
Kolokacji: 3
(2) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
2. hardly contain = ledwie zawieraj hardly contain
  • Richard is so excited that he can hardly contain himself.
  • On the one hand, he could hardly contain his eagerness.
  • I could hardly contain myself with the joy of it.
  • I could hardly contain myself when the furniture arrived two days later.
  • I passed it on to another audience member, who could hardly contain herself.
  • The three men spying on him can hardly contain themselves.
  • The very act of reading those words had filled me with an excitement I could hardly contain.
  • Something that was so exciting she could hardly contain it.
  • The younger male was still so excited, he could hardly contain himself.
  • So he could hardly contain his eagerness to bring the meeting to a close.
3. scarcely contain = ledwie zawieraj scarcely contain
(5) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) generally, clearly, exactly
Kolokacji: 3
(7) entirely, alone, exclusively
Kolokacji: 3
(8) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(12) supposedly, purportedly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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