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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 6
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 4
(1) try, help, struggle, use
Kolokacji: 4
1. try to contain = spróbuj zawierać try to contain
2. help contain = pomóż zawierać help contain
3. struggle to contain = walka o zawieranie struggle to contain
  • Nothing would stop him, yet she struggled now to contain the fear that was in her, spreading like some pernicious cancer.
  • The words were deadly quiet and the man who spoke them was clearly struggling to contain his fury.
  • She pressed her head back against his shoulder, struggling to contain the feeling and yet take more of him.
  • Judge Amin struggled to contain him, but with little success.
  • If you try to go slowly the V8 struggles to contain its fury.
  • They walked towards the village while he struggled to contain and enjoy his feelings.
  • She watched him for five minutes while the bearded men struggled to contain their mirth.
  • The suspension struggles to contain the shifting momentum, then gives up and goes home.
  • The apparition fell silent for a moment, and seemed to be struggling to contain his anger.
  • He stopped, struggling to contain the surge of emotions that washed over his face.
4. use to contain = użyj by zawierać use to contain
(2) find, believe, know
Kolokacji: 4
(3) seem, appear, consist, come
Kolokacji: 4
(4) release, say, publish
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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