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"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 6
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(1) mistake, error, interception, fumble, trip, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(2) war, battle, effort, campaign, change, ...
Kolokacji: 12
1. costly war = kosztowna wojna costly war
2. costly battle = kosztowna bitwa costly battle
  • If it is carried out in good faith, the agreement could finally bring this costly legal battle to a close.
  • The retaking of the keep must have been a bloody, costly battle.
  • They've just won a costly battle; they aren't strong enough yet We need more gathered to our side.
  • They've just won a costly battle; they aren't strong enough yet.
  • Why can't he see it makes more sense to settle with the insurance company than to get involved in a long and costly legal battle?
  • A costly battle broke out that claimed the lives of several Spanish officers.
  • The town was subdued but it proved to be a costly battle for the Americans.
  • Faced with a long and costly legal battle, the district backed down.
  • Gordon decided not to use the name anymore, rather than go through a costly legal battle.
  • The Council's action was intended to avoid a costly legal battle.
3. costly effort = kosztowny wysiłek costly effort
4. costly campaign = kosztowna kampania costly campaign
5. costly change = kosztowna zmiana costly change
6. costly fight = kosztowna walka costly fight
7. costly damage = kosztowne uszkodzenie costly damage
8. costly action = kosztowne działanie costly action
9. costly illness = kosztowna choroba costly illness
10. costly struggle = kosztowna walka costly struggle
11. costly conflict = kosztowny konflikt costly conflict
12. costly expedition = kosztowna wyprawa costly expedition
(3) program, system, burden, plan, arrangement
Kolokacji: 5
(4) process, procedure, operation, regulation, technology, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(5) litigation, lawsuit, mandate, divorce, suit, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(6) failure, victory, defeat, flop, setback
Kolokacji: 5
(7) project, undertaking, endeavor, enterprise, task, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(8) alternative, option, decision
Kolokacji: 3
(9) way, proposition, approach, luxury, proposal
Kolokacji: 5
(10) disaster, problem, distraction
Kolokacji: 3
(11) item, one, ingredient, piece, component
Kolokacji: 5
(12) repair, service, care, renovation, cleanup, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(13) delay, disruption
Kolokacji: 2
(14) treatment, drug, intervention
Kolokacji: 3
(15) turnover, investment, venture, production, business, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(16) penalty, incentive, benefit
Kolokacji: 3
(17) gift, acquisition, subsidy
Kolokacji: 3
(18) equipment, material, fabric, robe, duplication
Kolokacji: 5
(19) measure, step, weapon
Kolokacji: 3
(20) hurricane, tornado
Kolokacji: 2
(21) strike, assault, storm
Kolokacji: 3
(22) solution, method
Kolokacji: 2
(23) trial, experiment
Kolokacji: 2
(24) affair, race
Kolokacji: 2
(25) expansion, model, form, version
Kolokacji: 4
(26) bureaucracy, machine
Kolokacji: 2
(27) dispute, jewel, gem
Kolokacji: 3
(28) import, consequence
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + costly
Kolokacji: 4
prove costly • become costly • grow costly • consider costly
adverbio + costly
Kolokacji: 19
most costly • extremely costly • potentially costly • far more costly • increasingly costly • ...
costly + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
costly for • costly to • costly in

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