"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

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

Hoping to avoid what could be a costly street-by-street fight, for now they are content to stay outside the city proper.
There were no overt signs of rivalry between the groups-not on a strange world so soon after a costly fight.
The costly fight is far from over, however,.
They said they had agreed to settle the case to avoid a costly legal fight.
If the Government has to go to court to prove its case, it will face a long and costly fight.
Or who wants a costly fight in court about accessability rights?
Fedron's bands seldom stayed for a long, costly fight.
To avoid costly legal fights far from his new home, P. would have to surrender the lease.
But if Mr. Clinton decides he wants a change it could be a politically costly fight.
The club is now open again, thanks to a victory in court, but it's bracing for a long and costly legal fight as the city appeals.

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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