"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(10) disaster, problem, distraction
Kolokacji: 3
(13) delay, disruption
Kolokacji: 2
(14) treatment, drug, intervention
Kolokacji: 3
(16) penalty, incentive, benefit
Kolokacji: 3
(17) gift, acquisition, subsidy
Kolokacji: 3
(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
1. costly affair = kosztowna sprawa costly affair
  • Buying guns in those days was a costly affair.
  • Eating out in restaurants can be a costly affair, with the average price running higher than that of the European average.
  • If the couple subsequently breaks up, the distribution of the assets of such a relationship can be a complicated and costly affair.
  • The lengthy travel to the shogunal court broke the boredom of the Dutch stay, but it was a costly affair.
  • Recovery in particular for Cedar Rapids is considered to be a protracted and costly affair.
  • Shweta's wedding itself will be a costly multiday affair.
  • In other words, an expat holding a top-managerial position is a very costly affair.
  • A classical education has been a costly affair for Mr. Emmett.
  • Floods in India are already a perennial and costly affair, especially in human terms.
  • Entire families get together once a year around a wedding, and that is usually a costly affair, by one estimate around $4,000 each.
2. costly race = kosztowny wyścig costly race
(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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