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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
(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
1. costly failure = kosztowne niepowodzenie costly failure
2. costly victory = kosztowne zwycięstwo costly victory
  • You may win, but it will be a costly victory at best.
  • The castle once was his, but the Rokkaku took it only recently before his costly victory.
  • The varying assessments of Roman success may indicate a slim and costly victory.
  • The battle was a costly victory for the Malsori tribesman.
  • But it could turn out to have been a costly victory.
  • He pocketed the $900, but it was a costly victory.
  • For the Chinese, this costly victory presented an opportunity to promote the value of endurance and sacrifice.
  • Otherwise, the costly victory over inflation could yet become Pyrrhic.
  • They would all do their damnedest to win, but it might prove to be a very costly victory.
  • While the Commonwealth gained some territories, in terms of money and lives it was a very costly victory.
3. costly defeat = kosztowna porażka costly defeat
4. costly flop = kosztowna klapa costly flop
5. costly setback = kosztowna komplikacja costly setback
(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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