"defence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defence sustantivo

sustantivo + defence
Kolokacji: 19
air defence • title defence • self defence • defence of the city • home defence • ...
defence + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 75
Defence Force • Defence Minister • Defence Staff • defence policy • Defence Secretary • defence lawyer • Defence Ministry • ...
defence + verbo
Kolokacji: 3
defence argues • defence takes • defence rests
verbo + defence
Kolokacji: 22
play in defence • provide defence • make a defence • strengthen one's defences • organize the defence • ...
adjetivo + defence
Kolokacji: 39
coastal defence • successful defence • German defence • civil defence • strong defence • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(2) successful, strong, solid
Kolokacji: 3
(4) civil, military
Kolokacji: 2
(6) national, British, local
Kolokacji: 3
(7) best, far
Kolokacji: 2
(8) natural, only, outer
Kolokacji: 3
1. natural defence = naturalna obrona natural defence
2. only defence = jedyna obrona only defence
  • They must be tracking me, and my only defence is at the bottom of that ravine.
  • My only defence is that small claims must give way to great.
  • At his first trial his only defence was that he had not committed the crime.
  • At this point I think speed is our only defence.
  • It was his only defence against the pervasive cold.
  • The only defence is that John Major was not told.
  • In the end, that may be our only defence against it.
  • The only defence was the force radiated by the Greens.
  • She spent her time building the only defences she knew.
  • But does it not show how far the enemy has fallen in power that his only defence is a group of old men?
3. outer defence = zewnętrzna obrona outer defence
(9) spirited, passionate
Kolokacji: 2
(10) common, public, collective
Kolokacji: 3
(11) new, forward
Kolokacji: 2
(13) Australian, Canadian
Kolokacji: 2
(14) Indian, Japanese, imperial
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + defence
Kolokacji: 16
of Defence • on defence • in defence • through the defences • for the defence • ...

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