"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defensive adjetivo

defensive + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 222

defensive end • defensive coordinator • defensive player • defensive position • defensive line • defensive lineman • defensive back • ...

verbo + defensive

Kolokacji: 5

play defensive • sound defensive • feel defensive • become defensive • grow defensive

Kolokacji: 2

1. play defensive = gra obronny play defensive

2. sound defensive = dźwięk obronny sound defensive

She gave up the effort necessary to resist sounding defensive.
"I'll think about it," I said, and my voice sounded defensive even to me.
He tried a laugh, but sounded defensive all the same.
"I don't want to sound defensive, but this is something that could have happened on any campus."
"The real question," one administration official said, trying his best not to sound defensive, "is how did the Iraqi market do?"
"Less than a year," she said, trying not to sound too defensive.
No matter what she said it would sound defensive.
Dean might have believed him had he not sounded so defensive.
She doesn't sound defensive; it's more that she's trying to clarify.
And try not to sound so defensive when you talk about Saddam.

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

adverbio + defensive

Kolokacji: 13

purely defensive • somewhat defensive • strictly defensive • slightly defensive • essentially defensive • ...

defensive + preposición

Kolokacji: 3

defensive about • defensive in • defensive of

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