"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

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) play, sound, feel

Kolokacji: 3

1. play defensive = gra obronny play defensive

2. sound defensive = dźwięk obronny sound defensive

3. feel defensive = poczuj się obronny feel defensive

"Nobody should feel defensive or unhappy about the quality of treatment they've received," he said.
This means they can feel guilty and defensive about switching.
Sometimes when somebody asks me a question I feel defensive.
Most American teachers who enter the project do so feeling defensive, because other nations have higher test scores.
Now why was she feeling so defensive about the Catteni?
Instead I felt defensive, as if we had too much.
"There are so many historical reasons for us to feel defensive," he said.
We have no reason to feel defensive about society's achievements in these first years of the twentieth century.
A. The industry is obviously not happy, and they feel very defensive about this.
County officials, he added, are humorless because they feel defensive.

(2) become, grow

Kolokacji: 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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