"delay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delay verbo

delay + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 81

delay action • delay one's departure • delay construction • delay one's plans • delay the release • delay the start • delay a decision • ...

verbo + delay

Kolokacji: 15

want to delay • try to delay • decide to delay • keep delaying • consider delaying • ...

Kolokacji: 2

1. want to delay = chciej opóźnić want to delay

2. try to delay = spróbuj opóźnić try to delay

"It's not that they were ever trying to delay or make difficulties for anyone."
It's as if they're trying to delay a clear picture coming out of it all for a few days.
There was no need to try to delay the inevitable.
He could be trying to delay any reaction on our part.
"They will probably try to delay this every step of the way."
He knows we're right on his heels, and he's likely to try to delay us.
He was trying to delay their return to the surface.
No use trying to delay what must now be done.
You are trying to delay me now, and there is an end of it.
He tried to delay things by sending her on a European trip.

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

delay + preposición

Kolokacji: 28

delayed until • delay by • delayed for • delayed after • delayed in • ...

delay + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 38

further delay • delay no longer • delayed indefinitely • repeatedly delayed • significantly delayed • ...

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