"desert" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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desert + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
desert one's post • desert one's friends • desert one's wife
desert + preposición
Kolokacji: 14
deserted at • desert in • deserted for • desert to • desert from • ...
desert + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 17
completely deserted • largely deserted • virtually deserted • practically deserted • entirely deserted • ...
(2) suddenly, quickly
Kolokacji: 2
1. suddenly deserted = nagle opuścić suddenly deserted
2. quickly desert = szybko pustynia quickly desert
  • Townsend's American friends quickly deserted him after learning that he was half Japanese, and Townsend decided to end his professional career to become a trainer.
  • Many, although not all, of the young native police quickly deserted and joined the rebels.
  • Without any hot drinks, life would quickly desert us.
  • The citizens quickly deserted the town with their valuables, leaving very little for the buccaneers.
  • The Göktürks, however, quickly deserted him because of the strange winter conditions.
  • Most with any spark of courage or decency deserted quickly.
  • Doroshenko quickly deserted his pro-Polish position and decided to seek aid from the Ottoman Empire.
  • However, he abandoned it for law, and this too he quickly deserted to devote himself to education and to travelling.

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