"exaggerate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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exaggerate + preposición
Kolokacji: 9
exaggerate in • exaggerate to • exaggerate for • exaggerated by • exaggerate about • ...
exaggerate + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 9
greatly exaggerated • exaggerate slightly • deliberately exaggerate • grossly exaggerate • wildly exaggerate • ...
(2) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
  • One might even have exaggerated slightly and said that he smiled.
  • "I'm afraid her powers have been slightly exaggerated if she can't see such a straightforward thing as that."
  • He exaggerated only slightly; with a country prostitute it was hardly required.
  • "We have components for three complete assemblies, which my people are already working on," she exaggerated slightly.
  • The captain had, as was his right, exaggerated slightly.
  • It appears that the estimate of projected jobs associated with this project may be slightly exaggerated by about 15000.
  • The news of my death was slightly exaggerated.
  • Seven inches, seven feet, the military does exaggerate slightly in the need of good propaganda.
  • His cheerfulness was only slightly exaggerated as he accompanied the apprentice back to the tower.
  • I may have exaggerated slightly," she said, lowering her eyes in a flash of demureness.

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