"foolish" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

foolish adjetivo

foolish + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 70
foolish thing • foolish man • foolish question • foolish woman • foolish girl • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(3) question, talk, tale
Kolokacji: 3
(4) woman, girl, Wife
Kolokacji: 3
(7) risk, chance, adventure
Kolokacji: 3
(10) grin, smile, moment
Kolokacji: 3
(11) move, gesture
Kolokacji: 2
1. foolish move = głupi ruch foolish move
2. foolish gesture = głupi gest foolish gesture
  • Some foolish gesture, a wave of a loose hand through her hair, and I could be minus one more family member.
  • "Women are too sane and practical to make such foolish gestures; but men, y' know, have an illim'table capacity for idiocy."
  • "You know that's a useless, almost a foolish gesture, a complete waste of energy and tune?"
  • Jareth knew that if it came to this, it would be a foolish gesture; he would die in the attempt.
  • "Why has Ix repeated this foolish gesture?"
  • A foolish gesture, she knew, but she needed to impress him.
  • It was only a foolish gesture, a sign of the Shadow's vanity.
  • Simon Thibault would never die in a foolish gesture for Edith.
  • It was a grand and foolish gesture, showing off all his swordsmanship; he would know, none better, that Richard would simply wait him out.
  • "If I may say, that was a foolish gesture," Amoros said from the side of his mouth.
(12) way, consistency, errand
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + foolish
Kolokacji: 6
feel foolish • look foolish • sound foolish • act foolish • appear foolish • ...
adverbio + foolish
Kolokacji: 12
most foolish • extremely foolish • slightly foolish • pretty foolish • somewhat foolish • ...
foolish + preposición
Kolokacji: 5
foolish of • foolish for • foolish in • foolish to • foolish about

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