"handful" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

handful sustantivo

sustantivo + handful

Kolokacji: 23

handful of one's hair • handful of companies • handful of people • handful of men • handful of others • ...

handful + verbo

Kolokacji: 34

handful remains • handful makes • handful goes • handful knows • handful survives • ...

verbo + handful

Kolokacji: 10

grab a handful • take a handful • play a handful • make a handful • throw a handful • ...

adjetivo + handful

Kolokacji: 15

small handful • double handful • mere handful • relative handful • tiny handful • ...

Kolokacji: 4

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) small, double, tiny, large, big, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(2) mere, bare

Kolokacji: 2

(3) relative, pitiful, comparative

Kolokacji: 3

(4) scant, generous, select, good

Kolokacji: 4

1. scant handful = niewielka garść scant handful

He barely knows a scant handful of words.
I left a scant handful of my hair in his fist as I did so.
The Digest's decision means a scant handful of magazines keep ads off their back covers.
A shell burst a scant handful of yards below the Wilbur, whichbounced in the air.
She splashed some on her face, a scant handful at a time.
A scant handful of warriors remained behind to guard the servants, women, and wounded.
She turned around, twisted the tap, and splashed a scant handful of water on her face.
Almost all of them were freighted with soldiers, leaving only a scant handful to serve as escorts.
She'd forgotten what a scant handful a newly hatched fire lizard was.
The rest shifted down in a cloud of particles, looking far more than the scant handful I had thrown.

2. generous handful = hojna garść generous handful

3. select handful = wybrany garść select handful

4. good handful = dobra garstka good handful

preposición + handful

Kolokacji: 10

among a handful • with a handful • by a handful • from a handful • to a handful • ...

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