"hold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

hold sustantivo

sustantivo + hold
Kolokacji: 20
cargo hold • hold of one's arm • hold of one's hand • house hold • hold of one's wrist • ...
hold + verbo
Kolokacji: 6
hold tightens • hold loosens • hold weakens • hold eases • hold slips • ...
verbo + hold
Kolokacji: 27
take hold • get hold • grab hold • catch hold • keep hold • break one's hold • lose one's hold • release one's hold • lay hold • ...
adjetivo + hold
Kolokacji: 29
firm hold • strong hold • tight hold • tenuous hold • good hold • ...
(3) indefinite, precarious
Kolokacji: 2
1. indefinite hold = niesprecyzowany uścisk indefinite hold
2. precarious hold = niepewny uścisk precarious hold
  • The move underscored the precarious hold he has on his job.
  • The Democratic party has a precarious hold on both houses of the Legislature.
  • At any moment, it seemed, she might loose her precarious hold on this material world and become all spirit.
  • I caught him with one hand, but it broke my own precarious hold.
  • But securing her cost him his precarious hold on the lip of the lock.
  • He got a precarious hold, pulled it toward him.
  • He seemed to have a precarious hold on his nerves now and she did not want to dislodge it.
  • Whatever precarious hold they had on life in the cellar came to an end when fresh air hit them.
  • He felt himself clinging to this new level, clutching at a precarious hold and peering about.
  • A precarious hold: the fine hair would slip through her fingers if she relied on it.
(4) powerful, dark
Kolokacji: 2
(5) forward, new, vertical
Kolokacji: 3
(7) temporary, permanent
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + hold
Kolokacji: 9
on hold • from one's hold • into the hold • in the hold • to the hold • ...

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