"long" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

long adverbio

verbo + long
Kolokacji: 314
take long • stay long • last long • wait long • live longer • grow longer • survive long • long sought • linger long • long argued • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 56
(2) stay, hesitate, delay, pause
Kolokacji: 4
(11) associate, plan, mean, aspire
Kolokacji: 4
2. long planned = długo zaplanować long planned
3. no longer mean = już nie oznaczaj no longer mean
4. long aspired = długo dążyć long aspired
  • "I have long aspired to your radiant daughter's hand," said David, who knew that Saul, having once been an unlettered farmer, delighted in courtly speeches.
  • It has long aspired in vain to attain a true civic dimension.
  • Since its days as the colonial center of Spain's Caribbean domain, Cuba has long aspired to a great destiny.
  • Sir Patrick, who comes from Anglo-Irish Protestant stock in Cork, has long aspired to become Northern Ireland Secretary.
  • Mr. Reich has long aspired to reconcile the refinements of concert hall music with the pleasures of pop, building his pieces on the repetition of infectious rhythms.
  • Mr. Gibbons, who has been on the losing side of previous leadership battles in the House, has long aspired to the chairmanship.
  • TfL has long aspired to split the Northern line into two separate routes.
  • Ward has long aspired to pursue acting and drama is a passion that she has held since she was a child.
  • In this connection, I should like to point out that one of our key demands is that the elderly should finally be given the greater freedom to which they have long aspired.
  • And that's what we're interested in, is seeing the Baltic states quickly get their independence and the freedom that they've long aspired to.
(12) sleep, dream
Kolokacji: 2
(13) spend, cater, nurture
Kolokacji: 3
(16) dominate, overshadow, overlook
Kolokacji: 3
(21) stare, gaze
Kolokacji: 2
(23) complain, report, bemoan
Kolokacji: 3
(24) advocate, urge, warn, preach
Kolokacji: 4
(31) speak, talk, rumor
Kolokacji: 3
(37) keep, celebrate, court
Kolokacji: 3
(40) own, possess, boast, sport
Kolokacji: 4
(42) ignore, neglect
Kolokacji: 2
(43) fear, dread
Kolokacji: 2
(46) hide, harbor
Kolokacji: 2
(50) predate, precede, antedate
Kolokacji: 3
(51) protect, surround
Kolokacji: 2
(52) accuse, charge, attribute
Kolokacji: 3
(53) reign, haunt, dog
Kolokacji: 3
(54) cultivate, train, excel
Kolokacji: 3
(55) cherish, yearn
Kolokacji: 2
(56) shun, ban
Kolokacji: 2
long + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 102
long overdue • longer necessary • long dead • longer interested • longer able • longer available • longer possible • longer active • ...
preposición + long
Kolokacji: 5
for long • on long • of long • before long • about long

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