"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
(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
  • The city has long struggled each year to hire enough teachers for its 1,200 schools.
  • HR has long struggled to get a seat at the top table.
  • For a man who long struggled to find a career, the visions of 57 years ago have turned out to be a calling.
  • It was better to struggle long in the dark with flint and steel than to use those other ways.
  • The computer industry has long struggled to compensate for this weakness.
  • The city has long struggled to find enough permanent housing for homeless men.
  • Chicago has long struggled to raise achievement at schools that are among the country's most troubled.
  • The Chicago system, like many, has long struggled with low test scores, attendance problems and teacher shortages.
  • Defensively the team struggled all season long with pass defense (28th in the league).
  • The Gardner, which opened in 1903, has long struggled with conservation and expansion issues.
2. no longer compete = już nie rywalizuj no longer compete
3. long battled = długo walczyć long battled
4. long wrestled = długo walczyć w zapasach long wrestled
(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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