"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

merely adverbio

verbo + merely
Kolokacji: 398
merely nod • merely smile • merely try • merely look • merely give • merely serve • merely want • merely use • merely take • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 57
(2) smile, grin, sniff
Kolokacji: 3
(13) wish, hope
Kolokacji: 2
(25) laugh, chuckle
Kolokacji: 2
(26) offer, warn, threaten
Kolokacji: 3
(31) touch, hint, allude
Kolokacji: 3
(38) open, display
Kolokacji: 2
(39) copy, imitate, mimic
Kolokacji: 3
(40) base, establish
Kolokacji: 2
(42) imply, involve, possess
Kolokacji: 3
(45) throw, confuse, distract
Kolokacji: 3
(46) scratch, brush, graze, rub
Kolokacji: 4
(47) drop, ignore, dismiss, purse
Kolokacji: 4
(49) treat, indulge, discuss
Kolokacji: 3
(51) prolong, perpetuate, preserve
Kolokacji: 3
1. merely prolong = jedynie przedłuż merely prolong
2. merely perpetuate = jedynie zachowaj merely perpetuate
3. merely preserve = jedynie zachowaj merely preserve
  • But instead of merely preserving the skulls and bones found in dry sites, oxygen-poor peat bogs preserve skin, hair and sometimes brains.
  • Mr. Kim's offer to allow two United Nations inspectors to remain in the country did constitute progress, but merely preserved their previous status.
  • Unlike you, however, they had among them a very creative officer who commanded in the situation, instead of merely preserving himself.
  • Failing to build an antiballistic missile system for fear of another arms race merely preserves the outdated cold-war paradigm until the inevitable day when the bomb is used again.
  • We can not merely preserve every one of them in aspic.
  • "And surviving doesn't mean merely preserving your own life, but also passing it down through the generations."
  • He therefore gave no sign of life on this occasion, merely preserving an air at once perfectly noble and expressionless.
  • She was merely preserving her status with Li Huang in pretending to stop the fugitives.
  • I have said from the beginning that I am opposed to radical experiments, but also to merely preserving the status quo.
  • But civil-rights organizations, including the N.A.A.C.P., said that it merely preserved the status quo.
(53) sleep, dream
Kolokacji: 2
(54) amuse, divert
Kolokacji: 2
(56) stun, slap
Kolokacji: 2
(57) tinker, restore
Kolokacji: 2
merely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 53
merely curious • content merely • merely human • merely decorative • merely symbolic • ...

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