"owe" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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owe + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 45
owe money • owe allegiance • owe taxes • owe one's life • owe one's existence • owe one's name • owe an apology • owe one's origin • ...
owe + preposición
Kolokacji: 17
owe to • owe on • owe for • owe about • owe in • ...
owe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
owe largely • owe partly • actually owe • owe mainly • owe primarily • ...
1. owe largely = bądź winnym w dużej mierze owe largely
2. actually owe = faktycznie bądź winnym actually owe
3. clearly owe = najwyraźniej bądź winnym clearly owe
  • The farmers clearly owe a considerable debt to Mr. Rove.
  • The turning of the tide on the Lawrence case clearly owes more to Stephen Lawrence's parents than to anyone else.
  • The doctor clearly owed him a duty, but what were the limits of this?
  • He owned no Seurats either, even though his late pastels clearly owed something to Pointillism.
  • For all his insights, he clearly owed much of his impact to his extraordinary energy and skills as a communicator.
  • The director clearly owes a substantial debt to the films of Jean-Luc Godard.
  • Both shows clearly owe something to "The Simpsons" on Fox, which proved that a cartoon show with adult sensibilities could play to all ages.
  • Organisms clearly owe their origin, metabolism, and many other internal functions to chemical phenomena, especially the chemistry of large organic molecules.
  • The massively simplified facade of the bank clearly owes something to classicism.
  • Whatever the validity of such parallels, the prevailing social harmony clearly owes much to the homogeneity of the Japanese population.
4. allegedly owe = rzekomo bądź winnym allegedly owe
5. legally owed = prawnie być winnym legally owed
6. collectively owe = wspólnie bądź winnym collectively owe
7. personally owe = osobiście bądź winnym personally owe
(2) partly, surely
Kolokacji: 2
(3) mainly, primarily, chiefly
Kolokacji: 3

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