"owe" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

owe verbo

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 • ...
(2) partly, surely
Kolokacji: 2
1. owe partly = być winnym częściowo owe partly
2. surely owe = na pewno bądź winnym surely owe
  • The resuscitation of liberalism among Western European intellectuals surely owes something to developments in the East.
  • You might have expected this gusher of profits, which surely owes something to the Bush administration's pro-corporate, anti-labor tilt, to produce a corresponding gusher of business investment.
  • John Neville's inactivity in the face of Edward's advance surely owed something to awareness that he could not rely on duchy support.
  • It was only just: I surely owed him my thanks.
  • He's a very nice guy, and we surely owe him a lot.
  • Now that Washington has stopped guaranteeing welfare benefits, a compassionate government surely owes its poorest citizens no less than this.
  • I surely owe a price for not stopping 'Lendel.
  • James Thurber, for instance, must surely owe something to Lear, directly or indirectly.
  • These efforts have our unreserved support, and in that context we surely owe a debt of gratitude to Commissioner Anita Gradin as well.
  • We surely owe you some complaisance, .
(3) mainly, primarily, chiefly
Kolokacji: 3

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