"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(4) name, origin
Kolokacji: 2
(5) apology, thanks, explanation
Kolokacji: 3
(6) favor, gratitude
Kolokacji: 2
(8) success, creditor, fortune
Kolokacji: 3
(9) dollar, wage, pound
Kolokacji: 3
1. owe one's position = być winnym czyjś pozycja owe one's position
2. owe a duty = bądź winnym obowiązek owe a duty
3. owe one's jobs = być winnym czyjś prace owe one's jobs
  • Now all the top army posts are filled by men who owe their jobs to him personally.
  • About half of Africa's leaders owe their jobs to coups.
  • These people, after all, owe their jobs to the current system.
  • Many are elected or appointed officials and owe their jobs to their political connections.
  • Or across the street from the minister to whom they owe their jobs?
  • Some 300,000 people work in state-owned enterprises, and many owe their jobs to political patronage.
  • And they may be inclined: The superintendents still owe their jobs, at least in part, to the elected boards.
  • And more than 146,000 residents, almost 9 percent of the state's work force, owe their jobs to tourism.
  • "I heard they were hiring buses for the meeting, bringing in people like principals and supervisors, who, of course, some owe their jobs to her."
  • Current lawmakers owe their jobs to the present system.
4. owe service = bądź winnym usługę owe service
5. owe one's career = być winnym czyjś kariera owe one's career
6. owe part = bądź winnym część owe part
(11) obedience, respect
Kolokacji: 2
(13) fee, interest
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...

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