"patience" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

patience sustantivo

patience + verbo
Kolokacji: 13
patience wears • patience runs • patience snaps • patience pays • patience begins • ...
verbo + patience
Kolokacji: 29
lose patience • require patience • try one's patience • show patience • take patience • test one's patience • ...
(1) lose, find
Kolokacji: 2
(3) try, test, strain
Kolokacji: 3
1. try one's patience = próbować czyjś cierpliwość try one's patience
2. test one's patience = test czyjś cierpliwość test one's patience
3. strain one's patience = obciążenie czyjś cierpliwość strain one's patience
  • Waiting would strain his patience to its limits.
  • The putty was stuck to his paw, straining his patience.
  • Occasionally, though, the complications could strain even the most devoted fan's patience.
  • But he soon strained even his client's patience.
  • The last two months with Stidwell had strained his already damaged patience to the limits.
  • It strained his patience, particularly as the cold worked its way through his clothing.
  • Coupled with the noise from out in the corridor, the sensation strained his patience that much closer to its breaking point.
  • There were also signs that the continuing labor strife was straining school administrators' patience.
  • These dragged on inconclusively for much of the decade, slowly straining Canada's patience.
  • Two courses in two hours, with salads completely forgotten, strained my patience.
(5) learn, teach, reward
Kolokacji: 3
(6) thank, know, appreciate
Kolokacji: 3
(7) urge, preach, advise
Kolokacji: 3
(8) wait, play, practice
Kolokacji: 3
(9) cultivate, summon
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + patience
Kolokacji: 29
little patience • infinite patience • great patience • exaggerated patience • endless patience • ...
preposición + patience
Kolokacji: 10
with patience • of patience • for patience • in patience • to patience • ...

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