"penetrate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

penetrate verbo

penetrate + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 24
penetrate one's defenses • penetrate the skin • penetrate one's mind • penetrate eyes • penetrate the wall • ...
verbo + penetrate
Kolokacji: 4
try to penetrate • manage to penetrate • fail to penetrate • begin to penetrate
(1) try, manage, fail, begin
Kolokacji: 4
1. try to penetrate = spróbuj przebić try to penetrate
2. manage to penetrate = daj sobie radę z przebiciem manage to penetrate
3. fail to penetrate = nie potraf przebić fail to penetrate
  • The flame of the second match failed to penetrate more than a yard or two down the corridor.
  • I believe the bullet had spent a great deal of its energy at this distance, and thus it failed to penetrate farther.
  • They took heavy losses and failed to penetrate the base.
  • The poet was speaking to him, but his words failed to penetrate.
  • One of them struck my shoulder, but the point failed to penetrate and the shaft glanced away.
  • He could see the stone for hundreds of feet before the light failed to penetrate farther.
  • Someone speaking words whose meaning failed to penetrate his stupefied mind.
  • However, it failed to penetrate the armor at close range.
  • They saw a team that failed to penetrate gaps.
  • Why have they failed to spectacularly to penetrate the mainstream?
4. begin to penetrate = zacznij przebijać begin to penetrate
penetrate + preposición
Kolokacji: 22
penetrate into • penetrate through • penetrate to • penetrate with • penetrate in • ...
penetrate + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 25
penetrate far • penetrate deeply • penetrate deep • easily penetrate • finally penetrate • ...

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