"pound" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pound sustantivo

sustantivo + pound
Kolokacji: 22
Ezra Pound • heart pound • pound of cocaine • pound of explosives • pound of flesh • ...
pound + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 19
pound sterling • Pound Ridge • pound note • pound cake • pounds worth • ...
pound + verbo
Kolokacji: 17
pound says • pound falls • pound rises • pound goes • pound loses • ...
verbo + pound
Kolokacji: 82
weigh about several pounds • carry several pounds • pay several pounds • give several pounds • buy several pounds • ...
(6) use, eat, consume
Kolokacji: 3
1. use several pounds = użyj kilku funtów use several pounds
2. eat several pounds = zjedz kilka funtów eat several pounds
  • The average American eats eight and a half pounds a year.
  • A male is able to eat 75 pounds of food in a single day.
  • In order to get bigger, I'd eat five, six, seven pounds of red meat a day, no vegetables.
  • But you have to eat three pounds daily to get the full benefit.
  • Once they've eaten 20 pounds of fish, they don't care what you try to get them to do.
  • In the 1950s and 1960s Americans ate four pounds of veal a year on average.
  • An average manatee may eat 100-150 pounds of food each day.
  • In 1974, Americans ate slightly less than nine pounds of turkey a year.
  • "They eat 5 to 7 pounds of chicken and beef each day."
  • In 1960, each American ate 28 pounds of chicken a year.
3. consume several pounds = pochłoń kilka funtów consume several pounds
(7) outweigh, exceed
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + pound
Kolokacji: 22
British pound • extra pound • Egyptian pound • Irish pound • additional pound • ...
preposición + pound
Kolokacji: 18
per pound • about several pounds • over several pounds • from several pounds • by several pounds • ...

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