"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
  • I use four pounds of food and air a day.
  • The west tower was brought down using 120 pounds of dynamite.
  • "We use 2,500 pounds of pure silver a week to make 11,000 different wires here."
  • "We used 1,250 pounds of ice in the kitchen alone."
  • In 2006, the first restaurant used 55,000 pounds of organic lettuce.
  • The demolition cost $5.1 million and used 4,800 pounds of explosive.
  • Hopefully, you can use at least 100 pounds in a given exercise because it makes the math easier.
  • We used nearly three thousand pounds of water, however.
  • It's a relatively small business, since Americans use only 187 million pounds of tea a year.
  • The agriculture industry uses 1 million pounds per year as a fertilizer.
2. eat several pounds = zjedz kilka funtów eat several pounds
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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