"precious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

precious adjetivo

precious + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 130
precious metal • precious stone • precious thing • precious time • precious resource • precious moment • precious second • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(5) resource, asset
Kolokacji: 2
(8) cargo, burden
Kolokacji: 2
1. precious life = cenne życie precious life
2. precious energy = cenna energia precious energy
3. precious freedom = cenna wolność precious freedom
  • After planting their seeds, biologists must build special water catchments to bring in the precious moisture to give the seeds a chance.
  • Never water during the heat of the day, when precious moisture will be lost to evaporation.
  • Khan's mouth watered at the sight of the precious moisture.
  • And the vapor clouds we see when we exhale are yet more precious moisture leaking from our bodies.
  • But now crying was something worse than merely futile-crying meant loss of precious moisture.
  • Straw is crimped into the newly planted ground to hold in precious moisture while the plants take hold.
  • He knew the importance of water to these people, especially the precious moisture contained within a person's body.
  • Once more I collected the precious moisture.
  • When light came, every frond lifted, funneling the precious moisture down the trough-shaped veins and into hollow reservoirs below ground.
(11) water, fluid, liquid, food
Kolokacji: 4
(12) memory, knowledge
Kolokacji: 2
(15) item, icon, one
Kolokacji: 3
(17) day, opportunity, Bunny
Kolokacji: 3
(19) Love, darling
Kolokacji: 2
(21) Lord, son, word
Kolokacji: 3
(22) egg, seed, fruit, grain
Kolokacji: 4
(23) drop, pearl
Kolokacji: 2
(24) air, fuel, oxygen, oil
Kolokacji: 4
(25) coin, currency, dollar
Kolokacji: 3
(26) herb, spice
Kolokacji: 2
adverbio + precious
Kolokacji: 4
most precious • infinitely precious • overly precious • equally precious
precious + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
precious to • precious in • precious of • precious for

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