"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
(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
1. precious drop = cenna kropla precious drop
  • He could not allow the fire to destroy his precious pearls.
  • "You are a precious pearl among women, my love," he told her.
  • She would lie on her side, drawn into the shell of Jack's body like a precious pearl.
  • They believe they're giving something back, offering precious pearls of insight to a new generation.
  • "Then tell him your husband said that he's to explain himself at once and stop worrying you, precious pearl of psychic perception."
  • To the working class she's a precious pearl.
  • This he holds over the flame until the precious pearl of opium begins to bubble.
  • Abdul-Alim began to smuggle his most precious pearls out of the city.
  • He is carrying a precious pearl which he is due to present as a gift to a local King.
  • "I can look after your precious Pearl."
(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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