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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 23
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(1) metal, material, mineral, stuff, paper, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(2) stone, gem, jewel, gemstone, jewelry, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(3) thing, commodity, artifact, good, specimen, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(4) time, moment, second, minute, hour, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(5) resource, asset
Kolokacji: 2
(6) gift, possession, treasure, bundle, collection, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(7) object, relic, piece, space, part, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(8) cargo, burden
Kolokacji: 2
(9) Blood, right, plant, hoard, works
Kolokacji: 5
(10) life, energy, freedom, moisture
Kolokacji: 4
(11) water, fluid, liquid, food
Kolokacji: 4
(12) memory, knowledge
Kolokacji: 2
(13) book, wood, volume, journalist, artwork
Kolokacji: 5
(14) child, daughter, baby, creature, friend, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(15) item, icon, one
Kolokacji: 3
(16) content, secret, substance, body
Kolokacji: 4
(17) day, opportunity, Bunny
Kolokacji: 3
(18) document, manuscript, instrument, letter, violin
Kolokacji: 5
(19) Love, darling
Kolokacji: 2
(20) supply, bottle, box, vase, reserve
Kolokacji: 5
(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
1. precious air = cenne powietrze precious air
2. precious fuel = cenne paliwo precious fuel
  • He could have made a free fall and come back on the jets, but there was no need to waste precious fuel.
  • But no expense would be spared for the king's comfort, she was sure, even to wasting precious fuel.
  • That and the fact that it was clearly a waste of precious fuel to just keep jumping around.
  • The power takeoff and the emergency ascent had sucked up a lot of his precious fuel.
  • Jason Cameron was not going to waste precious fuel.
  • This operation would consume huge quantities of the precious fuel and could not be kept up long.
  • "Maybe we can," Tom replied, "but it'll use precious fuel."
  • The tiny fires we could have allowed ourselves from our precious fuel wouldn't burn.
  • But the precious and expensive fuel was saved for farm machines.
  • Libya denied access to the country's airspace, forcing precious fuel to be used.
3. precious oxygen = cenny tlen precious oxygen
4. precious oil = cenny olej precious oil
(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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