"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
  • Time was too precious a commodity this morning to be wasted!
  • He knew that time was a precious commodity right now.
  • Hope is a precious commodity, and we try to keep it alive.
  • Free access to information for everyone is too precious a commodity to lose.
  • A good night's sleep is fast becoming one of the most precious commodities money can buy.
  • Fresh water is a precious commodity and once ran very low while we were there.
  • It was a popular trade center, especially for precious commodities.
  • "Public space is a precious commodity," one senior administration official said.
  • Water is a precious commodity too long taken for granted in the West.
  • In these dark days, trust is a rare and precious commodity.
3. precious artifact = cenny przedmiot precious artifact
4. precious good = bardzo dobry precious good
6. precious toy = cenna zabawka precious toy
7. precious silk = cenny jedwab precious silk
9. precious artefact = cenny przedmiot precious artefact
11. precious antique = bardzo zabytkowy precious antique
(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
(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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