"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. precious hour = cenna godzina precious hour
6. precious bit = cenny kawałek precious bit
7. precious flower = cenny kwiat precious flower
8. precious year = cenny rok precious year
9. precious week = cenny tydzień precious week
10. precious instant = cenna chwila precious instant
  • He clung on to the second of disbelief, the last, precious instant of' now before it all changed.
  • Karl froze for a precious instant as Snake came at him, eyes bugging, chains rattling.
  • By leading, he felt that if there was a danger of any kind, he would gain a precious instant of reaction time.
  • She took a precious instant to stop and try to yank the shoes off, but she couldn't.
  • He could not, would not, believe it for the first precious idle instant.
  • For an instant, a precious instant, Vraduir was stunned past rational thought.
  • It was a precious instant, a warm helping of reaffirmation after so much cold fear.
  • The excitement left Harry Vincent unobserved for a precious instant.
  • Vic, forgotten for a precious instant, had a grim chance to go into action.
  • I could not think of wasting a single precious instant in delay.
(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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