"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
  • He began to ask questions, trying to buy precious minutes.
  • Often, it takes precious minutes to figure out exactly what is going on.
  • From now on we must live each precious minute of our lives as though it is the last.
  • Three precious minutes was the margin between life and death.
  • It took ten precious minutes to get a plan they all understood.
  • It would take precious minutes to light a fire, and there was no time at all to waste.
  • It took a precious three minutes of arguing to get to Rose.
  • By 1830 she was four miles ahead and gaining with every precious minute which passed.
  • Alex knew that it would cost him precious minutes, but he had to get clean.
  • We listened to the singing for a few precious minutes.
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
(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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