"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
  • It was taking precious seconds, but he had to think what to say.
  • It took a few precious seconds before I could see clearly again.
  • He opened his eyes, looking down on her face, desperate to remember every precious second.
  • It was only in those precious few seconds that he had a chance of getting a message out.
  • If he gave them a chance to protest, precious seconds would be lost.
  • Each time precious seconds were used to discover where he had actually gone.
  • This took precious extra seconds but was always worth the effort.
  • It would take precious seconds to get the weapon up and ready to fire.
  • A man could lose precious seconds by using the safety catch.
  • He took the precious seconds needed to dog it shut.
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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