"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) resource, asset
Kolokacji: 2
1. precious object = cenny przedmiot precious object
2. precious relic = cenny relikt precious relic
3. precious piece = cenny kawałek precious piece
4. precious space = cenna przestrzeń precious space
5. precious part = cenna część precious part
6. precious land = cenna ziemia precious land
7. precious scrap = cenny skrawek precious scrap
8. precious souvenir = cenna pamiątka precious souvenir
9. precious spot = cenne miejsce precious spot
10. precious fragment = cenny fragment precious fragment
  • The term "precious fragments" was coined by Marigold Linton, a pioneer in the study of autobiographical memory research.
  • It struck the cedarwood floor and shattered into a hundred precious fragments.
  • The precious fragment is kept in the sacristy of Santa Maria in Cosmedin.
  • Every precious fragment had been saved as a reminder.
  • The sacristy houses a precious 8th-century mosaic fragment brought here from the Old St. Peter's Basilica.
  • Afterwards, it all seemed another reality, a remote realm of incandescent truth from which he could recall only a few precious fragments.
  • He guessed that it had been used for hand-sorting precious fragments from sand and rubble during the first days of the dig.
  • After some negotiations, he obtained possession of this precious fragment.
  • Like artist Kurt Schwitters, Bartelme is fascinated by fragments once beautiful and precious.
  • But every writer in America seems to have had his own special angle on baseball and his own precious fragment of experience.
(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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