"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
  • The dispute shows how hard it is to come up with a system for doling out precious but scarce spots in elite universities without angering someone.
  • But just as Manhattan motorists who find themselves racing to the same precious spot engage in a little verbal road rage, so too have arguments boiled over Diwali.
  • In these precious sunny spots new plants sprout up, new creatures take hold and patch by patch the forest is reborn in a rapid dynamic of change.
  • As long as there are some precious bright spots along the way, patience will likely exist, even in tough taskmasters like Baylor.
  • The home run spate has been one of the precious few bright spots this season for the fourth-place Mets.
  • Hordes of paparazzi, professional and amateur, rise at dawn to stake out precious spots.
  • There are players, like Gondrezick and Ken Bannister, who lost precious spots on N.B.A. benches.
  • Along with 40-odd classmates, he won a precious spot on the law review at the end of his first year through grades and a writing competition.
  • One boy screamed and struggled to move his stiff limbs - he would earn a precious spot in the ambulance because Dr. Caunes suspected tetanus.
  • "Here is a precious spot," Mr. Mena recalls telling his wife as he pulled over to take a closer look at one of the dilapidated bungalows.
10. precious fragment = cenny fragment precious fragment
(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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