"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
(8) cargo, burden
Kolokacji: 2
  • Especially in view of the fact that you carry such precious cargo.
  • Well, a week ago we got word from the upright Man he had a precious cargo to leave the city.
  • Among the most precious cargo they bring are blocks of salt.
  • The greatest loss, as on the previous day, was in precious cargo.
  • If you want to kill me, do it later when I've saved your precious cargo.
  • The following day, the two ships headed south with their precious cargo.
  • "You have precious cargo, my friend," he told Jack, his eyes filled with pain.
  • For a moment, he didn't move, his gaze fixed on the precious cargo.
  • So once again we rushed back to Cambridge with our precious cargo.
  • Surely they wouldn't waste a precious cargo run just to test a cover identity?
2. precious burden = drogi ciężar precious burden
(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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