"prefer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

prefer verbo

prefer + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 75
prefer soils • prefer water • prefer the company • prefer areas • prefer women • ...
prefer + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
prefer over • prefer by • prefer to • preferred for • prefer in • ...
(1) over, by, to, for, in, ...
Kolokacji: 9
1. prefer without = wól na zewnątrz prefer without
2. prefer that = wól to prefer that
3. prefer against = woleć przeciwko prefer against
4. prefer under = wól poniżej prefer under
5. prefer during = woleć podczas prefer during
6. prefer because = woleć ponieważ prefer because
  • We will prefer the hard because only the hard will achieve the good.
  • She had read somewhere that men preferred side-to-side talk, because face-to-face signaled confrontation to them.
  • Many who prefer the wooden ships because the golden fleet wood is more responsive than cold metal.
  • Communists would prefer a Sunday, because their highly motivated voters are likely to turn out no matter how splendid the weather.
  • But, he says, the town preferred all offices because offices generate more tax revenue.
  • She always preferred him because his looks sort of favor her people, you know.
  • But he said he preferred others to Diageo because people treated it as a growth stock and "the price got rich for us."
  • But I prefer Chicago because the audience there isn't always curling its lip and trying to figure out what's really going on behind it all.
  • Mel preferred two-lane roads with lots of heavy trucks, because that way he had something to pass.
  • Some people prefer the longer version because greater character interplay is evident between the two women.
7. prefer through = wól całkowicie prefer through
8. prefer before = wól wcześniej prefer before
9. prefer above = wól wyżej prefer above
prefer + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
generally prefer • actually prefer • simply prefer • personally prefer • clearly prefer • ...

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