"prefer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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prefer + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 75
prefer soils • prefer water • prefer the company • prefer areas • prefer women • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 21
(3) company, man, league
Kolokacji: 3
(7) method, solution
Kolokacji: 2
(8) music, jazz
Kolokacji: 2
(9) charge, thing, cash
Kolokacji: 3
(10) privacy, solitude, isolation
Kolokacji: 3
(12) wine, beer
Kolokacji: 2
(14) shade, car
Kolokacji: 2
(15) forest, coffee, Coke
Kolokacji: 3
(16) temperature, flower, term
Kolokacji: 3
(17) color, condition
Kolokacji: 2
(18) England, English
Kolokacji: 2
(19) life, story
Kolokacji: 2
2. prefer stories = wól historie prefer stories
  • "I prefer storytelling pictures and picture-generating stories," he said.
  • I cannot comment on more recent works - my boys prefer detective/adventure/espionage stories!
  • He prefers stories about animals that act like human beings.
  • Mr. Mann preferred stories that focused on character and the troubles of modern life.
  • He preferred stories to facts and found lying (an art of fiction) more life-giving than representation.
  • Public-affairs officers of all the services naturally prefer stories about the number of Iraqi prisoners who will walk into the arms of the military police.
  • "The males prefer stories of many people dying quickly."
  • They display an astonishing lack of curiosity about the truth, preferring salacious stories of threats.
  • As for independent film makers, they mostly prefer adult stories, hoping to attract a date-movie crowd.
  • She preferred true stories to fiction, and inspirational books rather than tales or mysteries.
(20) word, negotiation, diplomacy
Kolokacji: 3
(21) meal, tea, policy
Kolokacji: 3
prefer + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
prefer over • prefer by • prefer to • preferred for • prefer in • ...
prefer + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
generally prefer • actually prefer • simply prefer • personally prefer • clearly prefer • ...

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