"press" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

press verbo

press + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 69
press charges • press one's hand • press one's lips • press one's face • press one's fingers • press one's case • press one's palms • ...
verbo + press
Kolokacji: 12
continue to press • keep pressing • try to press • want to press • begin pressing • ...
press + preposición
Kolokacji: 47
press against • press into • press down • press up • press upon • ...
press + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 71
press ahead • press hard • press forward • pressed together • gently press • press tightly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(2) hard, tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) flat, constantly, steadily
Kolokacji: 3
(8) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) freshly, newly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) immediately, directly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) sorely, painfully
Kolokacji: 2
1. sorely pressed = gorzko naciskać sorely pressed
  • Two others took his place, though, and Ivan was sorely pressed once more.
  • The ranger came on then and Drizzt was sorely pressed.
  • The family manages a brave defense but are sorely pressed.
  • Across the way, though, the dwarves remained sorely pressed, with two down and the other five taking many hits.
  • "The villagers might be sorely pressed if attacked from two sides."
  • If a major attack did come, Shilmista would be Sorely pressed.
  • Like a man sorely pressed in a direction he does not wish to travel.
  • "They were alive by last reports," he replied, "but fully surrounded and sorely pressed."
  • Schools were sorely pressed to meet the needs.
  • I am being sorely pressed by a clique of ministers here.
2. press painfully = naciskaj boleśnie press painfully
(13) deep, deeply
Kolokacji: 2
(14) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(15) perfectly, immaculately
Kolokacji: 2
(16) urgently, insistently
Kolokacji: 2
(17) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2

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