"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(5) advantage, eye, view
Kolokacji: 3
(6) ear, flower
Kolokacji: 2
1. press one's ear = przyciśnij ucho press one's ear
2. press flowers = kwiaty prasowe press flowers
  • Despite worries to the contrary, pressed flowers photograph well and make a refreshing change from more conventional forms of artwork.
  • Many of my books hold clippings, photographs, pressed flowers, Mass cards and correspondence.
  • That isn't the way you press flowers.
  • No, she said, but "I do press flowers in a book, depending on who the flowers come from."
  • Children will be shown how to press flowers and collect seeds.
  • In fact many people use dictionaries to press flowers, hide money, or prop up uneven table legs.
  • They pressed flowers into the hands of the marching Algarvians, and national banners, too.
  • He didn't even know how to press flowers: he should have asked his mother!
  • Here is the early evidence of his penchant for natural materials, like blood, fat, pressed flowers and felt made from hair.
  • It was impossible to dry your towel after bathing, or to press flowers without their mildewing.
(7) button, switch, buzzer
Kolokacji: 3
(10) key, agenda
Kolokacji: 2
(11) government, Congress, official
Kolokacji: 3
(12) luck, freedom, play, way
Kolokacji: 4
(13) argument, inquiry, conference
Kolokacji: 3
(14) Israel, Japan
Kolokacji: 2
(15) coverage, report
Kolokacji: 2
(16) nation, ally
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...

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