"protective" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

protective adjetivo

protective + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 181
protective clothing • protective custody • protective gear • Protective Service • protective measure • protective layer • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 35
(11) tariff, duty
Kolokacji: 2
(13) instinct, hand, power
Kolokacji: 3
(16) factor, action, agency, agent
Kolokacji: 4
(18) circle, escort, shed
Kolokacji: 3
(19) glass, plastic
Kolokacji: 2
(21) goggle, gesture, shadow
Kolokacji: 3
(23) bubble, foam
Kolokacji: 2
(24) mother, parent, father
Kolokacji: 3
(27) attitude, stance, posture
Kolokacji: 3
(28) deity, goddess
Kolokacji: 2
(31) dome, cup
Kolokacji: 2
(32) zone, pouch
Kolokacji: 2
(33) brother, eye, lens
Kolokacji: 3
  • John is a protective brother who wants Rena to have a new life and be afforded all the opportunities she deserves.
  • Just what he needed: a protective brother!
  • I didn't have a protective big brother: all I had was a small sister.
  • She had always considered him a friend, a supporter, the closest thing she had to a protective older brother.
  • He always seemed friendly and sweet and solicitous, like a protective big brother.
  • Again Roland thought of one sister and two protective brothers.
  • But he was coming on a little heavy with the protective older brother bit.
  • And for just an instant, all the instincts of the protective brother rose up in him- But they subsided just as quickly.
  • Her protective older brother choked up a bit as he threw that futon into the back of the truck.
  • His face remained almost expressionless but his tone was that of a protective older brother.
2. protective eye = ochronne oko protective eye
3. protective lens = ochronna soczewka protective lens
(35) symbol, rune
Kolokacji: 2
adverbio + protective
Kolokacji: 7
fiercely protective • extremely protective • overly protective • highly protective • oddly protective • ...
protective + preposición
Kolokacji: 5
protective of • protective against • protective towards • protective toward • protective in

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