"prove" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

prove verbo

prove + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 103

prove one's point • prove one's innocence • prove one's case • prove one's worth • prove one's theory • prove one's ability • ...

verbo + prove

Kolokacji: 14

try to prove • failed to prove • need to prove • want to prove • go to prove • ...

prove + preposición

Kolokacji: 31

prove beyond • prove to • prove by • prove over • prove against • ...

prove + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 362

prove difficult • prove successful • prove popular • prove useful • prove effective • prove impossible • prove fatal • prove wrong • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 86

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 70

(1) difficult, intractable, recalcitrant, uncooperative, uncontrollable, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(2) successful, successfully, victorious, fortunate, fortuitous

Kolokacji: 5

(3) popular, unpopular, ideal

Kolokacji: 3

(4) useful, helpful, instrumental

Kolokacji: 3

(5) effective, efficient, contagious, efficacious, economical, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(6) impossible, unacceptable, intolerable

Kolokacji: 3

(7) fatal, disastrous, prophetic, unfortunate, unlucky, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(8) wrong, correct, accurate, right, incorrect, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(9) unsuccessful, fruitless, fruitful, productive, unproductive, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(10) true, reliable, tricky, misleading, untrustworthy, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(11) costly, invaluable, valuable, expensive, worthwhile, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(12) controversial, contentious, divisive

Kolokacji: 3

(13) unable, ineffective, useless, inefficient, ineffectual, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(14) false, untrue, unstable, faithless, volatile, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(15) elusive, problematic, troublesome, embarrassing, tough, ...

Kolokacji: 7

1. prove elusive = okaż się nieuchwytny prove elusive

2. prove problematic = okaż się problematyczny prove problematic

3. prove troublesome = okaż się nieznośny prove troublesome

4. prove embarrassing = okaż się żenujący prove embarrassing

The first major crash of the year has proven particularly embarrassing for the agency.
It would prove highly embarrassing for us if we were found naked in your bed.
It was the prelude to the battle that would prove embarrassing.
"It might have proved embarrassing to explain how they all disappeared on my watch."
On a recent Sunday morning, a drive to church proved slightly embarrassing.
A third reason is that some bank managers feel threatened by a measure which could prove embarrassing.
That could prove embarrassing if it were ever to happen.
"Might prove a little embarrassing to me if they got out."
On the other hand, he might, in which event a return toward the opening could prove embarrassing, if not disastrous.
Something had told him that it would prove embarrassing.