"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 70
(3) popular, unpopular, ideal
Kolokacji: 3
(21) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(23) influential, powerful, potent
Kolokacji: 3
1. prove hard = udowodnij mocno prove hard
2. prove heavy = okaż się ciężki prove heavy
  • Such questions, however, quickly prove too heavy for this wimp of a movie.
  • A stone cube was added to the tower, which proved too heavy for the foundation in 1650.
  • The truck, a 50,000-gallon tanker, immediately proved too heavy for the floor of the garage, which gave way under the weight.
  • For a moment Billy thought it was going to prove too heavy.
  • The interest expense proved heavy when oil prices fell in 1986.
  • The table, true to the kitchen's grand scale, proved too large and heavy to be moved.
  • At first, wood slats were used, but these proved too heavy.
  • Her eyelids proved too heavy to hold up any longer.
  • An elephant tried the job first and proved too heavy for rooftops.
  • However, the financial and organizational strain of producing the event proved too heavy for the small arts group.
3. prove onerous = okaż się uciążliwy prove onerous
4. prove arduous = okaż się żmudny prove arduous
5. prove burdensome = okaż się uciążliwy prove burdensome
(35) vulnerable, weak, powerless
Kolokacji: 3
(37) resilient, eager
Kolokacji: 2
(40) superior, justified
Kolokacji: 2
(41) deadly, lethal, toxic
Kolokacji: 3
(43) actually, illusory
Kolokacji: 2
(44) worthy, suitable, unfit
Kolokacji: 3
(46) guilty, painful, uncomfortable
Kolokacji: 3
(47) small, fully, amply
Kolokacji: 3
(52) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(53) overwhelming, irresistible
Kolokacji: 2
(54) wise, unwise
Kolokacji: 2
(57) simply, merely, simple
Kolokacji: 3
(58) premature, initially, timely
Kolokacji: 3
(59) valid, untenable
Kolokacji: 2
(64) empty, fragile, meaningless
Kolokacji: 3
(66) apt, agile
Kolokacji: 2
(67) impervious, receptive
Kolokacji: 2
(69) robust, hardy
Kolokacji: 2
(70) palatable, disconcerting
Kolokacji: 2

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