"pursuit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pursuit sustantivo

sustantivo + pursuit
Kolokacji: 16
team pursuit • pursuit of happiness • business pursuit • leisure pursuit • police pursuit • ...
pursuit + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 8
Pursuit Squadron • Pursuit Group • pursuit event • pursuit ship • pursuit plane • ...
pursuit + verbo
Kolokacji: 12
pursuit leads • pursuit continues • pursuit begins • pursuit ends • pursuit takes • ...
verbo + pursuit
Kolokacji: 25
continue one's pursuit • resume pursuits • engage in pursuits • devote to pursuits • abandon one's pursuit • ...
adjetivo + pursuit
Kolokacji: 119
hot pursuit • agricultural pursuit • Trivial Pursuit • relentless pursuit • intellectual pursuit • academic pursuit • literary pursuit • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 30
(1) hot, close, far, immediate
Kolokacji: 4
(2) agricultural, pastoral
Kolokacji: 2
(3) Trivial, frivolous, idle
Kolokacji: 3
(10) aggressive, peaceful, passive
Kolokacji: 3
(13) serious, dangerous, safe
Kolokacji: 3
(16) high-speed, swift
Kolokacji: 2
(17) spiritual, religious, secular
Kolokacji: 3
(19) lifelong, endless, long
Kolokacji: 3
(20) constant, never-ending
Kolokacji: 2
(21) noble, worthwhile, worthy
Kolokacji: 3
(23) mad, frantic, furious
Kolokacji: 3
(24) leisurely, human, legitimate
Kolokacji: 3
(25) philanthropic, selfish
Kolokacji: 2
(26) favourite, favorite
Kolokacji: 2
1. favourite pursuit = ulubiona pościg favourite pursuit
2. favorite pursuit = pościg ulubieńca favorite pursuit
  • His favorite pursuit was fly fishing for permit, a tricky gamefish of the Yucatan peninsula.
  • In his course of reading, Abbot was particularly attentive to chemistry and mechanics, which had long been favorite pursuits with him.
  • Theology was a favorite pursuit of Samuel Abbot.
  • Mrs. Bush, 57, makes little secret of the fact that while she has no problem with public speaking, political campaigning is not one of her favorite pursuits.
  • Literature, however, was his favorite pursuit, and Agathias remains best known as a poet.
  • Photographers have a harder time catching him indulging in a favorite pursuit - smoking Cuban cigars.
  • His favorite pursuits are musicianship, skirt-chasing and looking after his elderly mother, not necessarily in that order.
  • Pleasure boating and scuba diving are among favorite recreational pursuits.
  • The business, he said in an interview, will be an electronic-commerce Web site that focuses on "the heterosexual man's favorite pursuits: ladies, automobiles, sports, and stocks."
(27) desperate, possible, hopeless
Kolokacji: 3
(29) full, deadly, healthy
Kolokacji: 3
(30) reckless, blind, mindless
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + pursuit
Kolokacji: 11
in pursuit • of pursuit • for pursuits • to the pursuit • with the pursuit • ...

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