"regret" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

regret sustantivo

verbo + regret
Kolokacji: 6
express regret • feel regret • voice regret • show regret • send one's regrets • ...
adjetivo + regret
Kolokacji: 41
only regret • deep regret • great regret • big regret • real regret • ...
(1) only, slight, little
Kolokacji: 3
1. deep regret = głęboki żal deep regret
2. great regret = wielki żal great regret
3. big regret = wielki żal big regret
4. profound regret = głęboki żal profound regret
5. deepest regret = najgłębszy żal deepest regret
6. mild regret = łagodny żal mild regret
7. main regret = główny żal main regret
9. extreme regret = skrajny żal extreme regret
10. keen regret = gorący żal keen regret
  • As he watched them, Troy felt a keen regret that long days would pass before the Lords could again help Amorine maintain the Warward's spirit.
  • With the keenest regret," he announced, "I find I must walk my way.
  • Buxton's resignation was accepted by Director Donovan, "with keenest personal regret."
  • In a statement expressing his "keen regret that she was denied the post," the president described Ms. Chang as "capable and respected."
  • He stifled keen regret at the recollection of that triumphant day when the six Weyrs had been solidly in accord.
  • He wondered, too, why he felt so keen a regret.
  • For the first time since I left high school, I felt keen regret at not having tried harder in math.
  • To those who truly knew and loved him, who had tasted the real sweetness of his nature, Fleeming's porcupine ways had always been a matter of keen regret.
  • Once again--as it had always happened on past shoots--he experienced the keen regret that this (or that, or the other,) was not his native age.
  • A bitter smile appeared upon the thin lips - a smile that seemed to show keen regret.
11. utmost regret = najwyższy żal utmost regret
(4) greatest, major, fleeting
Kolokacji: 3
(6) personal, vain, infinite
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + regret
Kolokacji: 8
without regret • with regret • of regret • to one's regret • for regret • ...

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