"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
11. utmost regret = najwyższy żal utmost regret
  • I also tell you, with the utmost regret, because I am aware that you have another interest in this - in this matter.
  • In the circumstances, I have had no choice but to request - with the utmost regret - that he tender his resignation.
  • On increasing income tax, he said: 'One would see a change in that with the utmost regret.
  • China expressed "utmost regret and indignation" today over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama, saying the exiled Tibetan leader was working to undermine national unity.
  • Murray's persona in print is that of the burdened researcher coming to his disturbing conclusions with the utmost regret; but at the moment, he seems to be having the time of his life.
  • In this manner I used to look upon my condition with the utmost regret.
  • It is therefore with the utmost regret, disappointment and heartfelt disbelief that we have to file for liquidation, which means the end of a dream and an era for all of us.
  • It is with the utmost regret I have to tell you, M. Boirac, that your wife was undoubtedly murdered by strangulation.
  • This I do with utmost regret, but my endeavours to preserve constitutional government in Fiji have proved in vain, and I can see no alternative way forward.
  • I have the utmost regret that the rapporteur has distanced herself from this.
(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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