"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. real regret = rzeczywisty żal real regret
2. genuine regret = prawdziwy żal genuine regret
3. sincere regret = szczery żal sincere regret
4. mock regret = udawany żal mock regret
5. honest regret = uczciwy żal honest regret
  • TTiere was more challenge than honest regret in her voice, and he took offense.
  • "My apologies for any inconvenience," Dover said, with honest regret.
  • They had found the life too lonely and left the employment of years with honest regret but unshakable determination.
  • In the end and with some honest regret he had decided against it.
  • He had left them with honest regret.
  • And then he said, with honest regret in his voice, "It's 'lay on, Macduff' actually.
  • He usually felt an honest regret that thirgs had to get as far as they did before he was called in, but not this time.
  • If I could, I would, he said softly and with honest regret.
  • The Norwegian-American officer spoke with a deliberation that was pained, full of honest regret.
  • Fraser looked at Modesty with apparently honest 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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