"sheer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sheer adjetivo

sheer + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 293
sheer number • sheer size • sheer force • sheer cliff • sheer volume • sheer wall • sheer luck • sheer joy • sheer weight • sheer drop • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 63
(15) scale, speed, pace, velocity
Kolokacji: 4
(17) horror, disgust
Kolokacji: 2
(21) frustration, exasperation
Kolokacji: 2
(24) curiosity, wonder
Kolokacji: 2
(28) presence, proximity
Kolokacji: 2
(29) necessity, lack
Kolokacji: 2
(30) hell, mischief
Kolokacji: 2
(32) instinct, talent
Kolokacji: 2
(33) agony, pain, pressure
Kolokacji: 3
(34) scope, range, expanse
Kolokacji: 3
(36) rage, ferocity, fury, violence
Kolokacji: 4
(37) lunacy, insanity, indulgence
Kolokacji: 3
(39) perversity, cussedness
Kolokacji: 2
(41) bravado, spectacle
Kolokacji: 2
1. sheer bravado = czysta brawura sheer bravado
  • This was sheer bravado, and Jim allowed him every opportunity to change his mind.
  • He wonders if she has acted out of knowledge, faith, or sheer bravado.
  • That was sheer bravado; he wanted to see what would happen.
  • But for sheer bravado, it was hard to beat the British.
  • And the sheer bravado of shooting this film in its pristine, lonely settings is the only special effect.
  • It had been sheer bravado, he thought, to name this sun Abraham's Star.
  • I went along through sheer bravado and a determination to spit in somebody's face for the last time.
  • If academy awards were given for sheer bravado, 'he'd have won at least three.
  • It was simply the sheer bravado that the market seemed to appreciate.
  • He had put it there out of sheer bravado.
2. sheer spectacle = czyste widowisko sheer spectacle
(42) arrogance, greed, lust
Kolokacji: 3
(43) luxury, wealth, opulence
Kolokacji: 3
(45) disbelief, magic, ignorance
Kolokacji: 3
(50) drama, poetry
Kolokacji: 2
(51) perfection, top, height
Kolokacji: 3
(52) bluff, hypocrisy
Kolokacji: 2
(53) impact, shock
Kolokacji: 2
(55) physicality, nervousness
Kolokacji: 2
(56) fact, fabrication, invention
Kolokacji: 3
(57) depth, dint, decadence
Kolokacji: 3
(58) muscle, stamina, heft, brawn
Kolokacji: 4
(59) chaos, confusion
Kolokacji: 2
(61) fluke, serendipity
Kolokacji: 2
(62) expense, cost
Kolokacji: 2
(63) grit, courage, bravery
Kolokacji: 3

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