"shrink" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shrink verbo

shrink + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 8

shrink tumors • shrink government • shrink the Kids • shrink one's work force • shrink the size • ...

verbo + shrink

Kolokacji: 6

seem to shrink • begin to shrink • continue to shrink • cause to shrink • begin shrinking • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) seem, begin, continue

Kolokacji: 4

1. seem to shrink = wydawaj się psychoanalitykowi seem to shrink

2. begin to shrink = zacznij do psychoanalityka begin to shrink

3. continue to shrink = kontynuuj do psychoanalityka continue to shrink

4. begin shrinking = zacznij kurczyć się begin shrinking

Overall, Checker sales began shrinking in the 1970s, causing the company to reduce their production capacity.
It also began shrinking its work force in Germany through early-retirement programs.
The local employee pools began shrinking long before resorts dipped into foreign labor.
So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.
The market for draglines began shrinking rapidly after the boom of the 1960s and 1970s which led to more mergers.
Airbus will not begin shrinking the backlog until 2009 or 2010.
The lake, also a World Heritage Site, began shrinking in the 1970's and is now about a third of its original size.
On this basis, the deficit began shrinking in spring 1986.
But in the three years he served in that post the Navy began shrinking quickly.
But front-wheel drive came into vogue in the late 1970's when automobile companies began shrinking their cars to increase fuel economy.

(2) cause, help

Kolokacji: 2

shrink + preposición

Kolokacji: 30

shrink from • shrink by • shrink into • shrink down • shrink to • ...

shrink + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 27

shrink away • shrink rapidly • shrink further • shrink dramatically • steadily shrink • ...

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