"strain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

strain verbo

strain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 15
strain relations • strain one's eyes • strain one's ears • strain one's relationship • strain a muscle • ...
strain + preposición
Kolokacji: 25
strain against • strain at • strain for • strain with • strain in • ...
strain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 17
severely strained • strain forward • further strain • strain upward • badly strained • ...
  • Its health and education systems, although badly strained, continue to function.
  • The situation has improved somewhat since then, but remains badly strained.
  • That would in turn badly strain the courts and prisons.
  • A loved one's failure to attend an event can badly strain a relationship.
  • In addition, our working capital has been badly strained.
  • At the time of the bombing, our relations with him were badly strained, but discussion was possible through back channels.
  • She said her going public with this information angered Gleason and badly strained their relationship.
  • True would carry me, but that's impossible: his left hock is badly strained.
  • The tail-tubes didn't give way, though they seem to be badly strained.
  • But now he must wait, after badly straining his rib cage during batting practice on Tuesday.
3. strain hard = obciążenie mocno strain hard
(3) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2

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