"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 • ...
3. strain hard = obciążenie mocno strain hard
  • Disappointing, then, that I have to strain hard to hear them.
  • He says he does not strain very hard to hear them.
  • Why would they strain so hard to come up with 250 varieties of this thing?
  • As though something internal had been strained too hard and had given way.
  • For the part of her life that was behind her now, though she had strained so hard to pull away.
  • He strained so hard to pull them up, he nearly lost his balance.
  • The beauty of the casting is that the two young women do not have to strain very hard to fit their assigned roles.
  • Max strained harder, wishing his wounds had not weakened him so.
  • All the networks strained so hard to avoid repeating the early and flawed projections of 2000 that it was almost painful.
  • Perhaps the players feel a little cuddlier about each other and they won't strain so hard to project levity, but their play belies them.
(3) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2

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