"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 2

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) severely, badly, hard, seriously

Kolokacji: 4

Kolokacji: 11

1. strain forward = obciążenie do przodu strain forward

2. further strain = dalsze obciążenie further strain

3. strain upward = obciążenie do góry strain upward

4. strain desperately = obciążenie rozpaczliwie strain desperately

5. strain mightily = obciążenie niezmiernie strain mightily

6. greatly strained = zdecydowanie napięty greatly strained

7. financially strained = finansowo napięty financially strained

8. strain backward = obciążenie do tyłu strain backward

Her head and upper body strained backward to maintain the contact as she danced, then, emerging from her turn, she let her eyes slip slyly away.
She knelt over it and, by straining backward, managed to get a hand to it.
The impulse engines strained backward, their whine rising so loud that everyone, Chakotay included, had to cup his hands over his ears.
Then his camel, straining forward, drew level with Melchior's, straining backward, and the two fell into even pace.
Now I've got--" She strained backward when he leaned down.
She strained backward when he put a hand to her hair.
And beyond, Foster, strained backward, the chain between his wrists garroting the redhead.
Triv cried, straining backward in his seat, his eyes glued on the water rushing to meet them.
But straining backward, keeping the key chain up in the air and away from Richard, Ingram still kept his thumb on the button and the gun pointed straight ahead.
Lucien's hand, still gripping the hypodermic, twist and turned, straining backward in a doomed attempt stab Roland.

9. increasingly strained = coraz bardziej napięty increasingly strained

10. occasionally strain = od czasu do czasu obciążenie occasionally strain

11. strain backwards = obciążenie do tyłu strain backwards

(3) slightly, somewhat

Kolokacji: 2

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