"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

Ezra strained desperately to regain use of his dazzled eyes.
I stood desperately straining to hear if there was any one else there.
"Okay," she said, straining desperately to sound reasonable, then moved her hands to her collarbones.
He stopped and desperately strained his eyes to see what might be waiting for them but saw nothing-not even a hint of movement.
The oiler strained desperately at the hopeless task of escape.
At this, Kirk strained desperately against his captors, but it was no use.
Quinlan said, desperately straining to see her in the darkness.
He strained desperately against his bonds, but to no avail.
With his hand straining desperately forward, Odo launched himself over the last ring of bodies.
The tiny hole seemed to strain desperately around his width.

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

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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