"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

Straining mightily, thrusting with all the power of his legs, he launched himself at the guards before the door of the thronehall.
They strained mightily to come up with the purchase price, relying on prayer and friends' money.
She strained mightily and shrieked as the pain tore through her body.
Unable to use his legs, the warrior strained mightily in an effort to heave Laflors to one side.
Segnbora could feel it straining mightily, trying even to trigger that last burning in which a fire elemental ends its existence as an individual.
Gisella had to strain mightily on the reins to keep the horses from galloping pell-mell down the mountain.
He leaned against the ice and strained mightily.
Natural instinct - to wisecrack, to become choleric, to curse - strained mightily against civic duty.
And had awoken with a start, ears straining mightily to hear her words.
I-" Moore strained mightily to see through the blinding glare.

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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