"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 • ...
2. strain one's eyes = wytężać wzrok strain one's eyes
3. strain one's ears = obciążenie czyjś uszy strain one's ears
5. strain a muscle = naciągnąć mięsień strain a muscle
  • The events of Sept. 11 and since have further strained resources.
  • In that time many have strained their emotional and financial resources to the breaking point.
  • Placing them on the public dole will only strain your resources further.
  • The growth in curriculum and community outreach strained financial resources.
  • But the $30,000 cost of producing each tape was straining their resources.
  • Its population will double in 25 years, further straining resources, if the present fertility rates continue.
  • The demographics of war and peace now threaten to strain resources further.
  • It is really something that has strained our resources to the limit.
  • The increase in drug use and the violence it spawns have also strained resources.
  • I shouldn't imagine this strained his resources too far.
7. strain one's hamstring = obciążenie czyjś ścięgno podkolanowe strain one's hamstring
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 • ...

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