"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 7

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) relation, relationship, tie

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 5

(3) ear, budget, sense

Kolokacji: 3

1. strain one's ears = obciążenie czyjś uszy strain one's ears

2. strain one's budget = obciążenie czyjś budżet strain one's budget

The bonds have proved to be difficult to trade and the interest payments on them have strained the country's budget.
Jameson responds by putting his squad on double-shifts, severely straining the city council's budget.
Even if there were time, it would strain their already tight budget.
AT $1,500 a month, the rent is considerably less than the same apartment might be a few blocks away, but it still strains a 20-year-old's budget.
But that was before she discovered the item that would strain her budget to its limits.
He usually replies that current services are already straining the department's medical budget.
The Navy also suffers from congressional restrictions on shipbuilding and conversion which further strains their limited budget.
"This strains our budget and our tempers," the Mayor observed.
At the time the price seemed far too expensive for a program that was already straining its budget.
Even $200 may be enough to strain a poor family's annual budget.

3. strain one's senses = obciążenie czyjś sensy strain one's senses

(4) muscle, hamstring, neck, ligament

Kolokacji: 4

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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