"straw" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

straw sustantivo

sustantivo + straw
Kolokacji: 10
Jack Straw • Mr. Straw • drinking straw • soda straw • wheat straw • ...
straw + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 34
straw hat • straw poll • straw man • straw mat • straw mattress • ...
verbo + straw
Kolokacji: 6
grasp at straws • use straw • draw the straw • clutch at straws • spin straw • ...
adjetivo + straw
Kolokacji: 16
final straw • short straw • fresh straw • clean straw • dry straw • ...
(2) short, long
Kolokacji: 2
1. short straw = krótka słoma short straw
2. long straw = długa słoma long straw
  • The long straw fell to me and I ate a few bites of the steak we fried, then sat back to wait.
  • She looked at her husband, looked away, and pulled the long straw for herself.
  • My staff was fighting over who would get the honors, but I picked the longest straw.
  • Jason drew the long straw and thus would jump second.
  • "I think I got the long straw," she told him.
  • If the couple picked all 5 long straws, they won a car.
  • Death instead by, say, sniffing car exhaust in highway town, perhaps through long hollow straw.
  • There was a further quarrel as to which of the three it would be, and the lucky one drew the long straw.
  • He drew on some long straw with similar result.
(3) dry, damp, wet
Kolokacji: 3
(5) pale, thin
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + straw
Kolokacji: 8
with straw • at straws • of straw • through a straw • in the straw • ...

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