"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
  • He'd drawn the short straw with the sort of small van an odd job man would use.
  • The next squad had made it through ten men without one drawing the short straw.
  • One passenger too many on the big ship, and you've drawn the short straw.
  • I had a hunch you might draw the short straw.
  • "Every time I'm left in the office on my own, you appear to have drawn the short straw as well."
  • Look closely enough and you'll see that everyone has a short straw or two in their lives.
  • He bet she was "chosen" by having pulled a short straw.
  • The man who'd drawn the short straw looked at his little brother.
  • With the short straw, the young man had become their weakness.
2. long straw = długa słoma long straw
(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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