"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
(3) dry, damp, wet
Kolokacji: 3
1. dry straw = sucha słoma dry straw
2. damp straw = wilgotna słoma damp straw
3. wet straw = mokra słoma wet straw
  • In the far comer was a bundle of wet straw which he assumed was the bed.
  • I squatted on the wet straw and stretched out my hand.
  • My legs were like wet straw and my back felt as if it had turned to jelly.
  • Wisps of rank, wet straw were blown into their faces.
  • So they followed that plan and emptied all the old, wet straw out of the Scarecrow's body.
  • Amy snapped around to check that the casket was still there beside her in its nest of wet straw.
  • When they slept in barns, it was often on piles of wet straw or hay.
  • I could have opened most locks in these islands with a piece of wet straw but this was different.
  • It was swiftly followed by two barrels, both alight and packed with wet straw.
  • The buildings are not necessarily deep, dirty dungeons covered with wet straw.
(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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