"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. proverbial straw = przysłowiowa słoma proverbial straw
2. moldy straw = spleśniała słoma moldy straw
  • The women tramped into it, dropped Blade with a thump into several inches of moldy straw, cut his bonds, and marched out.
  • He was lying on a stone floor littered with moldy straw.
  • The floor was covered with moldy straw that reeked of spilled beer, and scraps of rotting food lay in heaps in the corners.
  • He felt his way through the frigid darkness to the pallet and drew some of the moldy straw about him for warmth.
  • Keep the idea of sleeping on moldy straw with rats for company firmly in mind all the rest of the day.
  • The place grew oppressive with its smell of moldy straw and horse droppings.
  • On the floor, moldy straw.
  • Her bed is a pile of moldy straw in a masonry trough.
  • "Dungeons always show such a lack of imagination," he remarked, scuffing at the moldy straw littering the floor with one foot.
  • Against the wall to the left, stacks of wooden crates and bales of moldy straw leaned against one another.
3. old straw = stara słoma old straw
4. musty straw = pachnąca stęchlizną słoma musty 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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