"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
3. old straw = stara słoma old straw
  • The seats had all been removed, and around the walls were palliasses stacked, filled with old straw.
  • It was a very old straw one, with a ribbon round it - a ribbon that Pam recognized only too well!
  • He had lain with an aristocrat and now he lay in old, filthy straw.
  • The next day we moved to the shelter of another stable, where we dug deep down into some old straw piled at one end.
  • On the headland, soaked from the sea, it had been the colour of old straw.
  • The floor beneath her was thick with old straw and sawdust, and it was all she could do not to sneeze.
  • Farrell laughed, feeling as though his throat were full of old straw.
  • They were in a prison cell, its floor strewn th dry rushes and old straw.
  • Once a year, the old straw was removed by a front-end loader or similar machinery.
  • Slowly he moved toward the corner and began poking at the 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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