"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 • ...
(2) poll, vote
Kolokacji: 2
(3) man, boss, hut, dummy
Kolokacji: 4
1. straw man = sofizmat rozszerzenia, atakowanie chochoła (błąd logiczny) straw man
2. straw boss = zastępca szefa straw boss
3. straw hut = szopa słomiana straw hut
4. straw dummy = manekin słomkowy straw dummy
  • Of course you can learn little by hacking at a straw dummy.
  • As they reached a corner the last monk turned and lightly tossed a little drum into the outstretched arms of a straw dummy.
  • He jounced painfully and his arrows went everywhere except in the straw dummy.
  • A line of straw dummies was set up before canvas hangings.
  • The final picture showed the gorillas attacking a line of straw dummies, which hung from an overhead stone support.
  • Where, after all, was the third straw dummy?
  • They hurriedly cut down the remains of the straw dummies and began lashing new ones to the supporting poles.
  • I want to see them spearing those straw dummies when I return, not each other!
  • The man in the center was tossing them around as if the skilled protection agents were mere straw dummies.
  • They would sometimes mount straw dummies on their spare horses to make themselves appear more numerous.
(4) mat, color, bedding, matting
Kolokacji: 4
(5) mattress, pallet, broom, bed
Kolokacji: 4
(7) roof, sandal, mulch
Kolokacji: 3
(9) doll, rope
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...
preposición + straw
Kolokacji: 8
with straw • at straws • of straw • through a straw • in the straw • ...

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