"stretch" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stretch verbo

stretch + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 46
stretch one's legs • stretch out one's hand • stretch one's arms • stretch out one's arms • stretch out one's legs • stretch one's hand • ...
verbo + stretch
Kolokacji: 7
seem to stretch • try to stretch • begin stretching • start stretching • finish stretching • ...
stretch + preposición
Kolokacji: 59
stretch out • stretch from • stretch across • stretch over • stretch along • stretch between • stretch beyond • stretch down • stretch up • ...
stretch + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 65
stretch thin • stretch away • stretch far • stretch taut • stretch wide • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
  • But his story was stretched very thin by what had just happened.
  • In most places, the local police forces were stretched pretty thin.
  • Even so, we are stretched too thin with the western campaign.
  • The line was stretched too thin, but that couldn't matter.
  • The minister asked for help, but the police said they were stretched too thin.
  • Being stretched thin has produced different problems in each service.
  • We're stretched very thin but we expect to make it through the year.
  • "But there are too many now; the industry is stretched pretty thin."
  • Some critics wonder if the company is stretched too thin.
  • A military already stretched thin, he said, "must welcome the service of any American who is willing and able to do the job."
2. stretch flat = mieszkanie odcinka stretch flat
3. stretch slightly = rozciągnij nieznacznie stretch slightly
4. thinly stretched = lekko rozciągnąć thinly stretched
5. stretch prone = odcinek podatny stretch prone
(2) away, forth
Kolokacji: 2
(4) taut, tightly, tautly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) wide, open, indefinitely
Kolokacji: 3
(6) luxuriously, fully
Kolokacji: 2
(7) endlessly, infinitely
Kolokacji: 2
(9) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(12) languidly, languorously
Kolokacji: 2
(13) gently, painfully, severely
Kolokacji: 3
(14) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2

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