"tall" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tall adjetivo

tall + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 279
tall building • tall man • tall tree • tall grass • tall tower • tall figure • tall window • tall structure • tall tale • tall order • tall mountain • ...
verbo + tall
Kolokacji: 12
stand tall • grow tall • look tall • walk tall • sit tall • ...
adverbio + tall
Kolokacji: 31
slightly taller • unusually tall • barely tall • extremely tall • up tall • ...
1. slightly taller = nieco wyższy slightly taller
2. fairly tall = dość wysoki fairly tall
3. somewhat taller = nieco wyższy somewhat taller
4. pretty tall = całkiem wysoki pretty tall
5. moderately tall = w miarę wysoki moderately tall
7. overly tall = zbyt wysoki overly tall
  • A beautiful woman, and not overly tall, her smile belied the coolness of her steady blue eyes.
  • Though not overly tall or muscular, he was lean and strong.
  • He wasn't overly tall but he had broad shoulders and looked fit and strong.
  • She was overly tall and awkward.
  • She was not too tall, but Kiron himself was by no means overly tall.
  • There's been an understandable reaction against too many overly tall buildings.
  • He appeared one morning at the wharf, forty-seven years old, not overly tall or powe * rful.
  • In 1935, the aircraft received a more powerful engine and modifications to the overly tall tailplanes.
  • One was a broad but not overly tall, bearish hulk of a man who looked, Kirk decided, purposely rumpled, even his expression.
  • Sprinters are usually very strong and muscular, and often not overly tall.
tall + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
tall with • tall for • tall in • tall of • tall at • ...

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