"thin" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

thin adjetivo

thin + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 397
thin layer • thin air • thin line • thin man • thin slice • thin lip • thin film • thin strip • thin sheet • thin smile • thin ice • thin stream • ...
verbo + thin
Kolokacji: 15
wear thin • stretch thin • grow thin • look thin • spread thin • ...
adverbio + thin
Kolokacji: 41
extremely thin • relatively thin • pretty thin • painfully thin • somewhat thin • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) relatively, comparatively
Kolokacji: 2
(5) dangerously, perilously
Kolokacji: 2
1. dangerously thin = niebezpiecznie wąski dangerously thin
  • Some say the move is the latest indication that troops are stretched dangerously thin.
  • At another point, with the air getting dangerously thin, a woman observes that "well, we're not in Kansas anymore."
  • Any larger, and our defenses against demons would be spread dangerously thin.
  • The layer of serious photography collectors in the world remains dangerously thin.
  • Depth is another concern for the Giants, as they are dangerously thin at several positions.
  • But among the six principal types of military satellites some were stretched dangerously thin.
  • We're already spreading our manpower dangerously thin and- What are you smiling at?
  • And even with the additional manpower, the force was stretched dangerously thin.
  • "I started to feel like the dividing line between those two parts of my life was getting dangerously thin," she said.
  • But its financial support has become dangerously thin, leaving questions about its future.
2. perilously thin = niebezpiecznie wąski perilously thin
(6) impossibly, incredibly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) noticeably, invisibly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) considerably, infinitesimally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) increasingly, progressively
Kolokacji: 2
thin + preposición
Kolokacji: 10
thin with • thin on • thin in • thin of • thin for • ...

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