"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 6

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) wear, grow, run, become, get, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(2) stretch, spread, pound

Kolokacji: 3

1. stretch thin = odcinek wąski stretch thin

stretch thinner

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. spread thin = rozprzestrzenianie wąski spread thin

spread thinner

3. pound thin = funt wąski pound thin

(3) look, sound, feel

Kolokacji: 3

(4) slice, help

Kolokacji: 2

adverbio + thin

Kolokacji: 41

extremely thin • relatively thin • pretty thin • painfully thin • somewhat thin • ...

thin + preposición

Kolokacji: 10

thin with • thin on • thin in • thin of • thin for • ...

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