"tragedy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tragedy sustantivo

sustantivo + tragedy
Kolokacji: 8
family tragedy • tragedy of one's life • tragedy of one's death • revenge tragedy • tragedy of proportions • ...
tragedy + verbo
Kolokacji: 21
tragedy strikes • tragedy occurs • tragedy happens • tragedy unfolds • tragedy comes • ...
verbo + tragedy
Kolokacji: 9
prevent tragedies • tragedy caused • end in tragedy • bring tragedy • turn tragedy • ...
adjetivo + tragedy
Kolokacji: 74
Greek tragedy • personal tragedy • great tragedy • terrible tragedy • human tragedy • real tragedy • national tragedy • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) Greek, American
Kolokacji: 2
(5) human, humanitarian, bloody
Kolokacji: 3
(7) national, domestic
Kolokacji: 2
(8) Shakespearean, comic
Kolokacji: 2
(9) classical, romantic, classic
Kolokacji: 3
1. recent tragedy = niedawna tragedia recent tragedy
2. historical tragedy = historyczna tragedia historical tragedy
3. ancient tragedy = starożytna tragedia ancient tragedy
4. future tragedy = przyszła tragedia future tragedy
5. late tragedy = nocna tragedia late tragedy
6. modern tragedy = współczesna tragedia modern tragedy
  • In modern tragedy the same predominance exists.
  • Sadly, though, the love gets caught up in the grittier details, transforming what would have been a grand romance into a modern American tragedy.
  • Indeed, our great modern tragedies, Vietnam and Watergate, have flowed in large measure from personality flaws.
  • Things Fall Apart has been called a modern Greek tragedy.
  • It took the form and structure of the "well-made play" but turned it from a piece of fluff into a modern tragedy.
  • That two young women so full of hope and aspiration should end up in Broadmoor after turning to violent crime seemed a modern tragedy.
  • He outlined his conception of the play as a "modern tragedy" in a note written in Rome on 19 October 1878.
  • Filkins's article was a modern American tragedy.
  • Had the prestige which hedges about a modern tragedy existed, nothing could have been done.
  • Bernie's is the modern tragedy of never-ending effort and wholehearted commitment falling like a bad souffle.
7. past tragedy = za tragedią past tragedy
8. ongoing tragedy = tocząca się tragedia ongoing tragedy
(11) Spanish, Bosnian
Kolokacji: 2
(12) senseless, ultimate, profound
Kolokacji: 3
(13) far, impending, near
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + tragedy
Kolokacji: 13
of tragedy • with tragedy • in tragedy • into tragedy • after the tragedy • ...

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