"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) strike, take, bring, lead, make, ...

Kolokacji: 11

1. tragedy strikes = strajki tragedii tragedy strikes

2. tragedy takes = tragedia bierze tragedy takes

3. tragedy brings = tragedia przynosi tragedy brings

4. tragedy makes = tragedia robi tragedy makes

5. tragedy leads = tragedia prowadzi tragedy leads

6. tragedy ensues = tragedia wywiązuje się tragedy ensues

7. tragedy results = wyniki tragedii tragedy results

8. tragedy causes = tragedia powoduje tragedy causes

9. tragedy prompts = podpowiedzi tragedii tragedy prompts

10. tragedy hits = tragedia uderza tragedy hits

11. tragedy waiting = tragedia czekając tragedy waiting

A tragedy waiting to happen given Wikileaks hubris and recklessness.
Or are there other grade-crossing tragedies just waiting to happen?
And, as in each of those cases, the public wants answers so that maybe the next tragedy waiting to happen will not.
"He was a tragedy waiting to happen," said his aunt, Joanne Patterson.
One said he saw him drunk several times and thought of him as "a tragedy waiting to happen."
"Every American without health insurance is an American tragedy waiting to happen," he said.
"That's the change in the type of people coming here, and it is a tragedy waiting to happen," Ms. Bitterman said.
Sound bite: "Celebrity models are a tragedy waiting to happen."
An unlicensed gun is a tragedy waiting to happen.
"This was a tragedy waiting to happen," she said.

(2) occur, happen, unfold, come, befall

Kolokacji: 5

(3) begin, involve, continue, lie, seem

Kolokacji: 5

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 • ...

preposición + tragedy

Kolokacji: 13

of tragedy • with tragedy • in tragedy • into tragedy • after the tragedy • ...

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