"trim" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

trim verbo

trim + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 24
trim costs • trim beard • trim one's hair • trim trees • trim one's lead • ...
(2) tree, shrub, bush
Kolokacji: 3
(3) lead, sail, nail
Kolokacji: 3
1. trim one's lead = przycinać czyjś prowadzenie trim one's lead
2. trim one's sails = zmienić swoje stanowisko, zacząć myśleć realistycznie trim one's sails
  • And your father will trim my sails for me if he ever hears of this.
  • Nor does he seem to trim his sails according to the political winds.
  • "We find no evidence that he has trimmed his conservative sails," they concluded.
  • "As a matter of fact I've recently begun to trim my sails a bit," he adds.
  • "Our job," he said, "is to help the program trim its sails and be more successful."
  • "Hubert told me he learned to trim his sails when Johnson was there."
  • Investigators understand these implicit issues and trim their sails accordingly.
  • Increasingly the school is having to trim its sails and to top up its central resources.
  • You have to trim your sails to take advantage of how the wind is blowing.
  • But that means Conner might have to trim sails instead of steering the boat.
3. trim one's nails = przycinać czyjś paznokcie trim one's nails
(4) hedge, payroll, inventory
Kolokacji: 3
(5) force, staff, roster
Kolokacji: 3
(7) production, job
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + trim
Kolokacji: 7
need trimming • begin trimming • help trim • start trimming • require trimming • ...
trim + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
trim off • trim down • trim with • trim in • trim to • ...
trim + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
neatly trimmed • carefully trimmed • trim away • closely trimmed • trim short • ...

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