"uncle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

uncle sustantivo

sustantivo + uncle

Kolokacji: 3

uncle of the bride • uncle of the bridegroom • bachelor uncle

uncle + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 102

Uncle Sam • Uncle Tom • Uncle John • Uncle Ben • Uncle Joe • ...

uncle + verbo

Kolokacji: 61

uncle says • uncle dies • uncle takes • uncle tells • raised by one's uncle • ...

verbo + uncle

Kolokacji: 32

live with one's uncle • kill one's uncle • see one's uncle • tell one's uncle • inherit from one's uncle • ...

Kolokacji: 6

Grup znaczeniowych: 8

(1) live, tell, know, name

Kolokacji: 5

(2) kill, murder

Kolokacji: 2

(3) see, visit, call, stay, ask, ...

Kolokacji: 7

Kolokacji: 6

1. inherit from one's uncle = dziedziczyć czyjś wuj inherit from one's uncle

He lost everything when the wall of mud crushed the house that he had inherited from his uncle.
I was going to inherit this great estate from our childless uncle.
In the film, Fozzie states that he inherited the car from his uncle.
Aged 43 he inherited the family business from his uncle, and from 1885 to 1889 began a large scale expansion of the company.
A man inherits from his millionaire uncle a gold watch that has the power to stop time.
He was pleased that she so liked the estate he had inherited from his uncle.
In 1921, he and his mother inherited over $10 million from his late uncle.
Despite being young, she inherited a large quantity of money from her uncle.
Peter inherited 5 million dollars from his uncle, who was incredibly rich.
But you might say you've inherited these stamps from your uncle.

2. receive from one's uncle = otrzymywać czyjś wuj receive from one's uncle

3. find one's uncle = znajdować czyjś wuj find one's uncle

4. learn from one's uncle = uczyć się czyjś wuj learn from one's uncle

5. get one's uncle = dostawać czyjś wuj get one's uncle

6. include one's uncle = obejmować czyjś wuj include one's uncle

(5) join, marry

Kolokacji: 2

(6) work, belong, go

Kolokacji: 5

(7) look, help

Kolokacji: 2

(8) send, follow, accompany

Kolokacji: 3

adjetivo + uncle

Kolokacji: 33

maternal uncle • paternal uncle • great uncle • old uncle • rich uncle • ...

preposición + uncle

Kolokacji: 17

of one's uncle • with one's uncle • to one's uncle • from one's uncle • for one's uncle • ...

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