"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 • ...
(1) live, tell, know, name
Kolokacji: 5
(2) kill, murder
Kolokacji: 2
(5) join, marry
Kolokacji: 2
(6) work, belong, go
Kolokacji: 5
1. work for one's uncle = praca dla czyjś wuj work for one's uncle
2. belong to one's uncle = należeć czyjś wuj belong to one's uncle
  • In 1925 he returned to Milan where he started to work with his uncle who was an engineer.
  • He worked with his uncle in New England as a railway contractor from 1837 to 1852.
  • He would describe several species while working with his uncle.
  • After his retirement from baseball, Grove continued to work with his uncle.
  • He no longer wished to work with his uncle and dreamed of going to Paris for formal studies.
  • I work with your uncle, and he knows you are here; that is of no concern at the moment.
  • He worked during the summer with his uncle for the fairs and amusement parks.
  • He probably also worked with his uncle, a gunsmith.
  • Now which do you think would work best with your uncle?
  • He worked with his maternal uncle, an illiterate but savvy contractor, for 18 months.
5. go to one's uncle = idź do czyjś wuj go to one's uncle
(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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