"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 • ...
adjetivo + uncle
Kolokacji: 33
maternal uncle • paternal uncle • great uncle • old uncle • rich uncle • ...
(5) favorite, beloved
Kolokacji: 2
(6) late, deceased, dead
Kolokacji: 3
(7) loving, Devoted, doting
Kolokacji: 3
(8) wicked, evil
Kolokacji: 2
1. wicked uncle = nikczemny wuj wicked uncle
  • I've heard tales of wicked uncles before.
  • You have an estate and a beautiful lady in prospect, and her wicked uncle allows you to enjoy neither.
  • Your aunt played merry hell with me; said I was a wicked uncle.
  • There was a beautiful girl, a prince and a wicked uncle.
  • She was an heiress, and a wicked uncle left her at the orphanage after substituting a dead child in her father's house.
  • The wicked uncle of the legends very nearly got his estate after all.
  • His wicked uncle locked him in a cave, you know.
  • The young Victoria had no time for the excesses of her wicked uncles.
  • She'd been becoming fond of the old rogue; as if he were a wicked uncle with deplorable habits who was, nonetheless, part of the family.
  • The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked.
2. evil uncle = zły wuj evil uncle
(9) long-lost, benevolent
Kolokacji: 2
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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