"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
(9) long-lost, benevolent
Kolokacji: 2
1. long-lost uncle = zaginiony wuj long-lost uncle
  • Was the man a long-lost uncle, or was he only somebody who had sat opposite him regularly in a railway train?
  • Perhaps he needs to find a long-lost rich uncle.
  • Often he presents himself to his relatives as a long-lost uncle, or simply is allowed to work close by to keep an eye on them.
  • "Your long-lost uncle who was, ostensibly, lost in the Swiss Alps fifty-seven years ago."
  • Janina received a call from the tracing service caseworker and was soon talking to her long-lost uncle and aunt.
  • Charles doesn't recognize his long-lost uncle.
  • Joseph, like Charles, does not recognize his long-lost uncle.
  • The guys didn't seem to notice and greeted their Russian driver like a long-lost uncle.
  • You've been here three days and you've got the most important women in my life treating you like a long-lost uncle.
  • 'Yes, you didn't know I was their long-lost uncle, did you?'
2. benevolent uncle = dobrotliwy wuj benevolent 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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