bridge: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 structure across a river, road, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ high, humpback (BrE), narrow
▪ rail, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), road
▪ cantilever, pontoon, suspension, swing (BrE)
▪ The soldiers built a pontoon bridge across the Euphrates.
▪ rope, steel, stone, wooden
▪ toll
▪ Charges for the toll bridge are set to rise.
▪ pedestrian (esp.BrE)
VERB + BRIDGE
▪ build
▪ destroy
▪ wash away
▪ Floods washed away several bridges.
▪ cross
▪ Cross the bridge and turn right into the town.
▪ close
▪ design
BRIDGE + VERB
▪ cross sth, span sth
▪ The new bridge will cross the river at this point.
▪ connect sth, link sth
PREPOSITION
▪ across a/the bridge, over a/the bridge
▪ It was windy driving over the bridge.
▪ under a/the bridge
▪ The road goes under the old bridge.
▪ bridge across, bridge over
▪ a bridge over the river
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… OF BRIDGE
▪ game, rubber
▪ I enjoy a game of bridge occasionally.
VERB + BRIDGE
▪ play
BRIDGE + NOUN
▪ tournament
▪ partner, player
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
Bridge is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chasm, ↑distance, ↑divide, ↑gap, ↑gulf, ↑river