SLIPPERY


Meaning of SLIPPERY in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look

▪ become , get

The concrete gets ~ when it's wet.

▪ make sth

The oil made the ground ~ and treacherous to walk on.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

Watch out—the floor's a little ~.

▪ notoriously

International law is notoriously ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

rocks that were ~ with seaweed

PHRASES

▪ ~ when wet

Bathroom floors can become ~ when wet.

▪ wet and ~

The track was wet and ~ for the race.

Slippery is used with these nouns: ↑ road , ↑ rock , ↑ slide , ↑ surface

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .