"about" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

about adverbio

verbo + about
Kolokacji: 247
worry about • complain about • wander about • mill about • scattered about • spin about • move about • read about • learn about • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
1. worry about = martw się worry about
2. care about = opieka około care about
3. fret about = przejmuj się fret about
4. fuss about = mędzić, marudzić fuss about
5. flap about = klapka około flap about
6. obsess about = prześladować około obsess about
7. dither about = rozterka około dither about
  • Stop dithering about, or it'll be too late.
  • This is an important step forward, which the Bush Administration spent two years and millions of dollars of taxpayer money dithering about.
  • We cannot dither about.
  • I can't see what you are dithering about.
  • Watkins, to Gertrude's disgust, leaps atop a display cabinet, while the others dither about.
  • The Lateinos and Romiith computer scan monitored Norman's infra-red image as it dithered about in the crowded kitchenette.
  • Now there is no Commissioner, and the owners dither about, allegedly seeking another Commissioner, but one without the moral authority, one without the power to discipline them.
  • He had plenty to dither about, and his hand passed across the bidding box a few times.
  • Jim dithered about, trying to hook his toast off the bar fire and pull the plug from the kettle at the same time.
  • He said, "What are you dithering about, Jake?
(6) spin, whirl, swirl, twirl
Kolokacji: 4
(14) excite, know, fantasize, bang
Kolokacji: 4
(16) brag, boast, blow, gloat
Kolokacji: 4
(17) feel, grope, rummage, scrabble
Kolokacji: 4
(19) bandy, fight
Kolokacji: 2
(20) smile, grin
Kolokacji: 2
(21) poke, sniff, nose
Kolokacji: 3
(23) knock, rap, buffet
Kolokacji: 3
(26) whip, round
Kolokacji: 2
(27) inquire, bruit, snoop, enquire
Kolokacji: 4
(28) quibble, hedge
Kolokacji: 2

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