"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 • ...
(6) spin, whirl, swirl, twirl
Kolokacji: 4
1. swing about = drgnięcie około swing about
2. shift about = zmiana około shift about
3. play about = grać około play about
  • Have you been playing about in a way you should not?
  • A lady in one of the flats said, there are still children playing about on their own.
  • I mean she got into this barley with us; and there was some playing about.
  • How about actually playing with your kids at the playground?
  • I've ended up writing three plays about, if you like, sacrificial love.
  • "I promise not to play about in your mind."
  • The man's wife was cooking the supper, and their children were playing about on the floor.
  • Several children played about, sometimes listening to the talk of their elders.
  • I know what a nuisance it is to George's father to have us around, playing about.
  • For a while she played about, jumping up and down.
4. shuffle about = powłóczenie nogami około shuffle about
5. fiddle about = skrzypce około fiddle about
(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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