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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 64
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(1) worry, care, fret, fuss, flap, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(2) complain, cheer, cry, shout, moan, ...
Kolokacji: 17
(3) wander, move, come, run, turn, go, get, wheel, roll, fly, cast, ...
Kolokacji: 53
(4) mill, thrash, toss, twist, dance, ...
Kolokacji: 33
(5) scatter, strew, muck, dot, root
Kolokacji: 5
(6) spin, whirl, swirl, twirl
Kolokacji: 4
(7) read, talk, sing, speak, rave, ...
Kolokacji: 14
(8) learn, think, speculate, see, wait, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(9) write, joke, laugh, blogged, fool
Kolokacji: 5
(10) swing, shift, play, shuffle, fiddle
Kolokacji: 5
(11) walk, stroll, splash, prance, skulk, ...
Kolokacji: 24
(12) look, stand, lie, lay, put, ...
Kolokacji: 6
1. look about = rozglądać się dookoła look about
2. stand about = stań stand about
3. lie about = leniuchować, obijać się lie about
lied about
4. lay about = okładaj lay about
5. put about = zakręcać, zawracać put about
6. face about = twarz około face about
  • Members of the group were stirring to face about.
  • Tell every one his spirit was so stout, No man could ever make him face about.
  • The man did not stay to see any more, but faced about and hurried down the street.
  • There came one of those light touches, and she faced about.
  • Then Joe faced about in the direction of his prospective target.
  • He faced about and looked up toward the rugged heights above him.
  • A voice, well modulated, but firm, told him to face about.
  • Then she faced about, in the same direction as that second column.
  • Then Andy found himself faced about, his arms pinned behind him.
  • We faced about, but that did not seem to intimidate him.
(13) glance, peer, stare, gaze, reminisce, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(14) excite, know, fantasize, bang
Kolokacji: 4
(15) argue, embarrass, quarrel, disagree
Kolokacji: 4
(16) brag, boast, blow, gloat
Kolokacji: 4
(17) feel, grope, rummage, scrabble
Kolokacji: 4
(18) scurry, scuttle, scamper, lark, cavort, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(19) bandy, fight
Kolokacji: 2
(20) smile, grin
Kolokacji: 2
(21) poke, sniff, nose
Kolokacji: 3
(22) mess, tell, warn, order, testify
Kolokacji: 5
(23) knock, rap, buffet
Kolokacji: 3
(24) prowl, lurk, lounge, lurch, swarm
Kolokacji: 5
(25) loll, laze, moon, daydream, idle, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(26) whip, round
Kolokacji: 2
(27) inquire, bruit, snoop, enquire
Kolokacji: 4
(28) quibble, hedge
Kolokacji: 2

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