"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

(13) glance, peer, stare, gaze, reminisce, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(14) excite, know, fantasize, bang

Kolokacji: 4

(15) argue, embarrass, quarrel, disagree

Kolokacji: 4

1. argue about = posprzeczaj się argue about

argued about

2. embarrass about = wprawiać w zakłopotanie około embarrass about

3. quarrel about = pokłóć się quarrel about

No way was he going to tell this man what they'd quarrelled about.
He also says at one point he never did find out what his father and grandfather quarreled about.
I fear I have much to quarrel with them about.
They found enough things to quarrel about without looking for more.
They apparently had managed to find something else to quarrel about.
But Lydia had discovered, to her own surprise, that she found the matter too significant to quarrel about in a childish way.
The only thing they ever quarreled about was the amount of money father spent buying photo paper.
Rain said: 'I want to know what you were quarrelling about.
"What did they quarrel about, and why do they wish to fight one another?"
"It's just so utterly weird that those two could ever find something to quarrel about."

4. disagree about = miej odmienne zdanie disagree about

(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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