"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
(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
1. scurry about = tupot około scurry about
  • A half mile back, the others had stopped at the edge of a fallen forest and were scurrying about.
  • Only two others in the entire room were not scurrying about.
  • Perhaps it had all been in his imagination - no, he could still hear them down there, scurrying about.
  • I gave them the in- formation and set them to scurrying about.
  • He saw more wreckage and carnage on the ground than people scurrying about, but at least not all had been lost.
  • The men they had seen in the carriage were scurrying about.
  • Everyone scurried about, trying to find some link to the outside world, to contact their families, and to get out of the airport.
  • It was better just to sit and watch other people scurry about.
  • Now that a flat rock has been flipped over, much more scurrying about will be observed.
  • Men would scurry about in preparation to greet their captain back on board.
2. scuttle about = właz około scuttle about
3. scamper about = truchtać około scamper about
4. lark about = skowronek około lark about
5. cavort about = pląsaj cavort about
6. frisk about = obszukiwać około frisk about
7. skitter about = smyrgać około skitter about
8. romp about = igraszki około romp about
9. gambol about = brykać około gambol about
(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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