"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
(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
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
  • Before they had gone more than a few paces, the Arachnia skittered about in the darkness behind them, then appeared in front of them.
  • Rats skittered about in the dark recesses, and water trickled along the crevices of the rock.
  • She gritted her teeth and slogged onward, doing her best to ignore the things skittering about on the edge of her vision.
  • Riotous chipmunks and squirrels skittered about.
  • The road that we are skittering about on is constructed from cooled lava flows, which in places have cracked and dried into fissures 20 metres deep.
  • The few bits of fine furniture which Khayman possessed began to skitter about.
  • The fission blade skittered about, shaving flakes of rock from the floor whenever it touched.
  • Congress skitters about, looking for a solution, desperate not to see it in the Constitution: impeachment, trial and verdict.
  • At the moment he was eyeing Prilicla, who was skittering about on the fringe of the crowd, with raised eyebrows.
  • Mice skittered about in the hay; in the silence he heard two of them fighting, voicing their anger in tiny squeaks.
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

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.