"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
(19) bandy, fight
Kolokacji: 2
(20) smile, grin
Kolokacji: 2
(21) poke, sniff, nose
Kolokacji: 3
(23) knock, rap, buffet
Kolokacji: 3
1. prowl about = krążyć, chodzić tam i z powrotem prowl about
2. lurk about = czaić się około lurk about
3. lounge about = obijać się, próżnować, wylegiwać się lounge about
  • The lobby was very large, and in the evening there were always some people lounging about, waiting to meet others.
  • Carol, blond daughter, always seen reading a magazine and lounging about.
  • It had been a day for lounging about in bed, only getting up when Jackie came back from work at five.
  • He found a long line of warriors lounging about on the sand.
  • The five men of his ready-response group were lounging about, mostly reading.
  • These fellows you see lounging about are called Roman troops.
  • What I can't stand is just lounging about by the pool or the beach doing nothing.
  • He counted at least thirty men lounging or standing about near the south door.
  • By then, tension was over; the other men were lounging about, helping themselves to drinks that Case had provided.
  • What are you lounging about in that filthy old thing for?
4. lurch about = szarpnięcie około lurch about
5. swarm about = rój około swarm about
(26) whip, round
Kolokacji: 2
(27) inquire, bruit, snoop, enquire
Kolokacji: 4
(28) quibble, hedge
Kolokacji: 2

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