"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
  • She said she never saw the beat of me for prowling about.
  • Prowling about, they both came upon the door by the step.
  • Then he prowled about, apparently in deep and anxious thought.
  • For some time he prowled about, flashing his light here and there.
  • "It's a good idea to be hi the open at night No one with any sense goes prowling about in the woods."
  • He prowls about and keeps an eye on the house.
  • I can hear someone prowling about at night when the sun has set and the pines are black outside.
  • She was in the habit of prowling about by herself.
  • If he could only see who it was prowling about in the darkness.
  • But she also did not want those things prowling about after dark.
2. lurk about = czaić się około lurk about
3. lounge about = obijać się, próżnować, wylegiwać się lounge about
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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