"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
4. lurch about = szarpnięcie około lurch about
5. swarm about = rój około swarm about
  • "He can slow it down," the dealer said of the President as teen-agers on bicycles swarmed about.
  • Shadow fiends swarm about, feeding on the shadows surrounding him.
  • People and strange alien creatures swarmed about, taking their toll on one another with any weapons that came to hand.
  • Ossies swarmed about and the Earthmen fought for a view.
  • A small army of workers swarmed about, each at some obscure task.
  • Still the little powers, doubtless sent here long ago to guard the island from nonmagicians, swarmed about.
  • Millions are within a few miles; a few have been spotted on lawns and swarming about.
  • He was told that the men swarming about had claimed to have saved her, and he cut off all their heads.
  • When police arrived, 200 people were swarming about, making off with whatever they could carry.
  • The city swarmed about, too, mirroring the motion of the flies.
(26) whip, round
Kolokacji: 2
(27) inquire, bruit, snoop, enquire
Kolokacji: 4
(28) quibble, hedge
Kolokacji: 2

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