"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
(26) whip, round
Kolokacji: 2
(27) inquire, bruit, snoop, enquire
Kolokacji: 4
2. bruit about = rozpowiadać około bruit about
  • Small wonder a wild Rubin scenario is bruited about.
  • It was bruited about, however, that I had lost half a billion; and the nation almost went into mourning.
  • A dozen names have already been bruited about, some promising.
  • Those were the days when the death of painting was bruited about, along with the coming obsolescence of the museum.
  • I gathered he didn't want it bruited about.
  • I prefer your theory to some of the others that have been bruited about.
  • The last thing any of us at Mobius wanted bruited about, but you play the cards you're dealt.
  • He certainly didn't wish to have the story bruited about.
  • Even between deals, no market tips or society scandals were bruited about.
  • "There's been some bits and pieces of theory bruited about," said Picard.
3. snoop about = węszyć około snoop about
(28) quibble, hedge
Kolokacji: 2

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