"afraid" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

afraid adjetivo

verbo + afraid

Kolokacji: 5

feel afraid • grow afraid • look afraid • become afraid • sound afraid

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) feel, look, sound

Kolokacji: 3

(2) grow, become

Kolokacji: 2

1. grow afraid = stój się wystraszony grow afraid

2. become afraid = stój się wystraszony become afraid

It feels essential, however, to place this game in context because Jews are becoming afraid.
"The taxi men are becoming afraid to drive on Saturday."
She was becoming increasingly afraid of giving herself away.
She was becoming a bit afraid of the gleam in Granny's eye.
I begged her to conjure each of us a god from another world to be our lovers, but she became afraid and would not.
Why, people are becoming afraid to leave their homes at night.
But some battered women have become more afraid in the wake of the Simpson case, counselors said.
So fierce was he that Upanqui became afraid and went away.
Why has everyone suddenly become afraid of actual physical social interaction?
He had become afraid of the dark, both on land and on water.

adverbio + afraid

Kolokacji: 18

longer afraid • terribly afraid • suddenly afraid • most afraid • desperately afraid • ...

afraid + preposición

Kolokacji: 10

afraid of • afraid for • afraid to • afraid in • afraid at • ...

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