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"answer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

answer verbo

answer + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 44
answer questions • answer queries • answer charges • answer letters • answer one's prayers • answer the phone • answer the summons • ...
verbo + answer
Kolokacji: 29
refuse to answer • decline to answer • try to answer • fail to answer • want to answer • go to answer • need to answer • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 11
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 4
(1) refuse, decline, avoid, mind
Kolokacji: 4
1. refuse to answer = odmów odpowiedzenia refuse to answer
refused to answer
2. decline to answer = odmawiać odpowiedzi, uchylać się od odpowiedzi, uchylić się od odpowiedzi decline to answer
3. avoid answering = uchylać się od odpowiedzi avoid answering
  • But the question is so hypothetical that I'm going to avoid answering it directly.
  • He couldn't avoid answering the direct question, but didn't feel the need to elaborate.
  • The sergeant looked for a way to avoid answering it, but she couldn't find one.
  • But he avoided answering me directly, so I changed the subject.
  • When I asked if the workers will wear space suits while they're working on the job, they avoided answering the question.
  • You've managed to avoid answering any questions for most of the afternoon and evening.
  • Instead he found another way to go out to the field, essentially avoiding answering the question.
  • What tangled comments they made to avoid answering our questions.
  • Mollie looked around the room, trying to avoid answering the question.
  • He had either not heard my question or was avoiding answering it.
4. mind answering = odpowiadanie umysłu mind answering
(2) try, fail, go, start, attempt, ...
Kolokacji: 14
(3) want, need, expect, ask, require
Kolokacji: 5
(4) bother, help, wait, bring, delay
Kolokacji: 6
answer + preposición
Kolokacji: 23
answer without • answer by • answer to • answer with • answer for • ...
answer + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 176
answer immediately • answer correctly • answer directly • finally answer • answer quickly • answer quietly • answer simply • ...

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