"awkward" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

awkward adjetivo

awkward + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 89
awkward position • awkward silence • awkward moment • awkward situation • awkward question • awkward pause • awkward angle • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 20
(5) pause, halt
Kolokacji: 2
(6) angle, space, gap
Kolokacji: 3
(7) thing, relationship, affair
Kolokacji: 3
(13) encounter, meeting, reunion
Kolokacji: 3
(14) smile, laugh
Kolokacji: 2
(15) transition, passage, leap
Kolokacji: 3
1. awkward fact = niezgrabny fakt awkward fact
2. awkward circumstance = niezgrabna okoliczność awkward circumstance
  • When he and his wife finally returned to California, his success selling 400 pair in otherwise awkward circumstances put him in the optical business.
  • Then, too, this is an awkward circumstance for a conversation.
  • Is he feeling embarrassed at meeting one of his own employees under such awkward circumstances?
  • Not bad, considering that these characters respond to any awkward social circumstance by talking about the weather.
  • Sprewell and the Warriors now find themselves in awkward circumstances, since it is unlikely that the team or the player will wish to remain together.
  • Bethia found herself liking the woman, liking the easy, comfortable way she had, despite the awkward circumstances.
  • It was not wise to have placed you in such an awkward circumstance.
  • Yet awkward circumstances can arise, sometimes raising questions of abuse of process.
  • It's a very awkward circumstance when we say comply with the law but we haven't provided the regulations.
  • General Gallagher appeared to be uncomfortable over the awkward circumstances.
3. awkward explanation = niezgrabne wyjaśnienie awkward explanation
(18) posture, stance, landing
Kolokacji: 3
(19) hug, kiss, grip
Kolokacji: 3
(20) mix, shuffle
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + awkward
Kolokacji: 3
feel awkward • look awkward • sound awkward
adverbio + awkward
Kolokacji: 16
socially awkward • somewhat awkward • most awkward • slightly awkward • extremely awkward • ...
awkward + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
awkward for • awkward in • awkward with • awkward at • awkward about • ...

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