"barely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

barely adverbio

verbo + barely
Kolokacji: 265
barely hear • barely make • barely escape • barely manage • barely notice • barely move • barely touch • barely begun • barely speak • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 41
(1) hear, listen, focus
Kolokacji: 3
(7) touch, hint, allude
Kolokacji: 3
(15) stand, react, resist, respond
Kolokacji: 4
(16) glance, glimpse, peek
Kolokacji: 3
1. barely glance = ledwie spojrzenie barely glance
3. barely peek = ledwie zerknięcie barely peek
  • Chris swept his eyes from my hair down to my bare toes that just barely peeked from beneath my long gown, and his eyes told me something they'd never said quite as eloquently before.
  • He did not extend himself beyond its confines, but instead kept his arms in front of him, barely peeking above the lip of the lectern.
  • The sky was dark, the sun just barely peeking through.
  • Sandy, however, even loved the gray, misty mornings when the mountains barely peeked over their flannel shrouds and the world was wrapped in silence.
  • Borrowing one of the old quilts, he had bundled it around himself till his face barely peeked through a small gap at the top.
  • Using my son as a shield from prying eyes, I slowly pulled myself up so I was barely peeking over the edge of the log.
  • The gown was breathtaking, in the most glorious colors of silver and scarlet, with a wide, square neck above which the snowy white chemise barely peeked.
  • A dull, coppery sun hung low in a duranium gray sky, barely peeking over the huge slabs of ice-slicked rock that extended to the horizon in every direction.
  • And yet the luxury rooms are on sandbars barely peeking above the horizon.
  • "Before I started fighting for the rights of labor, I used to be 6 foot 5," joked the diminutive Mr. Reich, whose head barely peeked above the podium.
(19) avoid, avert, prevent
Kolokacji: 3
(25) pause, hesitate
Kolokacji: 2
(27) tolerate, support, warrant
Kolokacji: 3
(30) hang, cling, grasp
Kolokacji: 3
(34) turn, dent, protrude, bend
Kolokacji: 4
(37) eat, feed, sip, chew
Kolokacji: 4
(38) slow, fade, slip
Kolokacji: 3
(39) blink, flicker
Kolokacji: 2
(40) dress, clothe, heal, improve
Kolokacji: 4
(41) duck, dip
Kolokacji: 2
barely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 60
barely visible • barely able • barely audible • barely perceptible • barely distinguishable • barely conscious • barely old • barely aware • ...

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