"boil" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

boil verbo

boil + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
boil water • boil rice • boil coffee
verbo + boil
Kolokacji: 4
bring to boil • begin to boil • come boiling • wait to boil
boil + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
boil down • boil over • boil up • boil for • boil off • ...
boil + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 17
boil away • boil alive • boil hot • boil dry • boil mad • ...
(3) dry, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(4) slowly, rapidly, suddenly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) gently, lightly
Kolokacji: 2
1. boil gently = zagotuj łagodnie boil gently
2. lightly boiled = lekko zagotować lightly boiled
  • Oyster is not dead; merely lightly boiled in the shell.
  • They are made from lightly boiled ("blanched") cabbage leaves, which are wrapped in a parcel-like manner around minced meat.
  • In Turkey, cowpeas can be lightly boiled, covered with olive oil, salt, thyme, and garlic sauce, and eaten as an appetizer.
  • One of the most popular ways to serve it is lightly boiled then coated in a creamy cheese sauce.
  • "Lightly boiled," said Michael.
  • The pieces are then boiled lightly in the syrup, which may be flavored with rum, vanilla, or orange peel.
  • The eggs are lightly boiled in green tea and then buried in a box of mud and straw for three months.
  • Lightly boiled, they taste like pungent calamari.
  • The vegetable are lightly boiled in the soy mixture before being left to cool and absorb the marinade:
  • A speciality of the Liguria cuisine, gianchetti are generally lightly boiled in salted water and served hot, dressed with oil and lemon juice.

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