"briefly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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verbo + briefly
Kolokacji: 224
return briefly • briefly consider • briefly mentioned • briefly serve • briefly play • briefly work • briefly appear • briefly hold • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 47
(1) return, retire, recall
Kolokacji: 3
(12) occupy, listen, hear
Kolokacji: 3
(14) imprison, jail, trap
Kolokacji: 3
(16) glance, glimpse, stare
Kolokacji: 3
(17) pause, hesitate, hover, linger
Kolokacji: 4
1. pause briefly = pauza pokrótce pause briefly
2. hesitate briefly = zawahaj się krótko hesitate briefly
3. hover briefly = wiś w powietrzu krótko hover briefly
  • He marked off another measure, the pen hovering above the paper only briefly before he was off again.
  • The Packer hovers briefly over each 45-foot container, then leans down, wraps an arm around it and hoists it onto a train car.
  • Her fingers hovered briefly over the key.
  • He briefly hovered 300 meters above the Seine before falling into a boat and breaking his leg.
  • The lower balloon hovered briefly, before rapidly deflating and plunging to the ground at high speed, killing its pilot and all twelve passengers.
  • His fingers hovered over it briefly, caressingly.
  • The Black Honeyeater hovers briefly around flowers when feeding.
  • A trifle more than sixty dragons hovered briefly above the Weyr where eighty had lingered so few minutes before.
  • It was at this moment that a pair of hands hovered briefly over the washbowl in a tiled bathroom.
  • We spiraled, hovered briefly, grounded with a gentle bump.
4. linger briefly = zostań krótko linger briefly
(19) smile, grin, frown
Kolokacji: 3
(20) know, acknowledge
Kolokacji: 2
(22) close, open, reopen, shut
Kolokacji: 4
(23) revive, resurrect, flourish
Kolokacji: 3
(25) live, last, exist
Kolokacji: 3
(26) touch, allude
Kolokacji: 2
(28) visit, tour, chat
Kolokacji: 3
(29) date, affiliate
Kolokacji: 2
(30) feature, own, possess
Kolokacji: 3
(31) lose, drop, compete
Kolokacji: 3
(32) teach, threaten
Kolokacji: 2
(33) nod, bow
Kolokacji: 2
(34) enter, enroll, list
Kolokacji: 3
(35) refer, reference, consult
Kolokacji: 3
(36) manage, rule, command, reign
Kolokacji: 4
(38) overlap, share
Kolokacji: 2
(39) host, entertain
Kolokacji: 2
(41) rename, appoint
Kolokacji: 2
(42) kidnap, ban
Kolokacji: 2
(43) oust, overthrow
Kolokacji: 2
(44) disappear, reappear
Kolokacji: 2
(45) confuse, distract
Kolokacji: 2
(46) question, interview
Kolokacji: 2
(47) toyed
Kolokacji: 1

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