"catch" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

catch verbo

catch + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 188
catch fire • catch sight • catch fish • catch hold • catch people • catch one's eye • catch one's breath • catch several passes • ...
verbo + catch
Kolokacji: 33
try to catch • manage to catch • hope to catch • fail to catch • seem to catch • want to catch • go to catch • use to catch • ...
catch + preposición
Kolokacji: 59
catch up • caught between • catch out • caught in • catch on • ...
catch + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 64
finally catch • eventually caught • catch cold • quickly catch • catch dead • later caught • suddenly catch • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(3) quickly, promptly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) suddenly, unawares, short
Kolokacji: 3
  • No one, it seemed, wanted to be caught unawares by some new development.
  • She didn't want to be caught unawares when her husband returned.
  • It wouldn't do to be caught unawares by some huge fish before I was quite ready.
  • He would not make the mistake of being caught unawares again.
  • Board members said they were caught unawares by the size of the deficit.
  • We all sat tight, along with everyone else caught unawares by this turn of events.
  • I was caught completely unawares by the knock on the door.
  • He wasn't going to get caught unawares this trip, anyway.
  • But the team had been caught unawares, their information unreliable.
  • The Opposition were caught unawares by the government's sudden election call.
3. caught short = złapany krótki caught short
(6) unprepared, off-guard
Kolokacji: 2
(7) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) actually, simply, truly
Kolokacji: 3
(10) barely, hardly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(12) regularly, illegally
Kolokacji: 2
(13) clearly, definitely
Kolokacji: 2

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