"certain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

certain adjetivo

certain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 1018
certain amount • certain type • certain condition • certain area • certain thing • certain kind • certain point • certain circumstance • ...
verbo + certain
Kolokacji: 9
make certain • feel certain • look certain • sound certain • consider certain • ...
(1) make, grow, share, become
Kolokacji: 4
(2) feel, consider
Kolokacji: 2
(3) look, sound, seem
Kolokacji: 3
1. look certain = wyglądaj pewny look certain
2. sound certain = dźwięk pewny sound certain
  • Everything he's sounded certain about has worked just as he said.
  • Emily did sound so certain, but the house had been locked!
  • But even they sound less than certain how long that decision will hold.
  • His father's voice and Morn's training made him sound certain.
  • That was the first word Giron had said in three days, but for once he did not sound certain.
  • But his voice didn't sound so certain anymore, and the glee was gone.
  • She sounded so certain that I didn't know what to reply.
  • I am just amused by people's predictions that he won't, especially when they sound so certain and yet offer no real argument.
  • He sounded a lot more certain than I felt.
  • "I think it's good for my kids to see what I'm doing," she says, not sounding absolutely certain.
3. seem certain = wyglądaj na pewny seem certain
adverbio + certain
Kolokacji: 24
absolutely certain • fairly certain • virtually certain • pretty certain • reasonably certain • entirely certain • ...
certain + preposición
Kolokacji: 10
certain about • certain of • certain in • certain to • certain for • ...

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