"circle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

circle verbo

circle + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
circle the wagons • circle one's waist • circle one's head • circle one's neck • circle overhead • ...
verbo + circle
Kolokacji: 4
begin circling • keep circling • start circling • stop circling
circle + preposición
Kolokacji: 30
circle around • circle in • circle with • circle on • circle over • ...
circle + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 27
slowly circle • circle high • circle warily • circle once • circle overhead • ...
(2) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(4) wide, away
Kolokacji: 2
(5) lazily, idly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) cautiously, carefully, close
Kolokacji: 3
1. circle cautiously = koło ostrożnie circle cautiously
2. carefully circle = ostrożnie koło carefully circle
3. circle closer = koło bliższy circle closer
  • One tiny, lidless eye watched her as it circled closer.
  • The gulls circled closer and closer; must have noticed something.
  • The gaakyls were wheeling in circles, about a quarter of a mile away, but when they detected movement, they circled closer.
  • They circled closer, daring us to fire.
  • Liberty gunned the skimmer's turbine engine, circling the craft closer to the two Khafra.
  • The thought of suicide had been out there, circling closer and closer.
  • The shark-things were circling closer, but not attacking at the moment.
  • They were circling closer, like dogs sniffing for a scent.
  • The sinister ships circled closer, alternately accelerating and decelerating.
  • Mudge circled closer, thinking Brierson had stopped to listen.
(7) endlessly, constantly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2

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