"close" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

close verbo

close + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 93
close factories • close one's eyes • close one's mouth • close one's hand • close one's office • close one's borders • close one's fingers • ...
verbo + close
Kolokacji: 32
help close • plan to close • forced to close • scheduled to close • begin closing • try to close • decide to close • expected to close • ...
(1) help, recommend
Kolokacji: 2
(4) decide, cause, vote
Kolokacji: 3
(6) want, need, seem
Kolokacji: 3
(7) threaten, speak
Kolokacji: 2
1. threaten to close = zagroź, że zamknąć threaten to close
  • In 2010 it threatened to close but was incorporated by the county library system.
  • The students threatened to forcibly close the school if their demand was not met.
  • In higher education, the issue is rising costs, which threaten to close the college doors to the poor.
  • She increased the pressure, feeling the slight give as the control threatened to close.
  • They said management threatened to close the bakery if the workers backed a union.
  • He shook himself free of the dark mood which threatened to close in on him.
  • If the company fails to prove their safety, the commission threatened to close them.
  • Revenue was so low in the early 1990s that the hall threatened to close.
  • When darkness threatened to close in all around him, he did not resist.
  • The other six were threatening to close him down.
2. close without speaking = blisko na zewnątrz mówiąc close without speaking
close + preposición
Kolokacji: 56
close down • close behind • closed until • close up • close off • close out • ...
close + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 107
temporarily closed • permanently closed • officially closed • tightly closed • close early • slowly close • quickly close • finally close • ...

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