"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 • ...

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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 41

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 25

(1) temporarily, permanently

Kolokacji: 2

(2) officially, formally

Kolokacji: 2

(3) tightly, securely, hermetically

Kolokacji: 3

(4) early, later, normally, effectively, together, ...

Kolokacji: 30

(5) slowly, quickly, rapidly, promptly, hastily, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(6) finally, eventually

Kolokacji: 2

(7) fast, carefully, tight

Kolokacji: 3

(8) completely, entirely, altogether, properly, partially, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(9) unchanged, automatically, reflexively

Kolokacji: 3

(10) immediately, instantly

Kolokacji: 2

(11) firmly, smoothly, hard

Kolokacji: 3

(12) quietly, soundlessly

Kolokacji: 2

(13) gently, softly, slightly, lightly

Kolokacji: 4

1. gently close = łagodnie blisko gently close

gently closed

2. close softly = blisko łagodnie close softly

softly closed

3. close slightly = blisko nieznacznie close slightly

4. close lightly = blisko lekko close lightly

Now a mighty hand grasped his shoulder and another closed lightly about his throat.
I let out a small shriek as his teeth closed lightly on my ear.
'Oh yes,' Jules said, her fingers lightly closing around him.
'Beautiful,' he said quietly, lightly closing his hands over her shoulders.
Steel thewed fingers closed lightly upon the throat of the sleeper.
Then, tentatively, the claws lightly closed about her fingers.
He sat back with eyes closed lightly as if taking a nap.
Her eyes lightly closed, she began breathing deeply, letting her body and mind relax.
Then he turned rapidly, strong fingers closing lightly around her wrist.
His fingers closed lightly about her rounded wrist, but she felt that he could splinter its bones without effort.

(14) shortly, briefly, silently

Kolokacji: 3

(15) indefinitely, definitively

Kolokacji: 2

(16) fully, simply, well, successfully

Kolokacji: 4

(17) due, deliberately, unexpectedly, accidentally

Kolokacji: 4

(18) high, low

Kolokacji: 2

(19) virtually, essentially

Kolokacji: 2

(20) barely, hardly, scarcely

Kolokacji: 3

(21) convulsively, steadily, regularly

Kolokacji: 3

(22) voluntarily, involuntarily, reluctantly

Kolokacji: 3

(23) frequently, periodically, occasionally

Kolokacji: 3

(24) relentlessly, repeatedly

Kolokacji: 2

(25) obediently, stubbornly

Kolokacji: 2

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