"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(2) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(6) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(7) fast, carefully, tight
Kolokacji: 3
(10) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) firmly, smoothly, hard
Kolokacji: 3
(12) quietly, soundlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) shortly, briefly, silently
Kolokacji: 3
(15) indefinitely, definitively
Kolokacji: 2
(18) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(19) virtually, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
(20) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
2. close involuntarily = blisko mimowolnie close involuntarily
3. reluctantly close = niechętnie blisko reluctantly close
  • Miras reluctantly closed the case.
  • It closed reluctantly, the movement echoing back from the far end of the passageway.
  • 'On to the base of the flame,' he was shouting to Beer, who was reluctantly closing in upon the foul-smelling wreckage and cursing.
  • His eyes closed reluctantly.
  • He went away, glowering reluctantly closing the door.
  • Berdine reluctantly closed the book and replaced it on the shelf.
  • Took took one more look at his scanner that gave him a small surprise, then set the save button to record his readings, and then reluctantly closed the scanner down.
  • He reluctantly closed the drawer and rose.
  • And his eyes reluctantly closed.
  • These include Joe Hill, who will be reluctantly closing his store at the end of the year and who sees the future of the Seaport as "desolate."
(24) relentlessly, repeatedly
Kolokacji: 2
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

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