"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
(24) relentlessly, repeatedly
Kolokacji: 2
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2
1. obediently close = posłusznie blisko obediently close
2. stubbornly closed = uparcie zamknąć stubbornly closed
  • The autopsy found his stomach was empty, and in his bag was a tin of sardines, which had remained stubbornly closed to his frozen fingers.
  • Gamon*s face was still stubbornly closed to the idea, but Rhom sighed.
  • And her eyes were stubbornly closed because she knew that if she opened them they would be assailed by the incomprehensible stuff she had been told was "light."
  • Scott tapped at the screen, then growled as the file stayed stubbornly closed.
  • Wallets remained stubbornly closed at the affair, where tables sold for as much $25,000.
  • The youngster's ruby-red eyes remained stubbornly closed, though movement of his fingers showed that Jak was coming around.
  • From such scenes, many uncovered by an independent and hard-driving Tokyo district prosecutor, a portrait has emerged of Japanese business as a system that remains stubbornly closed to brash newcomers - foreign or Japanese - and addicted to using money as a lubricant for the personal relationships needed to accomplish an objective.
  • The white door on the right side should have swung up seconds later; but it remained stubbornly closed.
  • Evangeline tried again, hitting each number carefully, but the door remained stubbornly closed.

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