"curl" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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curl + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 13
curl one's lip • curl one's fingers • curl one's hair • curl one's hand • curl one's legs • ...
curl + preposición
Kolokacji: 39
curl up • curl into • curl around • curl over • curl on • ...
curl + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 24
curl tightly • curl upward • curl slightly • slowly curl • curl protectively • ...
(2) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
1. curl upward = zakręcać do góry curl upward
  • The corner of her mouth curled upward in a faint smile.
  • "You are home, General," he said, and the corners of his mouth curled upward ever so slightly.
  • A length of live track left on the ground will curl upward slightly at each end.
  • She might have smiled, but the thoughts of the dead still kept her lips from curling upward.
  • Some of it curled upward, frayed away into the sharp night.
  • Finally, his mouth curled upward, but the expression was not quite a smile.
  • The smoke curled upward until it was caught by a breeze and carried into the night.
  • Once more the finger moved, curling upward toward his heart.
  • He watched the smoke curl upward against the red brick.
  • In the distance a plume of black smoke curled upward.
2. curl downward = zakręcać w dół curl downward
(4) forward, backward
Kolokacji: 2
(5) tight, carefully
Kolokacji: 2

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