"desperate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desperate adjetivo

desperate + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 155

desperate need • desperate attempt • Desperate Housewife • desperate effort • desperate situation • desperate measure • ...

verbo + desperate

Kolokacji: 6

grow desperate • feel desperate • sound desperate • become desperate • look desperate • ...

Kolokacji: 5

1. grow desperate = stój się zrozpaczony grow desperate

2. feel desperate = poczuj się zrozpaczony feel desperate

3. sound desperate = dźwięk zrozpaczony sound desperate

I admit it sounds desperate on our part, a - you know.
The request for return of the records had been carefully written by Smith, so as not to sound desperate.
The call sounded more desperate; the boy was really getting worried.
"He must have mistaken me for someone else," I said, trying not to sound desperate.
To American ears, this did not sound too desperate, and so he ordered them to stand fast.
He phoned three times, sounding desperate, but would not talk to anyone else.
A man sounding desperate and frightened said he needed the police.
His voice sounded concerned but not desperate as he glanced at the phone.
The last was said in a tone that sounded almost desperate.
But saying immediately sounds too desperate so tell them next Monday or something.

4. look desperate = przedstawiaj się tragicznie look desperate

5. become desperate = stój się zrozpaczony become desperate

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

adverbio + desperate

Kolokacji: 11

increasingly desperate • most desperate • pretty desperate • truly desperate • equally desperate • ...

desperate + preposición

Kolokacji: 6

desperate for • desperate in • desperate to • desperate with • desperate at • ...

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