"desperately" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desperately adverbio

verbo + desperately
Kolokacji: 71
desperately need • try desperately • desperately want • desperately seek • desperately search • say desperately • fight desperately • ...
desperately + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 24
desperately poor • desperately short • desperately ill • desperately unhappy • desperately afraid • ...
(1) poor, short
Kolokacji: 2
(2) ill, sick
Kolokacji: 2
(3) unhappy, lonely, sad, sorry
Kolokacji: 4
(4) afraid, worried
Kolokacji: 2
(5) anxious, eager, keen, tired
Kolokacji: 4
1. desperately anxious = rozpaczliwie pełny niepokoju desperately anxious
2. desperately eager = rozpaczliwie chętny desperately eager
3. desperately keen = rozpaczliwie chętny desperately keen
4. desperately tired = rozpaczliwie zmęczony desperately tired
  • He knew she was desperately tired and frightened.
  • They all scrambled to their feet, desperately tired and limbs aching, but keen to be moving.
  • Desperately tired and emotionally exhausted, Paul returned to the house.
  • This desperately tired businessman proved a loser in the rat race of life.
  • Desperately tired, she pulled off her clothing and adjusted the temperature.
  • She couldn't sleep, even knowing how desperately tired she'd be later.
  • He did not sound frightened, only desperately tired, as if her presence were an additional, great burden.
  • He felt desperately tired and his whole body ached.
  • He was desperately tired and close to despair.
  • I felt desperately tired and not in a pleasant humour at having my much needed rest broken.
(6) hungry, thirsty, homesick
Kolokacji: 3
(7) important, urgent
Kolokacji: 2
(8) wrong, hard, wicked
Kolokacji: 3
(9) needy, impoverished
Kolokacji: 2

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