"divert" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

divert verbo

divert + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 41
divert attention • divert water • divert resources • divert money • divert funds • ...
(4) money, cash
Kolokacji: 2
(6) suspicion, mind, thought
Kolokacji: 3
1. divert suspicion = zmień kierunek podejrzenia divert suspicion
2. divert one's mind = zmieniać kierunek czyjś umysł divert one's mind
  • The remaining time I sit quietly and try to divert my mind.
  • She would read for a while, divert her mind from distressing thoughts of Gabriel.
  • Its contents are certain to divert Brandy's mind from her trying experience with you.
  • He was sent north in 1824 to divert his mind from them.
  • It brought him comfort by diverting his mind to a trail of wonder, and in time he slept.
  • As an attempt at diverting his mind to happier thoughts, this was not a success.
  • But now there was nothing to divert her mind from gnawing at the same worry: How long would it last?
  • He tried to divert his mind, but there was no way now not to think about what he shouldn't.
  • In some degree, also, they diverted my mind from the thoughts over which it had brooded for the last month.
  • He thought about death, and tried to divert his mind elsewhere.
3. divert one's thoughts = zmieniać kierunek czyjś myśli divert one's thoughts
(7) troop, offender, manpower
Kolokacji: 3
(9) blame, criticism
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + divert
Kolokacji: 4
try to divert • begin diverting • help divert • involve diverting
divert + preposición
Kolokacji: 23
divert from • diverted to • divert into • diverted for • divert in • ...
divert + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 17
illegally diverted • momentarily diverted • improperly diverted • easily diverted • temporarily diverted • ...

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