"drop" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

drop verbo

drop + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 175
drop bombs • drop anchor • drop hints • drop plans • drop several percent • drop one's hand • drop several points • drop one's weapon • ...
verbo + drop
Kolokacji: 33
cause to drop • begin dropping • keep dropping • start dropping • decide to drop • forced to drop • continue to drop • expected to drop • ...
drop + preposición
Kolokacji: 73
drop off • drop out • drop into • drop down • drop below • drop onto • drop back • ...
drop + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 137
drop sharply • drop dead • drop open • eventually dropped • suddenly drop • drop significantly • drop low • drop dramatically • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 34
(1) sharply, precipitously
Kolokacji: 2
(3) open, actually, free
Kolokacji: 3
(6) low, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) straight, steeply, vertically
Kolokacji: 3
(17) flat, automatically, prone
Kolokacji: 3
(18) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(20) forward, backward
Kolokacji: 2
(24) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(25) literally, absolutely
Kolokacji: 2
(27) gracefully, awkwardly
Kolokacji: 2
1. drop gracefully = upuść z gracją drop gracefully
  • With a sly smile, she gracefully dropped to her knees before him.
  • Emerging into a less formal sitting room, the woman of the house dropped gracefully into a carved Victorian love seat.
  • She again smiled up at me for a moment before dropping gracefully backward and catching herself with stiff arms.
  • Then his parachute opened, and he slowly and gracefully dropped to earth.
  • They slipped along the chutes until they dropped gracefully through an opening in the top of a safe.
  • He stood behind Richard and dropped gracefully to his knees.
  • His mother dropped gracefully into an overstuffed armchair and crossed her legs.
  • To my pleased surprise, Cocoton dropped gracefully to make the gesture of kissing the earth to me.
  • Valentin hoisted himself out of the hatch, dropping gracefully to the ground.
  • He waited for an answer, and again she nodded, cautiously, as she dropped gracefully into the chair.
2. drop awkwardly = upuść niezgrabnie drop awkwardly
(28) noiselessly, soundlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(29) effectively, uselessly
Kolokacji: 2
(30) generally, randomly
Kolokacji: 2
(31) helplessly, weakly
Kolokacji: 2
(32) inexplicably, mysteriously
Kolokacji: 2
(33) alarmingly, ominously
Kolokacji: 2

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