"engine" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Keeping the engine ticking over in the close season is important.
- She heard the warm engine ticking over but nothing else.
- Keep the engines ticking over and watch out for anyone coming in from elsewhere.
- The engine ticked to silence as she looked down at her clothes.
- The engine ticked, but she listened to find the silence.
- She lost way upon the water and came to a standstill, with the engine ticking over slowly.
- The engine was just ticking over and the launch seemed to nose into the maze as though feeling her own way.
- The engine of their squad car ticked as it cooled.
- The van's engine was off now, but still ticking occasionally as it cooled.
- I sat and listened to the engine ticking over for what seemed like for ever.
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