"gesture" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

gesture sustantivo

sustantivo + gesture
Kolokacji: 21
hand gesture • gesture of goodwill • arm gesture • good-will gesture • gesture of will • ...
gesture + verbo
Kolokacji: 28
gesture makes • gesture seems • gesture indicates • gesture means • gesture comes • ...
verbo + gesture
Kolokacji: 25
use gestures • spread in a gesture • make a gesture • lift in a gesture • follow one's gesture • ...
adjetivo + gesture
Kolokacji: 278
small gesture • symbolic gesture • grand gesture • obscene gesture • sweeping gesture • dramatic gesture • quick gesture • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 73
1. small gesture = mały gest small gesture
2. little gesture = słaby gest little gesture
3. slight gesture = niewielki gest slight gesture
4. tiny gesture = niewielki gest tiny gesture
5. modest gesture = niewielki gest modest gesture
  • "It will be step by step, with modest positive gestures like the President's speech where we can," the official said.
  • "It finds me," said Pitt, throwing up his hands in a modest gesture.
  • Is it acceptable for China to refuse even such a modest gesture?
  • Gennadius, with a much more modest gesture, called the doctor off.
  • For the moment, he was grateful to have received even that modest gesture of human contact.
  • In concrete terms, those visits produced only modest gestures and assurances.
  • Carrington makes a modest gesture, not owning to such insight.
  • He nodded, inviting waves of vertigo even with that modest gesture.
  • Coming after nearly a decade of cold war hostilities, the modest gesture ushered in an extraordinary new relationship.
  • To be sure, both countries have recently made modest gestures in the direction of reducing the nuclear shadow over the world.
6. childish gesture = dziecięcy gest childish gesture
(6) dramatic, bold, operatic
Kolokacji: 3
(7) quick, eloquent, good, deft
Kolokacji: 4
(8) impatient, nervous, frantic
Kolokacji: 3
(9) conciliatory, placatory
Kolokacji: 2
(10) simple, mere, complicated
Kolokacji: 3
(14) friendly, familiar, intimate
Kolokacji: 3
(15) human, humanitarian
Kolokacji: 2
(18) vague, uncertain, ambiguous
Kolokacji: 3
(23) token, minimal
Kolokacji: 2
(24) rude, crude, common, vulgar
Kolokacji: 4
(25) single, only
Kolokacji: 2
(29) exaggerated, far
Kolokacji: 2
(34) subtle, imperceptible
Kolokacji: 2
(37) noble, regal
Kolokacji: 2
(39) appropriate, inappropriate
Kolokacji: 2
(40) similar, unnecessary
Kolokacji: 2
(46) emphatic, forceful, brisk
Kolokacji: 3
(49) brief, fleeting
Kolokacji: 2
(50) awkward, slow, clumsy
Kolokacji: 3
(51) silent, wordless
Kolokacji: 2
(55) airy, ancient, old-fashioned
Kolokacji: 3
(56) deprecating, deprecatory
Kolokacji: 2
(57) apologetic, defensive
Kolokacji: 2
(60) provocative, evocative
Kolokacji: 2
(61) calming, peaceful, smooth
Kolokacji: 3
(62) commanding, upward, downward
Kolokacji: 3
(63) feminine, sexual, animated
Kolokacji: 3
(65) urgent, repetitive
Kolokacji: 2
(66) precise, fine, heartfelt
Kolokacji: 3
(67) touching, poignant
Kolokacji: 2
(69) irritated, exasperated
Kolokacji: 2
(70) submissive, respectful, pious
Kolokacji: 3
(71) Gallic, Italian
Kolokacji: 2
(72) circular, angular
Kolokacji: 2
(73) petulant, cynical
Kolokacji: 2

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