"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
(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
2. stylized gesture = stylizowany gest stylized gesture
3. melodramatic gesture = melodramatyczny gest melodramatic gesture
  • The latter smiled, swished his sword through the air in melodramatic gesture.
  • I scrambled over the side even before the Lady and in a calculated, melodramatic gesture, kissed the ground.
  • You made a rather melodramatic gesture of crossing out all the other names on your list.
  • And there are times, it must be said, when he seems to have fallen back on tricks and melodramatic gestures.
  • Most of the time, one saw nothing more than melodramatic gestures.
  • What was this melodramatic gesture of Jake's all about?
  • This is just a slightly melodramatic gesture on my part to explain the how and why of your situation.
  • The magician moved his hands in a melodramatic gesture.
  • You mustn't,' she said quickly, wringing her hands in a strange melodramatic gesture.
  • Qui'hibra allowed himself a private moment of amusement at his daughter's melodramatic gesture.
(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
preposición + gesture
Kolokacji: 13
of gestures • at one's gesture • to gesture • by gesture • for gestures • ...

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