"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
1. dramatic gesture = teatralny gest dramatic gesture
2. bold gesture = śmiały gest bold gesture
3. operatic gesture = teatralny gest operatic gesture
  • To that end, she will have singers move to match musical lines, beyond the usual stock operatic gestures, as a way of carving out what she calls "a musical landscape."
  • Ms. Dobish enters her character more compellingly, while Mr. Davis's seeming preoccupation with technique abandons Alfredo more or less to a collection of spastic operatic gestures.
  • The music is in a style the band calls "Opera-House", which they describe as "beat-driven electronica with grand, operatic gestures and lyrically-dense storytelling."
  • The figure lies on her back, her right arm flung across her neck and shoulder in an operatic gesture.
  • Deeply felt and carefully considered, Ms. Verrett's conception sometimes lapsed, however, into vocal gestures altogether too operatic for comfort.
  • In a characteristically operatic gesture, Mr. Eicher burst out of the control room, lifted her up, embraced her and led her in a dance.
  • At the same time, the firm produced illustrations of scenes from popular stage melodramas whose plots turned on grand, operatic gestures of self-sacrifice and salvation through love.
  • Randall would have no patience with operatic gestures.
  • The appalled Apollo makes an operatic gesture of horror over his muscular lover, while a satyr and a parrot (symbols of forbidden lust) stare sardonically down at the proceedings.
  • And when the Duke's men sing Verdi's choruses, they moved with standardized operatic gestures that could fit into any production of "Rigoletto" anywhere.
(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
preposición + gesture
Kolokacji: 13
of gestures • at one's gesture • to gesture • by gesture • for gestures • ...

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