"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 • ...
(3) see, consider, appreciate
Kolokacji: 3
(4) aim, design
Kolokacji: 2
1. gesture aimed = gest dążył gesture aimed
2. gesture designed = gest zaprojektował gesture designed
  • In a gesture designed to improve relations with Republican congressional leaders, the new Democratic president decided to appoint a Republican.
  • McDonough criticized the bill as being a "superficial gesture designed to make people feel guilty".
  • Reacher interpreted the offer as a dismissal mixed in with a gesture designed to soften the stonewall performance the guy had been putting up.
  • He knew that the RCA settlement could be seen as "a paternalistic gesture, designed to paper over a messy situation."
  • Cristina lifted her chin in a gesture designed to show she didn't give tuppence for his opinions.
  • JD smiled, an arrogant gesture designed to further infuriate her.
  • He has ministered to that audience carefully over the years, with gestures designed specifically for a Seattle audience.
  • Generous children and the rare adult will slip money into slots on the boxes-a small gesture designed to make them feel a part of things.
  • There had been no gestures designed to ward off evil when she spoke its name.
  • Turning them off had been a purely symbolic gesture, designed to encourage the evacuation.
(5) include, incorporate
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + gesture
Kolokacji: 278
small gesture • symbolic gesture • grand gesture • obscene gesture • sweeping gesture • dramatic gesture • quick gesture • ...
preposición + gesture
Kolokacji: 13
of gestures • at one's gesture • to gesture • by gesture • for gestures • ...

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