"glimpse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

glimpse sustantivo

sustantivo + glimpse
Kolokacji: 8
glimpse of one's face • glimpse of life • glimpse of one's eyes • glimpse of one's body • glimpse of hair • ...
glimpse + verbo
Kolokacji: 6
glimpse shows • glimpse reveals • glimpse tells • glimpse comes • glimpse confirms • ...
verbo + glimpse
Kolokacji: 10
catch a glimpse • offer a glimpse • provide a glimpse • show glimpses • get a glimpse • give a glimpse • ...
adjetivo + glimpse
Kolokacji: 54
brief glimpse • fleeting glimpse • rare glimpse • quick glimpse • occasional glimpse • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(1) brief, fleeting, momentary
Kolokacji: 3
(3) quick, sudden
Kolokacji: 2
(5) early, firsthand, initial
Kolokacji: 3
(7) mere, bare
Kolokacji: 2
(8) single, only, privileged
Kolokacji: 3
(10) distant, far
Kolokacji: 2
(11) unusual, unique
Kolokacji: 2
(12) revealing, illuminating
Kolokacji: 2
(14) startling, unexpected
Kolokacji: 2
(16) faint, shadowy, vague, dim
Kolokacji: 4
1. faint glimpse = słabe mignięcie faint glimpse
2. shadowy glimpse = ciemne mignięcie shadowy glimpse
  • A half-silvered two-way mirror allows you to catch shadowy glimpses of the chefs' gestures in the kitchen.
  • Everson caught a fleeting shadowy glimpse of the pilot's seat flying past him.
  • There was a shadowy glimpse of curly hair.
  • Sometimes he caught a shadowy glimpse of them on the TV screen.
  • Nor could he distinguish more than a very shadowy glimpse of forms which glided close to the ground with an unpleasant sinuosity.
  • Sometimes she caught shadowy glimpses of a man, but she could never make out his face.
  • First of all, I had only shadowy glimpses of the mountaintops.
  • In less than a second, they may have gotten their one and only shadowy glimpse of a flash of feathers, or heard perhaps a nondescript chirp.
  • We feed garden birds, and enjoy catching a furtive, shadowy glimpse of an urban fox or hedgehog.
  • Only shadowy glimpses of people moving back and forth among the dimly lit consoles could be seen.
3. vague glimpse = niejasne mignięcie vague glimpse
4. dim glimpse = ciemne mignięcie dim glimpse
(17) fragmentary, partial
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + glimpse
Kolokacji: 5
of glimpses • in glimpses • for a glimpse • with a glimpse • by glimpses

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