"half" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

half adverbio

verbo + half
Kolokacji: 24
half expect • half turn • half rise • half smile • half believe • ...
(3) rise, lift, raise, drag, sit
Kolokacji: 5
1. half rise = wzrost połowy half rise
2. half lift = winda połowy half lift
3. half raise = do połowy podnosić half raise
4. half sit = do połowy siadać half sit
  • She disappeared into the shower, and he half sat, half lay in bed, wanting breakfast, but too lazy to get up just yet.
  • She half sat on the table, facing him.
  • I half sat, half collapsed in that hollow, the spread of a tree root giving support to my back.
  • He half sat in his agitation, then fell back on the cot, groaning.
  • She nodded, standing beside where he half sat and half lay on the deck.
  • He half sat, feeling the leg in exquisite detail while his eyes, sluggish and uncomprehending, told him that it was no longer there.
  • She half sat, half stood, watching him without any evidence of apprehension, but with a heart which began to quake a little.
  • She half sat, half lay on the bed; he took a chair alongside.
  • She half sat upon the edge of the coffin, the high-collared and expensive-looking coat falling open.
  • He half sat up and put out a hand as if to touch her, aware that something traumatic had occurred.
5. half drag = połowa nudziarz half drag

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