"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 smile = półuśmiech half smile
2. half hope = nadzieja połowy half hope
  • She half hoped, perhaps, that those words might hold a sting, but the face she was looking at showed no change.
  • I half hoped for him that he'd come up with something exciting.
  • He half hoped Jessom would kill him in a blood rush of anger.
  • He half hoped the man killed was one of those two.
  • I half hoped she would look up and wave, though of course the idea was ridiculous.
  • I half hoped they were going to slip and tell me something useful.
  • Typing in the word "script," he half hopes to find one already written, waiting for him.
  • Nobody ever said this, but she half hoped they would.
  • He half hoped the powder would dull the effects of the wind as well.
  • She half hoped that he would switch on the television panel again, but the idea did not seem to occur to him.
3. half wish = pragnienie połowy half wish
4. half laugh = śmiech połowy half laugh
5. half whisper = szept połowy half whisper

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