"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
3. half wish = pragnienie połowy half wish
  • "I half wished you were a man who would pay attention to me, instead of being yet another woman prettier than I am."
  • I half wished, in fact, that Katorn was here.
  • He half wished a policeman or somebody from the villa would come along and put a stop to this before he could actually jump.
  • He half wished it were Irene lending him support.
  • He half wished that he could demonstrate to the doctor exactly what the eye and the hand were used for.
  • He half wished he'd taken the time to put his boots back on.
  • Not bad, thought Daffyd, although he'd half wished that the computer would throw the case out.
  • He half wished she would go away; his attraction to her was almost painful.
  • She turned those glowing eyes to me, and I half wished I had kept quiet.
  • He half wished that a head would pop up from behind the fence and give him something to worry about.
4. half laugh = śmiech połowy half laugh
5. half whisper = szept połowy half whisper

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