"happen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

happen verbo

verbo + happen

Kolokacji: 17

see happening • bound to happen • go to happen • wait to happen • expect to happen • seem to happen • start to happen • ...

Kolokacji: 12

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) see, tend, mean

Kolokacji: 3

(2) bind, go, seem, start, begin, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(3) wait, expect, allow

Kolokacji: 3

1. wait to happen = poczekaj by zdarzyć się wait to happen

I just used to wait for things to happen to him.
I kept waiting for something to happen, and nothing ever did.
What have you done, but sit here and wait for something to happen?
At least he wouldn't sit waiting in the room for something to happen.
And I don't like sitting around waiting for things to happen.
All your life you've been sitting around waiting for something to happen to you.
To her, the whole world's just a photograph waiting to happen.
The company simply could not sit around and wait for things to happen, he said.
All three seem to be waiting for something to happen.
We've been waiting for things to happen, and they already have!

2. expect to happen = spodziewaj się, że zdarzyć się expect to happen

3. allow to happen = pozwól zdarzyć się allow to happen

happen + preposición

Kolokacji: 52

happen to • happen upon • happen out • happen inside • happen up • ...

happen + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 80

actually happen • happened before • happen quickly • happen once • happen frequently • happen earlier • finally happen • happen later • ...

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