"instant" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

instant sustantivo

instant + verbo

Kolokacji: 4

instant comes • instant sees • instant hits • instant realizes

adjetivo + instant

Kolokacji: 26

brief instant • single instant • fleeting instant • precise instant • exact instant • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

(1) brief, fleeting, long

Kolokacji: 3

(2) single, particular

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 5

(4) bare, mere

Kolokacji: 2

(5) frozen, heart-stopping

Kolokacji: 2

1. frozen instant = zamarznięta chwila frozen instant

2. heart-stopping instant = pełna napięcia chwila heart-stopping instant

For a heart-stopping instant Jason thought it was coming right at him-then he realized it was going off to one side.
Cavan turned and dropped to one knee, and for a heart-stopping instant Keene thought he had been hit.
Instinctively he reached to push it away and for a heart-stopping instant he nearly lost his grip.
That was Pamela; she came in so low that for a heart-stopping instant he thought she was going to ram the tower's western wall.
For one heart-stopping instant the sheer inertia of the huge boulder resisted him.
For a heart-stopping instant Arthur thought his toes might have gone as well, till he wriggled them.
All the screens went blank for a heart-stopping instant.
For a single heart-stopping instant he thought that all four battle stations were vacant.
For one heart-stopping instant, Bejoo was sure she would fall forward, crushing them all.
In one heart-stopping instant, Father Christmas is nearly discovered but the resourceful fairy saves the day.

(6) final, critical, fatal

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 9

preposición + instant

Kolokacji: 6

for an instant • in an instant • of an instant • at the instant • on the instant • ...

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