"listen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

listen verbo

verbo + listen
Kolokacji: 46
sit listening • stop listening • start listening • stand listening • enjoy listening • grow up listening • refuse to listen • try to listen • ...
listen + preposición
Kolokacji: 32
listen to • listen up • listen for • listen without • listen with • ...
listen + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 86
listen carefully • listen intently • listen closely • listen attentively • listen patiently • listen quietly • listen hard • listen well • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 22
(1) carefully, cautiously
Kolokacji: 2
(4) patiently, impatiently
Kolokacji: 2
(6) hard, idly, alertly, live
Kolokacji: 4
(7) well, most, truly
Kolokacji: 3
(8) politely, courteously
Kolokacji: 2
(9) silently, briefly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) eagerly, avidly, halfheartedly
Kolokacji: 3
(11) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(12) hardly, barely, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(15) raptly, happily
Kolokacji: 2
1. listen sympathetically = słuchaj współczująco listen sympathetically
  • Although women listen sympathetically, they keep quiet about their own office blues.
  • She may not have an answer, but she listens so sympathetically that you feel better just because you've told her about whatever is wrong.
  • He added that the Administration would listen sympathetically to critics of the proposed rules.
  • She listened sympathetically, asking occasional questions to draw him out.
  • He added: "Our job is to let them get whatever they feel like saying off their chests and to listen sympathetically."
  • They were sitting opposite one another in the train, and Philip, listening sympathetically to what she said, was quite happy.
  • She is a motherly woman who listens sympathetically but doesn't ask questions.
  • He listened sympathetically, following with an effort, and seemed not to understand much.
  • He listened sympathetically, nodded again, and said something in return.
  • He was excited about something and wanted to spill it all to someone who would listen sympathetically.
2. listen thoughtfully = słuchaj zapobiegliwie listen thoughtfully
3. listen kindly = słuchaj życzliwie listen kindly
(17) impassively, stoically
Kolokacji: 2
(18) passively, actively
Kolokacji: 2
(19) spellbound, entranced
Kolokacji: 2
(20) dutifully, obediently
Kolokacji: 2
(21) tensely, nervously
Kolokacji: 2
(22) wide-eyed, incredulously
Kolokacji: 2

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