"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
(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
1. listen tensely = słuchaj w naprężeniu listen tensely
2. listen nervously = słuchaj nerwowo listen nervously
  • Anita knew he was deliberately baiting Quentin and listened nervously to hear what the result might be.
  • The two walked off in the direction the others had gone, listening nervously to the forest sounds, hoping against hope that no one would come after them.
  • Pike listened nervously for more clues, but Cap and Hompaq had reduced their volume.
  • Curtis listened nervously by the door and heard more footsteps in the corridor.
  • The humans listened nervously for the sound of airplanes-in vain.
  • She sat nervously listening for a moment and then called out in a voice full of anticipation, "Akir, come."
  • Kitiara listened nervously as the Gharm stamped on the boards.
  • Ivan could feel the tourist listening nervously.
  • They listened nervously, but could hear only the sudden violent thumping of their own hearts.
  • Men and women paused from their labors, listening nervously.
(22) wide-eyed, incredulously
Kolokacji: 2

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