"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
2. listen anxiously = słuchaj z niepokojem listen anxiously
  • He imagined them sitting in the living room, listening anxiously.
  • We had the news first from Rachel, and we listened anxiously as she tried to make contact with her sister.
  • He was listening anxiously for the murmur of distant springs.
  • The rest of the party listened anxiously for the answer.
  • I listened anxiously, but no sound came from the corridor.
  • Throughout the day we all listened anxiously and tried to get Lake at intervals, but invariably without results.
  • He went to the stairs and stood listening anxiously.
  • Frank and Joe listened anxiously for sounds of rescue.
  • Peering through a gap, they listened anxiously to the voices talking in the next room.
  • Moving from one tree to the next, she rested a moment at each, listening anxiously to the deep silence.
3. listen uneasily = słuchaj z trudem listen uneasily
(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
(22) wide-eyed, incredulously
Kolokacji: 2

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