"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
  • It was good policy to listen politely and say yes.
  • The chief listened politely, although his face turned a little red.
  • Rex tried to listen politely, but he had to cut Mark off.
  • The women listen politely, but their eyes watch his hands grip the coffee cup.
  • This is a genuine point of order and I think we should listen to it politely.
  • A few weeks before, she would have listened politely if he had spoken of his past.
  • The music must have seemed strange to the audience, but they all listened politely.
  • Through all of it, Sean had kept his peace and listened politely.
  • The others listened politely and, when given an opportunity, asked polite questions.
  • She listened politely but hardly spoke while the others talked.
2. listen courteously = słuchaj uprzejmie listen courteously
(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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