"literally" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

literally adverbio

verbo + literally
Kolokacji: 138
literally mean • literally translate • taken literally • literally run • literally fall • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 18
(1) mean, refer
Kolokacji: 2
(4) run, hang, flow, bleed
Kolokacji: 4
(10) walk, put, blow, sit, lose, ...
Kolokacji: 16
(12) cover, surround
Kolokacji: 2
(13) stop, eat, fill, spend, grab
Kolokacji: 5
(15) live, sleep
Kolokacji: 2
(16) bury, sink
Kolokacji: 2
1. literally buried = dosłownie pochować literally buried
2. literally sink = dosłownie zatop literally sink
  • He literally sinks into the earth's crust when he loses control of his power; he survives, however, and now his body sports crystals similar to quartz that endow him with greater powers.
  • I am haunted by fantastic speculations as to the identity of the race which literally sunk into the earth and disappeared in its black depths, so long ago.
  • The rock itself lies atop the spot where the last defender of the dwarven rear guard, Dorn Black Axe, literally sank into the floor of the cavern.
  • Some people claim the circuit may be literally sinking.
  • As she did so, she realized that she was not literally sinking in- to the loam.
  • The new facility has had to undergo massive reconstruction after it was discovered the building was literally sinking into the ground.
  • My head literally sank onto my chest; I found it hard to look up or see where I was going.
  • In the long run, discord could literally sink the place.
  • Seven hundred years later, Venice is literally sinking into the sea under the accumulated weight of cute glass souvenirs.
  • The blood had so completely softened the ground that she was literally sinking right into it, even though she was standing on a previously solid floor.
(17) cry, scream, call, gasp, laugh
Kolokacji: 5
(18) try, crush, wear, beat
Kolokacji: 4
literally + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 4
literally true • literally impossible • literally alive • literally speechless

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