"obey" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

obey verbo

obey + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 21
obey orders • obey the house rules • obey one's commands • obey one's instructions • obey the law • ...
verbo + obey
Kolokacji: 4
refuse to obey • start obeying • stop obeying • tell to obey
obey + preposición
Kolokacji: 10
obey without • obey in • obey with • obey to • obey from • ...
obey + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 18
obey instantly • obey immediately • reluctantly obey • simply obey • blindly obey • ...
(1) instantly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
1. reluctantly obey = niechętnie przestrzegaj reluctantly obey
2. quickly obey = szybko przestrzegaj quickly obey
3. willingly obey = chętnie przestrzegaj willingly obey
  • His authority as chief worked only as long as his people willingly obeyed him.
  • Your armsmen hold the gates and the ramparts, but the servants are obeying willingly.
  • They obeyed willingly, for Chet had commanded a retreat.
  • The trick is to get them to obey willingly and to do that you need to earn their trust.
  • She told him that, having seen him, she willingly obeyed her father in this matter.
  • Why was it that ladies of the evening obeyed faster and more willingly than any of the Zhents under him?
  • But God's commands are the only ones I obey willingly.
  • The poet willingly obeyed, all the more because he had previously received a divine command to undertake the task.
  • I will cheerfully and willingly obey all lawful orders.
  • She jumped at the command, willingly obeying him for once.
(3) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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