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"pencil" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pencil sustantivo

sustantivo + pencil
Kolokacji: 11
grease pencil • lead pencil • eyebrow pencil • graphite pencil • silver pencil • ...
pencil + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 27
pencil drawing • pencil sketch • pencil line • pencil sharpener • pencil mark • ...
pencil + verbo
Kolokacji: 5
pencil draws • pencil poises • pencil moves • pencil scratching • pencil sharpens
verbo + pencil
Kolokacji: 16
use a pencil • play with pencil • tap one's pencil • put one's pencil • take a pencil • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 1
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 3
(1) use, tap, attach
Kolokacji: 4
1. use a pencil = użyj ołówka use a pencil
use pencil, use pencils
2. tap one's pencil = stukać czyjś ołówek tap one's pencil
  • He tapped his pencil on the one he'd done that morning.
  • He bit the inside of his cheek and tapped his pencil against the desk.
  • Even as she threw up her hands, he tapped his pencil.
  • He tapped his pencil awhile, shredded some paper, then sat back and sighed.
  • The spokesman tapped his pencil against a pad of paper and considered.
  • She tapped her pencil against a notice on the menu.
  • He tapped his pencil on the corner of his desk.
  • The other nodded slowly, tapping his pencil on the table.
  • Lizzie tapped her pencil against the paper, writing nothing at all.
  • My lawyer tapped her pencil in the palm of her hand.
3. tap with one's pencil = stukać z czyjś ołówek tap with one's pencil
4. pencil attached = ołówek przywiązał pencil attached
(2) play, put, take, poise, carry, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(3) sell, buy
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + pencil
Kolokacji: 17
red pencil • blue pencil • mechanical pencil • sharp pencil • sharpened pencil • ...
preposición + pencil
Kolokacji: 6
in pencil • with a pencil • of a pencil • to pencil • on pencils • ...

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