"play" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

play sustantivo

sustantivo + play
Kolokacji: 111
power play • Broadway play • conference play • league play • morality play • tournament play • Shakespeare play • game play • ...
play + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 60
play area • play button • play date • play time • play equipment • ...
play + verbo
Kolokacji: 124
play opens • play begins • play ends • play includes • play runs • play takes • play comes • play makes • play goes • play continues • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
1. play makes = gra robi play makes
3. play tells = gra mówi play tells
4. play produces = gra przynosi play produces
5. play inspires = gra inspiruje play inspires
6. play says = gra oznacza play says
7. play causes = gra powoduje play causes
9. play speaks = gra mówi play speaks
10. play raises = gra podnosi play raises
11. play provokes = gra prowokuje play provokes
  • WHICH new play has provoked the most attention in the British theater so far this year?
  • He gives examples of what he considers to be good plots and examines the reactions the plays provoke in the audience.
  • Paul Weitz's delicately funny new play at the Second Stage Theater, "Privilege," could provoke twinges of guilt over those smirks.
  • Mr. Miller again shows us that contemporary plays can still move, disturb, provoke and even shock.
  • The play provoked a quarrel between academics and lawyers.
  • The play provoked bitter controversy, especially from people who saw its central character, a ruthless politician, as a cruel parody of Australia's deputy prime minister, Peter Costello.
  • The play provokes and takes students through an emotional and psychological experience, but it is the conversation that answers the critical question: "Where can I go for help?"
  • All three plays are emotionally intense and provoked considerable controversy at the time of performance.
  • That the play provokes such speculation is part of its power.
  • The play provoked something of an upset.
(8) continue, tour, cover, span
Kolokacji: 4
(9) premier, perform, debut
Kolokacji: 3
(13) earn, gain, net, benefit
Kolokacji: 4
(14) focus, reflect, base
Kolokacji: 3
(15) unfold, reveal, satirize
Kolokacji: 3
(16) concern, revolve, suggest
Kolokacji: 3
(17) mean, epitomize
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + play
Kolokacji: 143
write plays • begin play • play called • play directed • include plays • start play • score on the power play • receive radio play • ...
adjetivo + play
Kolokacji: 298
double play • big play • foul play • fair play • one-act play • defensive play • post-season play • musical play • final play • original play • ...
preposición + play
Kolokacji: 31
into play • at play • during play • through play • of play • ...

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