"play" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

play verbo

play + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 709
play football • play guitar • play music • play basketball • play cricket • play baseball • play host • play cards • play instruments • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 116
(7) host, hostess, ringmaster
Kolokacji: 3
(13) trick, John
Kolokacji: 2
(15) gig, sweeper
Kolokacji: 2
(16) keyboard, format, budget
Kolokacji: 3
(21) jazz, blue, funk, bebop, swing
Kolokacji: 5
(22) havoc, dress-up, shift
Kolokacji: 3
(24) video, sound, audio, jingle
Kolokacji: 4
(25) prank, joke, fool
Kolokacji: 3
(28) chord, mix
Kolokacji: 2
(29) God, Grace, Cupid, Pygmalion
Kolokacji: 4
1. play God = gra Bóg play God
2. play Grace = gra Gracja play Grace
3. play Cupid = gra Kupido play Cupid
4. play Pygmalion = gra Pygmalion play Pygmalion
  • That is one way to distill her experience and adventure, a liquor-trade tale in which she played Pygmalion to a peasant's swill.
  • Ivan played Pygmalion to Arnold's Galatea in a series of high-concept comedies: Twins, Kindergarden Cop, and Junior .
  • Who can forget Peter Bogdanovich dumping his talented wife, Polly Platt, to put on an ascot and play Pygmalion with Cybill Shepherd?
  • He edited Gabriel Pascal's film productions of two George Bernard Shaw plays, Pygmalion (1938) and Major Barbara (1941).
  • Nowadays, when the stars' lives supersede their work, the image-making machinery is more complex, with the press itself often competing with the press agents to play Pygmalion to the stars' Galatea.
  • I decided that Gwen's attempt to play Pygmalion to this unlikely Galatea was succeeding but that Bill would have to learn Loonie manners, or he might lose some teeth.
  • Ernst patiently plays Pygmalion to the homely, overweight Martha, who finds it difficult to stop acting like his servant.
  • Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins, the current artistic directors, obviously do not feel they have to play Pygmalion to any specific Galatea.
  • She wasn't playing Pygmalion to his Galatea.
  • The, story was simple and unassailable, and put the polish on my only attempt at playing Pygmalion.
(36) club, nightclub, Billy
Kolokacji: 3
(37) note, minute, Bill
Kolokacji: 3
(38) percussion, hymn
Kolokacji: 2
(44) Test, final
Kolokacji: 2
(45) career
Kolokacji: 2
(48) hole, Judas
Kolokacji: 2
(58) tour, tourist
Kolokacji: 2
(60) thing, Monopoly, corner
Kolokacji: 3
(65) flute, Piccolo
Kolokacji: 2
(67) chance, opportunity, cop, Bull
Kolokacji: 4
(69) desire, invitation, request
Kolokacji: 3
(70) hell, twin, Maria
Kolokacji: 3
(71) lot, draw, Hail
Kolokacji: 4
(75) time, clip, Doom
Kolokacji: 3
(76) dice, hob
Kolokacji: 2
(78) spade, Indian, Redskin, Tom
Kolokacji: 4
(80) bar, Harry, significance
Kolokacji: 3
(84) handful, dozens
Kolokacji: 2
(85) dance, party, wedding
Kolokacji: 3
(86) excerpt, octave
Kolokacji: 2
(87) standard, Banner
Kolokacji: 2
(89) zone, bluegrass
Kolokacji: 2
(91) scale, percent
Kolokacji: 2
(92) artist, Lear, Indiana
Kolokacji: 3
(97) presentation, debut
Kolokacji: 2
(98) Jet, Maximum, Halo
Kolokacji: 3
(99) puzzle, question
Kolokacji: 3
(100) charades, pinball
Kolokacji: 2
(103) victory, waltzes
Kolokacji: 2
(104) Jesus, Moses
Kolokacji: 2
(105) seed, Rose
Kolokacji: 2
(106) member, Peter, Paul
Kolokacji: 3
(107) robber, henchman
Kolokacji: 2
(108) tenor, soprano, Alto, pitch
Kolokacji: 4
(109) difference, word
Kolokacji: 2
(110) ace, hundreds, one
Kolokacji: 3
(111) Brutus, kingmaker, Claudius
Kolokacji: 3
(113) album, media, scenario
Kolokacji: 3
(114) Twister, tug
Kolokacji: 2
(115) Tuesday, Friday
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + play
Kolokacji: 201
start playing • stop playing • enjoy playing • love playing • continue playing • begin playing • keep playing • like playing • seen playing • ...
play + preposición
Kolokacji: 89
play out • play against • play alongside • play back • play down • play off • play up • ...
play + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 261
play together • play professionally • play hard • play collegiately • play poorly • play live • play fair • play dead • play good • play low • ...

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