"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 61
(2) hard, heavily
Kolokacji: 2
(3) poorly, badly, miserably
Kolokacji: 3
(5) fair, fairly, reasonably
Kolokacji: 3
(9) regularly, officially
Kolokacji: 2
(12) formerly, once
Kolokacji: 2
(13) actually, away, innocent
Kolokacji: 3
(18) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(20) right, correctly
Kolokacji: 2
(21) annually, sporadically, daily
Kolokacji: 3
(23) forward, backwards, backward
Kolokacji: 3
(24) sparingly, hardly, barely
Kolokacji: 3
(29) abroad, overseas
Kolokacji: 2
(32) nice, nicely
Kolokacji: 2
(35) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(40) most, about
Kolokacji: 2
(42) perfectly, flawlessly
Kolokacji: 2
1. play conservatively = zagraj konserwatywnie play conservatively
2. play carefully = zagraj ostrożnie play carefully
3. play cautiously = zagraj ostrożnie play cautiously
4. play carelessly = zagraj nierozważnie play carelessly
  • He played carelessly and lost a pawn on move 21.
  • Location: where the action occurs (e.g., Johnny and Linda played carelessly in the park.
  • The 'markets' are people and they are playing carelessly with our livelihoods to enrich themselves.
  • The horse-dealer played carelessly, his mind on other things.
  • Taxpayers ought to blame him and the Legislature for playing carelessly with their money.
  • The Giants often played erratically and carelessly.
  • But if West carelessly plays his heart seven, East is left in a bad temper with a heart that cannot be cashed.
  • The boy sat quietly in the gloom of the kitchen, carelessly playing with some unrecognizable object.
  • He saw Knicks moving lethargically and playing carelessly, as if getting pasted by the dreaded Heat meant nothing to them.
  • I wouldn't line up all the staff of the school and call in a firing squad because one boy played carelessly and fell.
(45) actively, passively
Kolokacji: 2
(48) exactly, strictly
Kolokacji: 2
(49) solidly, solid, strong
Kolokacji: 3
(51) similarly, similar, naturally
Kolokacji: 3
(53) properly, decently
Kolokacji: 2
(54) solo, mixed, unaccompanied
Kolokacji: 3
(55) unselfishly, selfishly
Kolokacji: 2
(57) absently, recklessly
Kolokacji: 2
(58) gamely, valiantly
Kolokacji: 2
(59) successively, sequentially
Kolokacji: 2
(60) respectably, admirably
Kolokacji: 2
(61) passionately, enthusiastically
Kolokacji: 2

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