"press" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

press verbo

press + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 69
press charges • press one's hand • press one's lips • press one's face • press one's fingers • press one's case • press one's palms • ...
verbo + press
Kolokacji: 12
continue to press • keep pressing • try to press • want to press • begin pressing • ...
press + preposición
Kolokacji: 47
press against • press into • press down • press up • press upon • ...
press + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 71
press ahead • press hard • press forward • pressed together • gently press • press tightly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(2) hard, tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) flat, constantly, steadily
Kolokacji: 3
1. press closer = dla prasy bliższy press closer
2. press tight = naciskaj mocno press tight
3. press closely = naciskaj blisko press closely
5. gingerly press = ostrożnie prasa gingerly press
  • As though he were afraid of breaking the control lever, Stokes took hold of it carefully and gingerly pressed the release button.
  • They pressed gingerly past a crumbling patch of eroded wall.
  • Cranston followed and Singledon gingerly pressed the button for the fifth floor.
  • He leaned against the tiles, groaning, and pressed gingerly at the swelling on the back of his head.
  • Dolan took out a handkerchief and gingerly pressed the trunk lock.
  • Ru shrugged and gingerly pressed the bandage in place.
  • But I took the pistol out of its nest and gingerly pressed the loaded clip until it clicked and locked.
  • His fingers pressed gingerly at the side of his neck, and he winced.
  • He pulled out his mobile phone and gingerly pressed the buttons, trying not to get too much black stuff on it.
  • He pressed gingerly with one foot, then the next.
(8) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) freshly, newly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) immediately, directly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) sorely, painfully
Kolokacji: 2
(13) deep, deeply
Kolokacji: 2
(14) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(15) perfectly, immaculately
Kolokacji: 2
(16) urgently, insistently
Kolokacji: 2
(17) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2

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