"rest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

rest verbo

verbo + rest
Kolokacji: 13
come to rest • stop to rest • put to rest • allow to rest • need to rest • want to rest • ...
rest + preposición
Kolokacji: 40
rest on • rest against • rest upon • rest up • rest after • ...
rest + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 61
rest easy • rest lightly • rest comfortably • rest well • rest largely • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(6) squarely, directly, flat
Kolokacji: 3
(8) fully, sufficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) idly, lazily
Kolokacji: 2
1. rest idly = reszta bezczynnie rest idly
  • She didn't realize that she looked at the watch, because Cranston's gaze had been idly resting in the direction of her hands and arms.
  • As the large hand rested idly on Lucy's shoulder, Burden realized that the two were in love, and he was not.
  • 'Fancy me working in a library again,' he said, one hand resting idly on a card index.
  • His hand was resting idly upon the telephone, as indication of a completed call.
  • Dalton stood at ease, one hand resting idly on the butt of his gun.
  • She spun around, her eyes encountering Travis's powerful form resting idly against the next stall.
  • There are, still, worse places than the Temple, on a sultry day, for basking in the sun, or resting idly in the shade.
  • With hands resting idly upon the glass-topped surface of a mahogany desk, the lawyer was staring from the window.
  • He sat motionless, his eyes narrow, his right hand half closed and resting idly beside his plate.
  • Bowles's gaze had drifted away from Grey, and rested idly on the yellow tulips.
2. rest lazily = reszta leniwie rest lazily

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