"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
1. rest quietly = reszta cicho rest quietly
2. rest peacefully = reszta spokojnie rest peacefully
3. rest casually = reszta mimochodem rest casually
4. rest uneasily = reszta niespokojnie rest uneasily
  • But the question rests uneasily on the minds of many fans, whatever their race.
  • But he knows bitterness, and I fear that his Oath rests uneasily upon him.
  • A similar dual focus rests uneasily in higher education libraries and invariably has met with failure.
  • But even as the nation rejoiced, it was clear that its fragile peace rested uneasily on the shoulders of one man.
  • Over the next seven years a peace rested uneasily between Britain and France.
  • The white city seemed to rest uneasily on the banks of the great river, as if the jungle would reclaim it at any instant.
  • His hand was once more resting uneasily on his belt.
  • I couldn't help but envision some gargantuan monster resting uneasily beneath the range.
  • Today, the school rests uneasily on an endowment of only $46.4 million.
  • The soldiers guarded him, hands resting uneasily on the hilts of their swords.
5. rest undisturbed = reszta spokojnie rest undisturbed
(6) squarely, directly, flat
Kolokacji: 3
(8) fully, sufficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) idly, lazily
Kolokacji: 2

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