"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
1. rest firmly = reszta stanowczo rest firmly
2. rest securely = reszta dobrze rest securely
3. rest motionless = reszta nieruchomy rest motionless
  • Zebra sharks are nocturnal and spend most of the day resting motionless on the sea floor.
  • The balloon rose at once to a height of fifteen hundred feet, and there rested almost motionless for a quarter of an hour.
  • There was a gasoline hand car resting motionless on the rails a few feet from the end of the track.
  • The moving fingers inscribed the name and destination in neat characters, while the left hand rested motionless, holding the edge of the envelope.
  • "And always three in the afternoon," he said, looking up through the awning at the sun, resting motionless in the sky.
  • The hands of The Shadow rested motionless upon the table.
  • It has also been seen resting motionless on the bottom.
  • This contrasts with classical systems, where the particle can have zero energy by resting motionless at the bottom of the box.
  • The arrow rested motionless at the figure "1."
  • The general paused for a moment to watch the effect of these words upon Vaninka, but her hand rested motionless in his.
4. rest secure = reszta bezpieczny rest secure
5. rest precariously = reszta będąc niepewnym jutra rest precariously
(8) fully, sufficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) idly, lazily
Kolokacji: 2

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