"scratch" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

scratch verbo

scratch + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 28
scratch one's head • scratch one's chin • scratch one's ear • scratch the surface • scratch one's nose • ...
verbo + scratch
Kolokacji: 7
begin scratching • start scratching • left scratching • stop scratching • avoid scratching • ...
scratch + preposición
Kolokacji: 28
scratch out • scratch at • scratch on • scratched from • scratch in • ...
scratch + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 20
barely scratch • absently scratch • scratch away • easily scratched • idly scratch • ...
(1) barely, hardly
Kolokacji: 2
(3) away, easily, idly, slowly
Kolokacji: 4
1. scratch away = rozdrap scratch away
  • He scratched with his shovel away the earth and discovered an ancient form of a metal cross.
  • He turned to the window and the gulls scratching away at the mud.
  • In the jury box were the three sketch artists, scratching away at their pads now.
  • There must be a hundred little operators scratching away at that, from what I've heard.
  • He scratched away at dirt under a layer of dropped leaves.
  • It's also a notepad on which you can scratch away to your heart's content.
  • He opened it, and scratched away at the ring with it.
  • I saw the way they scratched away at the imaginary bugs under their skin.
  • He watched her scratching away and wondered again, wearily, what was going to happen to him.
  • Joe opened the knife and scratched away at one of the gems.
3. idly scratch = bezczynnie zadrapanie idly scratch
4. slowly scratch = wolno zadrapanie slowly scratch
(4) badly, lightly, gently, hard
Kolokacji: 4

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