"second" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

second sustantivo

sustantivo + second
Kolokacji: 12
second of the period • minute second • second of the round • second of silence • second of time • ...
second + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
Second Avenue • Second Avenue subway • Second Third Avenue
second + verbo
Kolokacji: 34
second remaining • second leaves • second passes • second ticks • second goes • second says • ...
verbo + second
Kolokacji: 100
second left • give several seconds • score with several seconds • score several seconds • win in several seconds • ...
adjetivo + second
Kolokacji: 35
final second • split second • close second • long second • mere second • precious second • full second • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) split, flat, slow, minor
Kolokacji: 4
(3) close, distant, silent, far
Kolokacji: 4
(5) mere, bare, exact
Kolokacji: 3
(8) scant, short
Kolokacji: 2
1. scant second = niewielki drugi scant second
2. short second = krótki drugi short second
  • He had taken advantage of two short seconds to gain the door.
  • "It is still a few seconds short of the time I gave you."
  • He was thinking: An open door, here, now, a few short seconds before the great ship is due to leave.
  • Then for a few short seconds everything actually worked and I was airborne.
  • Through that strategy, he had gained short seconds in which to use weapons of his own.
  • All had happened within the space of two short seconds.
  • In a few short seconds they were off the desert road and back on the highway.
  • The impact took the driver over the wheel and through the window in two short seconds.
  • It had all taken place within a few short seconds.
  • But in a few short seconds, the children raced up to her.
(9) single, only
Kolokacji: 2
(10) Sloppy, tense, frantic
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + second
Kolokacji: 19
within seconds • per second • about several seconds • at several seconds • on several seconds • ...

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