"set" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

set verbo

set + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 262
set standards • set fire • set foot • set goals • set limits • set priorities • set sail • set guidelines • set rules • set targets • set prices • ...
verbo + set
Kolokacji: 54
help set • help set up • try to set • begin to set • want to set • ...
set + preposición
Kolokacji: 126
set up • set out • set off • set down • set back • ...
set + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 124
set aside • set forth • originally set • set apart • set free • set high • immediately set • initially set • set earlier • later set • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 30
(1) aside, apart
Kolokacji: 2
(2) forth, forward
Kolokacji: 2
(4) free, automatically, jointly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(8) well, easily, wide, fully
Kolokacji: 4
(10) firmly, hard, resolutely
Kolokacji: 3
(11) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(12) carefully, closely
Kolokacji: 2
1. carefully set = ostrożnie umieść carefully set
  • So I carefully set it on the arm of his chair.
  • She carefully set it on a table, and then sat down.
  • "You must be opening a store," the youth said as he carefully set the box on the floor.
  • Carefully setting her on the floor, he asked if she could manage to balance herself.
  • He carefully set the food in the center of the table.
  • The one can of drinking water, which I carefully set aside.
  • The man and woman carefully set the cover back in place.
  • When the glass was full, she carefully set the bottle behind it.
  • He held the knife up between two fingers to show me, and then carefully set it down.
  • Irene stood up, carefully set the baby down, and went into the kitchen.
2. closely set = blisko umieść closely set
(14) actually, truly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) tentatively, provisionally
Kolokacji: 2
(16) properly, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
(17) entirely, equal, alone
Kolokacji: 3
(18) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) clearly, exactly
Kolokacji: 2
(22) deeply, deep
Kolokacji: 2
(23) straight, squarely
Kolokacji: 2
(24) permanently, temporarily
Kolokacji: 2
(25) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(26) gently, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
(27) barely, hardly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) explicitly, definitely
Kolokacji: 2
(29) beautifully, elegantly
Kolokacji: 2
(30) vertically, horizontally
Kolokacji: 2

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