"shape" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shape verbo

shape + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 40
shape policy • shape one's life • shape one's Lord • shape the future • shape the world • ...
(1) policy, strategy, plan
Kolokacji: 3
(3) Lord, career
Kolokacji: 2
(7) perception, identity, taste
Kolokacji: 3
(8) society, course, institution
Kolokacji: 3
(9) phrase, response, style
Kolokacji: 3
1. shape phrases = zwroty kształtu shape phrases
  • He shapes phrases with arching lyricism and delivers words with incisiveness.
  • She can still shape high-lying phrases with radiant tone.
  • But he can shape phrases with tender lyricism when called for.
  • To shape supple phrases, she thins her sound and sings with impressive delicacy, though with some loss of richness.
  • Mr. Wolfram also tended to shape phrases in idiosyncratic ways, which is sometimes described as "personality" but was often distracting.
  • He shapes phrases and sings words as if they really mean something to him.
  • But, on the whole, Banchini's tempos are effective, allowing the music to breathe and enabling the players to shape phrases gracefully.
  • He took an almost grammatical approach in the chorales, shaping phrases so that the sense of the German texts came first.
  • Though her sound tends to be bright, she is capable of shaping lyrical phrases with warmth and suppleness.
  • Yet when understatement is called for, he shapes phrases with tender elegance.
2. shape one's response = kształt czyjś odpowiedź shape one's response
3. shape one's style = kształt czyjś styl shape one's style
verbo + shape
Kolokacji: 6
help to shape • help shape • try to shape • used to shape • begin shaping • ...
shape + preposición
Kolokacji: 22
shape up • shaped by • shape into • shape in • shaped with • ...
shape + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 43
largely shaped • oddly shaped • carefully shaped • roughly shaped • irregularly shaped • ...

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