"silence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

silence sustantivo

sustantivo + silence
Kolokacji: 7
radio silence • Sunday Silence • Silence of the Lambs • ringing silence • morning silence • ...
silence + verbo
Kolokacji: 69
silence falls • silence follows • silence descends • silence reigns • silence stretches • silence fills • silence comes • silence hangs • ...
verbo + silence
Kolokacji: 59
keep silence • lapse into silence • sit in silence • break the silence • ride in silence • eat in silence • walk in silence • stare in silence • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(2) lapse, pass
Kolokacji: 2
(4) break, shatter, stun
Kolokacji: 3
(5) eat, fill, meet, use
Kolokacji: 4
(6) stare, watch, ensure
Kolokacji: 3
(9) buy, choose, prefer
Kolokacji: 3
1. buy one's silence = kupować czyjś cisza buy one's silence
2. choose silence = wybierz ciszę choose silence
3. prefer silence = wól cisza prefer silence
  • Yet I will never agree with those who prefer silence instead of dissonant voices.
  • I prefer silence to small talk so the lack of chitchat wasn't awkward.
  • We prefer silence, then the music, not the first noise of tuning.
  • One was the enigmatic Zetter, who as usual seemed to prefer silence to speech.
  • Some will not even do this, preferring complete silence.
  • But those who prefer silence and forgetfulness may have a successful self-protective strategy.
  • And for those who prefer total silence, there are headphones that cancel extraneous noises.
  • Mr Cook may prefer silence to eating his words.
  • Crooks didn't come in slugging, instead of shooting, unless they preferred silence.
  • "In cash, of course, so there will be no canceled check as evidence of a transaction on which you prefer absolute silence."
adjetivo + silence
Kolokacji: 201
long silence • sudden silence • stunned silence • dead silence • awkward silence • complete silence • absolute silence • total silence • ...
preposición + silence
Kolokacji: 16
into silence • in silence • of silence • for silence • with silence • ...

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