"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 19

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

(1) fall, descend, fill, come, settle, make, ...

Kolokacji: 22

(2) follow, ensue, linger, leave

Kolokacji: 4

(3) reign, continue, hold, prevail, persist, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(4) stretch, grow, lengthen

Kolokacji: 3

(5) hang, seem, last, begin, speak, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(6) greet, say, answer, tell, wait

Kolokacji: 5

(7) surround, envelop, blanket, engulf, shroud

Kolokacji: 5

(8) mean, indicate, threaten, signal

Kolokacji: 4

(9) lay, replace

Kolokacji: 2

(10) grip, unnerve

Kolokacji: 2

(11) echo, ring

Kolokacji: 2

(12) pervade, creep

Kolokacji: 2

(13) bother, oppress

Kolokacji: 2

1. silence bothers = cisza martwi silence bothers

His silence was not bothering her on that level.
The silence bothered me, but I didn't break it; the minds of the women told me they would not have answered even if spoken to.
The silence of the musty old house hadn't bothered the girl after she had reached this room.
The silence between them did not bother him a bit, though it made her feel most awkward.
His silence bothered her a little, until she realized that she'd never really answered his question, and he might have reached the wrong conclusions.
It was a few minutes' walk from the landing field to the house, and the silence bothered the first officer.
As time ticked by, Lucas found that the silence bothered him more than the intermittent shots.
The silence bothered him more than the commotion had.
The Carson biologist scowled into the darkness behind them, as if its silence bothered her.
His silence and constraint had bothered her then not a little.

2. silence oppresses = cisza gnębi silence oppresses

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 • ...

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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