"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

1. silence stretches = cisza wystawia na próbę silence stretches

Silence stretches, silence stretching

2. silence grows = cisza narasta silence grows

We still weren't talking to each other, but now the silence was growing hostile.
I asked him when his silence had grown too long.
We have to look at what silence can grow into, which is wisdom.
He did not look at the men around the fire, but the silence grew.
The silence grew, taking on a life of its own.
I let the silence grow and didn't know how to break it.
He looked around the table, but the silence that followed grew heavy.
The silence between them grew, but neither one looked away.
The silence grew as both looked away from each other.
And as the silence grew he knew there was something very wrong indeed.

3. silence lengthens = cisza przedłuża się silence lengthens

(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

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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