"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

3. silence lengthens = cisza przedłuża się silence lengthens

The stars supplied no answers to his question and the silence lengthened as he considered the situation.
They all looked at the General as his silence lengthened.
The silence lengthened to almost five minutes, and still Matt had heard nothing.
I could not think of an answer to Dutiful's question either, so the silence lengthened.
He shook himself as the silence lengthened, and then continued.
For a long time, as the silence lengthened, he stared into space.
Lee looked around the table as the stunned silence lengthened.
The silence lengthened until he cleared his voice and spoke.
The silence lengthened until he had finished his own tea and there was nothing to do except go back to work.
But the dead woman's silence lengthened, and they realized it was true.

(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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