"sound" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sound verbo

verbo + sound
Kolokacji: 15
try to sound • begin to sound • start to sound • mean to sound • want to sound • ...
sound + preposición
Kolokacji: 38
sound off • sound out • sound to • sound from • sound through • ...
sound + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 593
sound good • sound familiar • sound great • sound strange • sound surprised • sound reasonable • sound confident • sound crazy • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 119
(12) happy, ready, glad
Kolokacji: 3
(13) similar, different, identical
Kolokacji: 3
(14) nice, polite, prissy
Kolokacji: 3
(17) fine, thin, plump, slightly
Kolokacji: 4
(20) disappointed, frustrated
Kolokacji: 2
(31) weary, groggy, ragged
Kolokacji: 3
(33) relieved, satisfied
Kolokacji: 2
(40) apologetic, defensive
Kolokacji: 2
(41) interested, concerned
Kolokacji: 2
(43) enthusiastic, eager, impatient
Kolokacji: 3
(44) convincing, persuasive
Kolokacji: 2
(47) natural, spontaneous, rude
Kolokacji: 3
(48) hoarse, husky
Kolokacji: 2
(49) fresh, sweet, brisk
Kolokacji: 3
(51) strong, solid, wholesome
Kolokacji: 3
(52) friendly, amiable
Kolokacji: 2
(60) cold, cruel, cold-blooded
Kolokacji: 3
(62) fair, macho, unfair, honest
Kolokacji: 4
(67) high, nasal, high-pitched
Kolokacji: 3
(75) shaky, distraught
Kolokacji: 2
(80) callous, crass, insensitive
Kolokacji: 3
(82) drunk, dry, sober, unimpressed
Kolokacji: 4
(84) sleepy, drowsy
Kolokacji: 2
(87) cautious, somewhat, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
(88) straightforward, evasive
Kolokacji: 2
(91) childish, mature
Kolokacji: 2
(94) indifferent, ordinary, mundane
Kolokacji: 3
(97) ideal, idealistic
Kolokacji: 2
(98) loudly, softly, thunderous
Kolokacji: 3
(99) brittle, crisp
Kolokacji: 2
(100) envious, nostalgic, greedy
Kolokacji: 3
(102) definitely, forceful, drastic
Kolokacji: 3
(103) dated, old-fashioned
Kolokacji: 2
(104) surprising, surprisingly
Kolokacji: 2
(106) edgy, tense, spooky
Kolokacji: 3
1. sound hostile = dźwięk wrogi sound hostile
2. sound belligerent = strona wojująca dźwięku sound belligerent
3. sound truculent = dźwięk zadzierzysty sound truculent
4. sound warlike = dźwięk wojowniczy sound warlike
  • Of course, it left Mr. Kerry open to rejoinders by Mr. Bush that Mr. Kerry had sounded far more warlike about Iraq in his pre-campaign persona.
  • Taking the Risks The peace mission also allows Mr. Bush to sound warlike and uncompromising while Mr. Perez de Cuellar risks nothing except the loss of face by trying to make peace abroad.
  • This didn't sound very warlike.
  • The reaction in Russia has at times sounded warlike, with some lawmakers and commentators saying Russia should retaliate by force, if necessary, or halt the withdrawal of Russian forces there.
  • Bush officials are walking a fine line between sounding more warlike and building a case against Saddam Hussein for provocations, in case they decide they need to go to war.
  • The meeting in Moscow on Thursday ended without significant progress at de-escalating a conflict that for a time sounded ominously warlike.
  • But Bilbo's heart fell, both at the song and the talk: they sounded much too warlike.
  • The opening work, right after the moment of silence, was Edgard Varese's "Integrales" (1925), which with its clashing brass and percussion sounds pretty warlike even in the most tranquil of times.
  • The human costumed eagle character, launched in 1963, carried the name "Scrappy" until 1974 - during the throes of the Vietnam War - when students adopted the name "Eppy" because it sounded less warlike.
  • At the mah-jongg table, one of the Chinese men there shouted something that sounded fierce and warlike, but everyone at the table laughed.
5. sound aggressive = dźwięk agresywny sound aggressive
6. sound officious = dźwięk nadgorliwy sound officious
(108) simultaneously, anachronistic
Kolokacji: 2
(109) neutral, metallic, impersonal
Kolokacji: 3
(110) soft, indulgent
Kolokacji: 2
(112) knowledgeable, reminiscent
Kolokacji: 2
(113) initially, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(114) breathy, gimmicky
Kolokacji: 2
(115) conversational, argumentative
Kolokacji: 2
(116) authentic, safe
Kolokacji: 2
(117) reproachful, disapproving
Kolokacji: 2
(118) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(119) self-righteous, sanctimonious
Kolokacji: 2

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