"speak" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

speak verbo

speak + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
opportunity to speak • ability to speak • chance to speak • mouth to speak • right to speak • ...
verbo + speak
Kolokacji: 68
begin speaking • stop speaking • start speaking • refuse to speak • decline to speak • invited to speak • learn to speak • finish speaking • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(2) refuse, decline, regret
Kolokacji: 3
(3) invite, claim, beg
Kolokacji: 3
(5) wish, want, need, like
Kolokacji: 5
1. choose to speak = postanów mówić choose to speak
2. tend to speak = miej skłoności do mówienia tend to speak
3. prefer to speak = wól mówić prefer to speak
4. manage to speak = daj sobie radę z mówieniem manage to speak
  • She tried to swallow down her fear, got too much air with it, but managed to speak.
  • I do not know how he managed to speak at all.
  • But somehow all these ingredients managed to speak to one another, if not exactly in the same language.
  • It was over an hour before she managed to speak.
  • Leslie managed not to speak until she'd shut the door behind her.
  • When she managed to speak, her voice was barely a whisper.
  • Her mouth opened and closed twice before she managed to speak.
  • I would like to highlight that we actually managed to speak with one voice.
  • She managed to speak within about two hours of becoming a Member.
  • Much less, at the same time, manage to speak in what was almost a normal tone of voice!
5. decide to speak = zdecyduj się mówić decide to speak
6. ordered to speak = uporządkowany mówić ordered to speak
7. command to speak = rozkaz by mówić command to speak
(10) bring, teach, enable
Kolokacji: 3
(11) turn, send, grow
Kolokacji: 3
speak + preposición
Kolokacji: 67
speak to • speak with • speak about • speak out • speak up • speak through • ...
speak + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 413
generally speak • speak softly • speak directly • strictly speak • speak quietly • speak publicly • speak slowly • speak aloud • ...

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