"step" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

step verbo

step + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 9
step up one's efforts • step up one's attacks • step up one's campaign • step up pressure • step up one's activities • ...
verbo + step
Kolokacji: 16
forced to step • try to step • want to step • ask to step • avoid stepping • ...
step + preposición
Kolokacji: 76
step up • step down • step out • step into • step over • step onto • step through • step toward • step around • step across • step behind • ...
step + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 118
step forward • step aside • step inside • step away • step outside • step closer • step carefully • step backward • step quickly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 31
(1) forward, ahead, forwards
Kolokacji: 3
(2) aside, apart
Kolokacji: 2
(3) inside, outside, outdoors
Kolokacji: 3
(4) away, forth
Kolokacji: 2
  • I step closer to him, so he can hear me.
  • The figure stepped closer, giving the other woman a clear look at her face.
  • I stepped closer into the light so she could see me.
  • When she did not turn around, he stepped closer, running both hands up and down her arms.
  • She stepped closer, trying to make him understand and keep her voice down at the same time.
  • He stepped closer, almost to the edge of the table where she sat.
  • The two men on either side of him had stepped closer, weapons turned his way.
  • You could not step very close to Irish without running the risk of consequences.
  • She stepped closer, her body less than a foot from his.
  • Hughes had taken the opportunity to step closer to the door, so he was the first one through.
2. step carefully = krok ostrożnie step carefully
3. step gingerly = krok ostrożnie step gingerly
4. step cautiously = krok ostrożnie step cautiously
5. prudently step = rozważnie krok prudently step
(6) backward, backwards
Kolokacji: 2
(11) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(12) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(16) briskly, smartly
Kolokacji: 2
(18) straight, squarely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) silently, shortly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) hastily, hurriedly
Kolokacji: 2
(21) boldly, bravely
Kolokacji: 2
(23) reluctantly, hesitantly
Kolokacji: 2
(24) delicately, daintily
Kolokacji: 2
(26) nimbly, deftly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) confidently, timidly, shyly
Kolokacji: 3
(29) hard, smoothly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
(30) nervously, uneasily
Kolokacji: 2
(31) purposefully, resolutely
Kolokacji: 2

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