"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
(6) backward, backwards
Kolokacji: 2
  • I could try to step backward out of it or forward.
  • As they talked, he continued to step backward, to try to take in the whole work.
  • The black stepped backward for each step the brown took.
  • He stood as she stepped backward through the open door.
  • She stepped backward again, came up against the door, but it did not open.
  • They must, of course, go forward without appearing to step backward.
  • Then she stepped backward slowly, without taking her eyes from us.
  • He stepped backward to bring the whole screen into view.
  • When he stepped backward, there was only air under his right foot.
  • Then the two women took each other's hands and stepped backward into the rain.
2. step backwards = krok do tyłu step backwards
(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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