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"stir" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stir verbo

stir + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 53
stir controversy • stir tensions • stir debate • stir memories • stir interest • stir up trouble • stir emotions • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 11
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(1) controversy, debate, protest, discussion
Kolokacji: 5
(2) tension, opposition, sugar, reaction
Kolokacji: 4
(3) memory, speculation, sentiment, thought
Kolokacji: 4
(4) interest, blood, people
Kolokacji: 3
(5) trouble, fear, concern, anxiety, unease, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(6) emotion, anger, outrage, excitement
Kolokacji: 4
(7) passion, feeling, heart, hope, unrest, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(8) hair, pot, nest
Kolokacji: 3
1. stir one's hair = mieszać czyjś włosy stir one's hair
2. stir the pot = narobić zamieszania, wsadzić kij w mrowisko stir the pot
  • His back was to me as he stirred the pot.
  • "I take it you stirred the pot a little after we left?"
  • He liked to stir the pot and see what happened.
  • Justice Brown said she was "simply stirring the pot a little bit, getting people to think, to challenge them."
  • They are Arabs, the first offer is just to stir the pot a little.
  • You get the sense that they're constantly stirring the pot.
  • Last night's results will likely stir the pot, but not make it boil over.
  • Chance went on stirring the pot as he tried to remember.
  • I thought he was the kind to let too many cooks stir the pot.
  • "That just continued and stirred the pot on issues already here," he said.
3. stir up one's nest = wzbijać w górę czyjś gniazdo stir up one's nest
(9) coffee, tea, cream, butter, milk
Kolokacji: 5
(10) resentment, animosity
Kolokacji: 2
(11) thing
Kolokacji: 2
(12) criticism, laughter
Kolokacji: 2
(13) suspicion, doubt
Kolokacji: 2
(14) fry, tomato
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + stir
Kolokacji: 5
begin to stir • keep stirring • begin stirring • continue stirring • start stirring
stir + preposición
Kolokacji: 38
stir up • stir until • stir in • stir into • stir within • ...
stir + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
stir occasionally • stir constantly • stir well • stir frequently • stir uneasily • stir restlessly • ...

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