"swallow" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

swallow verbo

swallow + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 35
swallow the medication whole • swallow one's pride • swallow the tablet • swallow a mouthful • swallow water • ...
verbo + swallow
Kolokacji: 6
try to swallow • make swallowing • keep swallowing • finish swallowing • begin swallowing • ...
swallow + preposición
Kolokacji: 20
swallow up • swallow down • swallow with • swallow in • swallow at • ...
swallow + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 39
swallow hard • swallow convulsively • swallow nervously • accidentally swallow • swallow twice • ...
(1) hard, painfully, heavily
Kolokacji: 3
(3) nervously, uneasily
Kolokacji: 2
(6) hastily, hurriedly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) dryly, drily, silently
Kolokacji: 3
1. easily swallow = łatwo połknij easily swallow
3. swallow uncomfortably = połknij niewygodnie swallow uncomfortably
4. swallow alive = połykać żywy swallow alive
  • The story opens with the narrator telling the purportedly true events that happened to his friend Ivan Matveich, who is swallowed alive by a crocodile.
  • After teasing the crocodile, Ivan Matveich is swallowed alive.
  • They were swallowed alive, Steve, lost in that steel!
  • Lizards it will swallow alive but rodents it often constricts first.
  • In the case of the former defence secretary, the quest has proved nobler and the quarry easier to swallow alive.
  • Most smaller prey items are simply swallowed alive.
  • This snake is not a constrictor-most prey are grabbed and simply swallowed alive.
  • He felt as if he had been swallowed alive by some huge and monstrous beast.
  • The fantasy may sometimes involve the victim being swallowed dead or alive, and may or may not include digestion.
  • It is unnerving to read that a long, almost human scream in the night is a tree frog being swallowed alive by a snake.
5. swallow properly = połknij jak należy swallow properly
6. swallow eagerly = połknij z zapałem swallow eagerly
(9) barely, hardly
Kolokacji: 2

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