"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(1) whole, tear
Kolokacji: 2
(3) tablet, pill, capsule, drug
Kolokacji: 5
(5) tongue, word
Kolokacji: 2
(6) bile, blood, bitterness
Kolokacji: 3
(9) prey, Jonah
Kolokacji: 2
(10) ship, tail
Kolokacji: 2
1. swallow ships = statki jaskółki swallow ships
  • I heard William tell of it and I listened as I listened to his tales of sea dragons that swallow ships and women with the tails of fish instead of legs.
  • Oceans that swallow ships.
  • The Greek historian Pytheas described it more than two thousand years ago as swallowing ships and throwing them up again.
  • Singularities to swallow ships.
  • SEVEN AFTER I had swallowed enough saltwater to founder a dozen ships, I felt hands touching me.
  • It had a mouth-like opening on the front that could swallow ships, as seen in the episode "Children of Auron" when Servalan captured an Auronar pilot.
  • It swallows men and ships, and whales too, and anything else around.
  • Passing the violent trenches that still shudered from con to con, causing the seas to rear up, swallowing ships or islands, Iying low on their basalt foundations.
  • In the middle of the fight between Humanity and the aliens, a worm hole suddenly opened and swallowed several Human ships.
  • The currents at the mouth of the Columbia River swallow ships, sailors and time itself in regular gulps.
2. swallow one's tail = połykać czyjś ogon swallow one's tail
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 • ...

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