"sweep" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sweep verbo

sweep + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 23
sweep one's hand • sweep one's arm • sweep the floor • sweep the country • sweep the series • ...
verbo + sweep
Kolokacji: 3
begin sweeping • start sweeping • finished sweeping
(1) begin, start, finish
Kolokacji: 3
1. begin sweeping = zacznij zamiatać begin sweeping
2. start sweeping = zacznij zamiatać start sweeping
3. finished sweeping = skończone zamiatanie finished sweeping
  • I had just finished sweeping the cabin, and had been inveigled by Wolf Larsen into a discussion of Hamlet, his favourite Shakespearian character, when Johansen descended the companion stairs followed by Johnson.
  • The man behind the counter had just finished sweeping the packed dirt inside for any spare dimes that might have fallen from the playing board during the night's action.
  • He had already finished sweeping the bedroom when he first felt it.
  • Wegel had finished sweeping the shop and was smoothing a brace for the travel chest when I came in.
  • By the time Rinfur returned, Cerryl had finished sweeping the courtyard and was pushing the wagon, a span at a time, into the corner where it blocked neither the shop door nor access to the alley itself.
  • He had just finished sweeping the walk-in closet and was turning to make his exit when the wall in front of him started to dis- integrate.
  • And no matter what day you drop by, there is always a broom propped up in a corner of the kitchen as if someone had just finished sweeping the floors before you walked in.
sweep + preposición
Kolokacji: 46
sweep up • sweep through • sweep into • sweep over • sweep across • sweep down • sweep out • sweep off • ...
sweep + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 50
swept away • swept aside • sweep clean • sweep forward • quickly sweep • ...

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