"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
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(1) away, aside
Kolokacji: 2
(2) clean, clear, open
Kolokacji: 3
(6) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(7) low, gracefully, gently
Kolokacji: 3
(8) close, carefully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, literally, bare
Kolokacji: 3
1. simply sweep = po prostu zamieć simply sweep
  • He simply swept the club back forth with such ferocity that his opponent was helpless against it.
  • I set up a mental block but he simply swept it aside.
  • Midnight tried to swim toward the fighter, but the stream simply swept her away.
  • Has he been an important actor in Poland's transition to democracy or was he simply swept along by events?
  • All hope simply swept out of the world.
  • As a result, anything built in the floodplain of a major waterway was either inundated or simply swept away.
  • Everything else, he simply swept from the desktop and into an open drawer.
  • He simply swept her into his arms and held her.
  • She would not have to go through this every time if she simply swept all the dust into a corner rather than leaving it spread out.
  • The tiny silver bead Simply swept through the side of the ship.
2. literally sweep = dosłownie zamieć literally sweep
3. sweep bare = zamiatanie nagi sweep bare
(10) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) regularly, constantly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) grandly, majestically
Kolokacji: 2
(13) neatly, cleanly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2

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