"tap" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tap verbo

tap + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 44
tap one's fingers • tap one's foot • tap one's shoulder • tap keys • tap one's chest • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(4) phone, telephone
Kolokacji: 2
(5) command, code, tooth
Kolokacji: 3
(6) source, water, reservoir
Kolokacji: 3
(7) pencil, pen
Kolokacji: 2
(8) dance, market, dancing
Kolokacji: 3
(9) badge, button, reserve
Kolokacji: 3
1. tap one's comm badge = stukać czyjś comm odznaka tap one's comm badge
2. tap a button = stuknij w guzik tap a button
  • Both men will be able to tap large reserves for fund raising.
  • There was no crisis, because this country tapped the world's reserves, and the supply increased along with demand.
  • They expect Western countries will eventually have to tap their strategic reserves of petroleum.
  • Supplies in the open market are so short that the utility is tapping its underground reserves to meet 25 percent of present demand.
  • There was more talk about volcano and earthquake effects than tapping reserves for thermal power.
  • Margot began to tap her bodily reserves, but still showed no sign of weakness.
  • The defeatist thought was brushed aside, and he reached deep within himself to tap his inner reserves.
  • Food is plentiful for those who can afford it, and foreign oil companies are beginning to tap vast reserves, which promise great wealth.
  • Also, she says, she hopes to tap the city's hidden reserves of latent Republicans.
  • Afterward, oil companies scrambled to tap its prodigious reserves.
(10) pocket, fund
Kolokacji: 2
(11) ash, tree
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + tap
Kolokacji: 9
begin tapping • start tapping • try to tap • stop tapping • keep tapping • ...
tap + preposición
Kolokacji: 30
tap into • tap out • tap against • tap on • tap at • ...
tap + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 36
tap lightly • gently tap • tap away • tap impatiently • tap nervously • ...

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