"tear" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tear sustantivo

sustantivo + tear
Kolokacji: 10
tear of joy • crocodile tear • salt tear • ligament tear • meniscus tear • ...
tear + verbo
Kolokacji: 98
tear comes • Tear wells • Tear fills • tear begins • tear falls • tear flows • tear starts • tear runs • tear keeps • tear streams down • ...
verbo + tear
Kolokacji: 53
shed tears • bring tears • wipe tears • feel tears • see tears • burst into tears • wipe away tears • fight back tears • break into tears • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(3) wipe
Kolokacji: 2
(6) fight, smile
Kolokacji: 3
(7) hold, scare, restrain
Kolokacji: 3
(8) blink, choke
Kolokacji: 2
1. blink back tears = powstrzymywać łzy, powstrzymywać się od płaczu blink back tears
2. choke back tears = ssanie tył łzy choke back tears
  • He choked back tears and remained silent for long minutes.
  • Don't choke back tears if you start to cry at a meeting.
  • Several of them stopped and started again, barely able to choke back tears.
  • "I'll try to do this with class," he said before choking back tears.
  • "All that's happened to me, especially in the last couple of months, has been really hard," she told the crowd, choking back tears.
  • She choked back tears, pushed the door, and walked quickly to her desk.
  • "I am available to you through June," he said, choking back tears.
  • Choking back tears, he made a statement to the court and to the families of the victims.
  • "I moved in three weeks ago and nothing made it out," he said, choking back tears.
  • Both father and son choked back tears as they addressed the crowd.
(9) brim, say
Kolokacji: 2
(10) swallow, use
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + tear
Kolokacji: 50
hot tear • bitter tear • sudden tear • silent tear • fresh tear • ...
preposición + tear
Kolokacji: 18
into tears • with tears • to tears • in tears • of tears • ...

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