"tear" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tear verbo

tear + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 50
tear the cruciate ligament • tear one's eyes • tear flesh • tear a hole • tear one's hair • ...
verbo + tear
Kolokacji: 12
try to tear • come tearing • begin tearing • begin to tear • start tearing • ...
tear + preposición
Kolokacji: 33
tear down • tear up • tear off • tear out • torn between • tear through • tear into • ...
tear + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 41
torn apart • torn away • tear open • tear free • torn asunder • ...
(1) apart, asunder, aside
Kolokacji: 3
1. torn apart = rozszarpany torn apart
2. torn asunder = rozdarty torn asunder
3. tear aside = podrzyj na bok tear aside
  • Then, just as the sun finally tore aside the curtains of mist, things burst into life.
  • Now he tore aside the last barriers between his conscious mind and those hidden reserves.
  • He had to reach out and tear aside her secret veil.
  • Throwing off the bedclothes, she rushed to the window and tore aside the curtains.
  • For them, public opinion is an obstacle to tear aside, not a reason to change direction.
  • Each time he must seem to get all, to tear aside the last veil that hides you.
  • Ever and again the lightning tore aside the darkness.
  • With a savage jerk, he tore aside the curtain at the doorway of the room where I sat.
  • He tore aside a curtain and smashed the window open with his sword.
  • I rushed across the temple and tore aside the golden screen.
(4) literally, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(5) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2

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