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"tense" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tense adjetivo

tense + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 66
tense moment • tense situation • tense silence • tense relationship • tense relation • tense atmosphere • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 14
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) moment, time, day, period, minute, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(2) situation, silence, scene, mood, environment, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(3) relationship, relation, verb, affair, match
Kolokacji: 5
(4) atmosphere, face, look, expression, smile, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(5) standoff, battle, struggle, rivalry
Kolokacji: 4
(6) negotiation, exchange, whisper, discussion, conversation, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(7) muscle, voice, game, form, drama, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(8) meeting, session
Kolokacji: 2
(9) confrontation, encounter, nerve, showdown
Kolokacji: 4
(10) excitement, calm, emotion
Kolokacji: 3
(11) shoulder, border
Kolokacji: 2
(12) pause, wait, breathing, breath
Kolokacji: 4
(13) anticipation, expectancy, expectation
Kolokacji: 3
1. tense anticipation = oczekiwanie czasu tense anticipation
2. tense expectancy = wyczekiwanie czasu tense expectancy
3. tense expectation = oczekiwanie czasu tense expectation
  • Man's heart flutters and seeks an outlet as he waits in tense expectation.
  • Much of Bosnia seemed to be settling into tense expectation.
  • They watched her cross the floor, their eyes filled with a tense expectation.
  • Hours went by while the opposing parties waited in tense expectation; then we spotted a couple of guerrillas crawling toward the bridge.
  • There was a sudden change in the room; an air of tense expectation.
  • There was a tense expectation in the air, as if Jocelyn had summed up what they all felt.
  • The rest of the room sat in tense expectation.
  • There was a moment of tense expectation.
  • The West can only watch the Soviet drama in tense expectation.
  • There was absolute silence now as the crowd waited in tense expectation.
verbo + tense
Kolokacji: 6
grow tense • look tense • feel tense • become tense • sound tense • ...
adverbio + tense
Kolokacji: 5
pretty tense • most tense • racially tense • increasingly tense • extremely tense
tense + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
tense with • tense in • tense for • tense at

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