"tick" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tick verbo

tick + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
tick boxes • tick Tock • tick clocks
verbo + tick
Kolokacji: 3
start ticking • begin ticking • keep ticking
(1) start, begin, keep
Kolokacji: 3
1. start ticking = inlet początku start ticking
2. begin ticking = zacznij inlet begin ticking
3. keep ticking = trzymaj inlet keep ticking
  • The countdown kept ticking at the back of his mind.
  • But the clock kept ticking and then I thought maybe he's not coming.
  • Wear out, perhaps, or be damaged beyond possible repair, but even then the life would keep ticking in the brain.
  • Time dilated as the seconds kept ticking slowly, agoniz- ingly so, and still the door did not open.
  • I walked along, but there was something that kept ticking away in my head, something I couldn't get hold of.
  • It's our lives we are buying, and the clock keeps ticking to decide.
  • His eyes kept ticking back and forth from the rearview mirror to the winding road ahead.
  • Dad's eyes kept ticking back to the tattoo.
  • As each day passes, the clock keeps ticking for the Knicks.
  • "The market thinks the additional production just isn't coming on on schedule, and the clock keeps ticking away," he said.
tick + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
tick off • tick over • tick down • tick in • tick on • ...
tick + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 6
tick away • tick loudly • tick slowly • tick quietly • tick softly • ...

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