"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
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 • ...
(1) away, slowly, upward
Kolokacji: 3
  • And right now, with time ticking away, any lead was better than nothing.
  • Without another mind ticking away in the room, I was able to think more clearly.
  • Time is ticking away, so we need to act soon.
  • The last hours of his life were ticking away, yet he had nothing better to do.
  • She could almost hear the hour ticking away around her.
  • I could not do so, but the minutes were ticking away.
  • All while their time was ticking away - and they were not able to speak to each other.
  • I won't sit here for two hours and watch the time tick away.
  • There was nothing to do but wait while the minutes ticked away.
  • You could feel the seconds ticking away while nothing happened.
2. tick slowly = zaznacz wolno tick slowly
3. tick upward = zaznaczać do góry tick upward
(2) loudly, quietly, softly
Kolokacji: 3

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