"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 • ...
(1) off, over, down, in, on, ...
Kolokacji: 9
1. tick at = zaznaczać przy tick at
2. tick to = zaznaczać aby tick to
3. tick toward = zaznaczać w kierunku tick toward
4. tick with = zaznaczać z tick with
5. tick against = zaznaczać przeciwko tick against
  • Her needles ticked rhythmically against each other as she worked.
  • He peered into the works and ticked his nail against one of the chimes.
  • He wrote in his notebook, the pen ticking against the screen.
  • The locket ticked against the bottom of the puzzle box.
  • It was snowing, the fat flakes ticking against the glass.
  • The snow had now vanished from sight, but he could still hear it ticking faintly against the window.
  • I thought of the hostages and how the clock was ticking against them.
  • Ice was ticking against the windows as I lit the pile and watched it catch.
  • Even when court rulings were going his way, the clock was ticking against him.
  • Sand ticked against the windows, and the guard lights came on in the school yard.
6. tick through = zaznacz całkowicie tick through
7. tick inside = zaznacz do środka tick inside
8. tick into = zaznaczać do tick into
9. tick towards = zaznaczać w kierunku tick towards
tick + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 6
tick away • tick loudly • tick slowly • tick quietly • tick softly • ...

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