"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
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
  • For the next ten minutes the tension grew aboard the French ships as the minutes ticked away towards 2 p.m.
  • His suit told him as much, chirruping with detailed analyses of the way the substrate was altering; quantum indices ticking towards unexplored new realms.
  • As the clock ticked towards 70 minutes, Cork never really looked assured.
  • Boos rang out throughout the venue and the clock ticked towards midnight as puzzled organisers scurried around the building shutting doors and switching off air conditioning systems.
  • As the hand on the Centre clock ticked towards six, Sidney, David and I were still huddled in the small staff room, getting increasingly impatient.
  • For a few minutes he'd forgotten that they were adrift, had forgotten about the time bombs ticking towards midnight.
  • As the clock ticked towards full time Jake Harris scored the equaliser in the 87th minute having only been on the pitch for nine minutes.
  • Did the film team just happen upon him by chance in the bar as his meter ticked towards 'maudlin'?
  • With the clock ticking towards the handover, the key question is whether the new force will be able to get a grip on the endemic insecurity.
  • As the clock ticked towards the appointed hour, the bridegroom and his best man arrived to huge applause from the crowd.
tick + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 6
tick away • tick loudly • tick slowly • tick quietly • tick softly • ...

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