"tight" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tight adjetivo

tight + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 264
tight end • tight control • tight budget • tight race • tight circle • tight security • tight grip • tight smile • tight spot • tight schedule • ...
verbo + tight
Kolokacji: 11
sit tight • feel tight • grow tighter • hold tight • draw tight • ...
1. sit tight = nie zmieniać decyzji, nie podejmować nowych decyzji sit tight
2. grow tighter = stój się ciaśniejszy grow tighter
3. pull tight = odciągnij pull tight
4. draw tight = narysuj mocno draw tight
  • He seemed to have been drawn even tighter than usual.
  • It drew instantly tight and pulled him several feet above the floor.
  • The cop looked at him sideways, his lips drawing a little tighter, but he said nothing.
  • The tension drew tighter, so tight she thought she'd soon explode with it.
  • He studied the little peak as it drew tight and pink with her growing hunger.
  • The city council's boundaries are drawn so tight that everywhere is within cycling distance.
  • A rope sailed over the bear's head, drawing tight and dragging it back.
  • The loop drew tight and Banouin tried to haul the horse from the water.
  • Suddenly he felt as though a knotted rope had been fastened around his head and was being drawn ever tighter.
  • Susan's lips drew tight and Banks could feel the waves of humiliation flowing from her.
5. stretch tight = rozciągnij mocno stretch tight
(2) feel, hold, wind
Kolokacji: 3
(3) squeeze, clench, cling
Kolokacji: 3
adverbio + tight
Kolokacji: 16
extremely tight • pretty tight • fairly tight • increasingly tight • unusually tight • ...
tight + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
tight with • tight in • tight to • tight around • tight of • ...

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