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"tighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tighten verbo

tighten + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 30
tighten controls • tighten one's grip • tighten one's belts • tighten security • tighten one's hold • tighten policy • tighten one's arms • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 15
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 7
(1) control, restriction, standard, regulation, rule, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(2) grip, hold, screw, grasp
Kolokacji: 4
(3) belt, arm, noose
Kolokacji: 3
(4) security, policy, credit, sanction, law
Kolokacji: 5
(5) lip, muscle, jaw, throat, mouth, ...
Kolokacji: 6
1. tighten one's lips = dociskać czyjś wargi tighten one's lips
2. tighten one's muscles = dociskać czyjś mięśnie tighten one's muscles
tighten muscles
3. tighten one's jaw = dociskać czyjś szczęka tighten one's jaw
4. tighten one's throat = dociskać czyjś gardło tighten one's throat
5. tighten one's mouth = dociskać czyjś usta tighten one's mouth
  • I held up my hand as Vyland tightened his mouth.
  • He shook his head slowly and tightened his mouth into a thin line.
  • Buff looked back at Mitch, tightened his mouth for a second, then nodded.
  • He tightened his mouth and said, "I wish to sleep now, father.
  • He tightened his mouth and went on with the job.
  • Mistaking the reason for it, the maid tightened her mouth around him.
  • There was the vaguest notion of a smile on his lips, and she tightened her mouth.
  • David tightened pressure a bit and Zukis's mouth twisted in agony.
  • If anything, gaining permission to speak tightened the Green's mouth more.
  • On the other side of the kitchen door Terel tightened her mouth into a firm line.
6. tighten one's chest = dociskać czyjś klatka piersiowa tighten one's chest
(6) finger, hand, fist
Kolokacji: 3
(7) requirement, enforcement
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + tighten
Kolokacji: 4
try tightening • begin tightening • keep tightening • finish tightening
tighten + preposición
Kolokacji: 25
tighten up • tighten around • tighten on • tighten into • tighten with • ...
tighten + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 31
tighten further • tighten slightly • tighten painfully • tighten suddenly • slowly tighten • ...

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