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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
  • Yet he stood at his wife's side; and the sight tightened Linden's throat.
  • Then scraping sounds from behind the trees tightened my throat.
  • As he leaned over her, love tightened his throat.
  • But fear and anger tightened her throat almost to choking-point.
  • The thought tightened her throat, and she breathed carefully to calm back down.
  • This was followed immediately by a nostalgia which tightened his throat.
  • The pain beneath her words tightened his throat too much.
  • A piece of wire had been tightened round his throat.
  • Something of pain and loss so raw that it tightened my throat.
  • The tears she had managed to fight off until now tightened her throat.
5. tighten one's mouth = dociskać czyjś usta tighten one's mouth
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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