"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 • ...

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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

Kolokacji: 16

(2) painfully, hard, gently, firmly

Kolokacji: 4

1. tighten painfully = dociśnij boleśnie tighten painfully

2. tighten hard = dociśnij mocno tighten hard

Dr. Frazer's grip tightened hard on his arm.
And I say, 'Sure,' and put my foot in the square of her back and tighten hard," she said.
He grasped Matthew, and felt Matthew's hand tighten hard on his wrist.
My face was buried in his rank red fur as I tightened hard, harder than I ever had before.
I looked at his buttocks, and the muscles tightened hard, as if he knew I was looking at him.
It's just-" Her words cut short suddenly as Fiben's left arm tightened hard around her throat.
His grasp tightened hard, so that I jerked unconsciously, trying to pull away from him.
The rope tightened hard against Cromwell's waxy-smooth skin.
His fingers tightened hard.

3. gently tighten = łagodnie dociśnij gently tighten

4. tighten firmly = dociśnij stanowczo tighten firmly

(3) suddenly, sharply

Kolokacji: 2

(4) convulsively, steadily

Kolokacji: 2

(5) merely, simply

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 3

(7) automatically, reflexively

Kolokacji: 2

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