"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 12

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) up, around, on, into, with, ...

Kolokacji: 12

1. tighten up = zaostrzyć (np. przepisy, regulacje) tighten up

2. tighten around = dociśnij wokół tighten around

3. tighten on = dociskać na tighten on

4. tighten into = dociskać do tighten into

He tightened his own hands into fists, for a moment.
My hands tightened into fists, the thought not sitting well with me.
As he had expected, her lips tightened into a thin line.
Whatever she'd been about to say died on lips that tightened into a straight line.
He didn't move back, but his hands tightened into fists.
He raised his right hand and tightened it into a fist.
She drew away from me and tightened the hand into a fist.
Meanwhile, his right hand had tightened into a fist again.
He then tightened his hands into fists, opened them flat again.
Her fingers in his hair tightened into fists from the pain.

5. tighten with = dociskać z tighten with

6. tighten at = dociskać przy tighten at

7. tighten in = dociskać w tighten in

8. tighten to = dociskać aby tighten to

9. tighten for = dociskać dla tighten for

10. tighten over = dociskać ponad tighten over

11. tighten about = dociskać około tighten about

12. tighten against = dociskać przeciwko tighten against

(2) down, by, after, across, upon, ...

Kolokacji: 13

tighten + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 31

tighten further • tighten slightly • tighten painfully • tighten suddenly • slowly tighten • ...

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