"touch" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

touch verbo

touch + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 91
touch base • touch one's arm • touch one's hand • touch one's shoulder • touch one's face • touch one's cheek • touch one's lips • ...
verbo + touch
Kolokacji: 19
allowed to touch • want to touch • try to touch • avoid touching • seem to touch • ...
touch + preposición
Kolokacji: 48
touch down • touch upon • touch off • touch up • touched by • ...
touch + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 52
barely touch • lightly touch • gently touch • actually touch • hardly touch • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
1. barely touch = ledwie dotknięcie barely touch
2. hardly touch = ledwie dotknięcie hardly touch
  • Once he was in the river, they could hardly touch him.
  • Built in the late 19th century, it had been hardly touched since.
  • In the days following, Richard felt as if his feet hardly touched the ground.
  • She was tiny and her feet hardly touched the floor.
  • On a small table built into the wall sat his dinner, hardly touched.
  • In truth, he never made a big picture and hardly touched anything that had a special effect.
  • She got up from the table, the food hardly touched on her plate.
  • Come to think of it, she'd hardly touched anything, though the food was excellent.
  • The social issues, particularly the question of unemployment, were hardly touched upon.
  • There was one other man in the shower, but, with only two of us, we hardly touched.
(2) lightly, gently, softly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) directly, indirectly, easily
Kolokacji: 3
(8) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(9) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) inappropriately, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) oddly, strangely
Kolokacji: 2

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