"tuck" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tuck verbo

tuck + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 10
tuck one's hands • tuck one's head • tuck one's arm • tuck one's hair • tuck one's legs • ...
tuck + preposición
Kolokacji: 34
tuck into • tuck under • tuck behind • tuck up • tuck inside • ...
tuck + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 17
tuck away • safely tucked • tuck neatly • carefully tuck • tuck inside • ...
(2) securely, tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
(3) gently, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
1. gently tuck = łagodnie włóż gently tuck
2. quietly tuck = cicho włóż quietly tuck
  • She had gently, quietly tucked the sheet around her and folded the blanket back a little as she seemed to be very hot.
  • If Germans in Silesia have been getting publicity, there are also some among the Sorbs, tucked quietly into the German majority, who believe that their day has come.
  • His fingers played with the portfolio, then he quietly tucked it away.
  • He quietly tucked his notebook in his jacket pocket, took the car keys off the hook by the back door, and snuck out.
  • The beast's hesitant steps toward the fray gave Mar-tine hope, and she quietly tucked her bundle under her arm in preparation to make a dash for freedom.
  • Mr. Long persuaded senators last year to quietly tuck into a $250 billion Pentagon spending bill a $20 million appropriation for large-scale trials of GP-160.
  • The first big play occurred with 3:55 left in the first half, with the 93,479 fans at Ohio Stadium tucked quietly inside their red ponchos as the rain pounded them.
  • When Republican senators quietly tucked a major new student aid program into the 774-page budget bill last month, they not only approved a five-year, $3.75 billion initiative.
  • We both learned our lessons well when you had us tucked quietly away in rehab on Delta last year.
  • So I quietly tucked the fragments of my heart somewhere under my ribs and decided to get along without one for the future.

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