"twist" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

twist verbo

twist + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 27
twist one's arm • twist one's head • twist one's ankle • twist one's body • twist one's face • twist one's hands • twist one's neck • ...
verbo + twist
Kolokacji: 7
try to twist • begin twisting • begin to twist • keep twisting • try twisting • ...
twist + preposición
Kolokacji: 37
twist into • twist around • twist up • twist off • twist through • ...
twist + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 41
twist away • twisted together • twist slightly • twist about • twist slowly • ...
(1) away, aside, forth
Kolokacji: 3
(4) free, hard, gently, badly
Kolokacji: 4
1. twist free = skręt wolny twist free
2. twist hard = skręt mocno twist hard
3. gently twist = łagodnie skręt gently twist
4. badly twisted = źle poskręcany badly twisted
  • What sort of misery does he really live in, to get himself twisted quite so badly?
  • All she succeeded in doing, however, was badly twisting her left ankle.
  • Two had been badly twisted but the protective covers remained intact.
  • Sitting on his desk was a radio so badly twisted and burned that it looked like abstract sculpture.
  • The van came to rest on its roof, its steel frame badly twisted, and caught fire, he said.
  • When out training on the streets of Brighton in late 1981, he ran into some railings and badly twisted his knee.
  • Its front forks were badly twisted and the wheel jammed immovably between them.
  • Wandle had not only lost her bow; what remained of her was now badly twisted.
  • A sudden dip caused the horse to stumble, but it managed to keep its feet, though one leg twisted badly.
  • I thought of asking why he didn't lend a hand himself in this clerical emergency, but then saw his hands-both badly twisted with arthritis.
(6) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(7) awkwardly, grotesquely
Kolokacji: 2
(9) backward, backwards
Kolokacji: 2

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