"while" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

while sustantivo

while + verbo

Kolokacji: 15

while trying • while keeping • while watching • while looking • while maintaining • ...

verbo + while

Kolokacji: 21

take a while • get in a while • update for a while • lie for a while • sit for a while • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) take, get, lie, sit, make, ...

Kolokacji: 13

(2) update, talk, watch, say, smile

Kolokacji: 5

1. update for a while = aktualizacja przez chwilę update for a while

2. talk for a while = rozmawiaj przez chwilę talk for a while

3. watch for a while = popatrz przez chwilę watch for a while

There wouldn't be anything much to watch, for a while now.
We'll watch them for a while, see how they spend their time.
I watched her for a little while without being seen.
I watch him for a while through the glass door.
As it was, we were going to have to watch our step for a while.
I sat in the only chair available to me and watched the campaign for a while.
We watched them for a while, too far away to hear.
Fact is, I've been watching your house for a while.
We watched together for a while, then Dad went back to town.
They watched for a while and then called the others.

4. say after a while = powiedz po chwili say after a while

5. smile the while = uśmiechać się podczas gdy smile the while

(3) live, think, know

Kolokacji: 3

adjetivo + while

Kolokacji: 5

little while • short while • long while • good while • great while

preposición + while

Kolokacji: 5

for a while • after a while • in a while • worth one's while • between whiles

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