"while" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

while sustantivo

while + verbo
Kolokacji: 15
while trying • while keeping • while watching • while looking • while maintaining • ...
1. while trying = podczas gdy próbując while trying
  • All the while trying to remember the events of last night because he was "drunk" the whole evening.
  • From here he pursued his day job in scientific advertising with various other companies, all the while trying to write fiction.
  • She signed on to work at various temporary agencies, all the while trying to find a new career that would suit her.
  • I've been sitting here for a while trying to figure out how to describe the book such that you'll read it, but, I just can't.
  • The team made it through the course much quicker, but they took a while trying to put their block onto the end table.
  • The Butcher goes on the run all the while trying to find a host.
  • It means he is pushing the edge of the envelope, all the while trying to maintain his control.
  • Anyway, he struggled for a while trying to find a new career.
  • We spent quite a while trying to get through to him, but we weren't able to do it.
  • The team kicks this nonsense around for a while, trying to form a clear mental image.
2. while keeping = podczas gdy trzymając while keeping
3. while maintaining = podczas gdy utrzymując while maintaining
4. while wondering = podczas gdy zastanawiając się while wondering
5. while comes = podczas gdy przychodzi while comes
6. while takes = podczas gdy bierze while takes
7. while continuing = podczas gdy kontynuując while continuing
8. while making = podczas gdy robiąc while making
9. while working = podczas gdy pracując while working
(2) watch, look, listen, stare
Kolokacji: 4
(3) mutter, say
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + while
Kolokacji: 21
take a while • get in a while • update for a while • lie for a while • sit for a while • ...
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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