"while" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

while sustantivo

while + verbo

Kolokacji: 15

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

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

Kolokacji: 9

(2) watch, look, listen, stare

Kolokacji: 4

1. while watching = podczas gdy patrząc while watching

2. while looking = podczas gdy patrząc while looking

I stood for a while looking across the dark fields, thinking of the night which was ending now.
And after a long while, looking, he began to tremble.
Afterward, I took a long time drying myself and sat on the sea wall for a while just looking at the ocean.
The woman was quiet for a while looking at her child.
There he sat for quite a while looking around, seeming to see something of importance.
They talked gently to each other, all the while looking.
I stood for a while looking at the books but that quickly proved to be a waste of time.
He ran his own palm across mine, all the while looking into my face.
Everyone sat for a while looking at the empty platform.
He talks into it for 20 minutes, all the while looking at me.

3. while listening = podczas gdy słuchając while listening

4. while staring = podczas gdy wpatrując się while staring

(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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