"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

Cadderly sat for a while longer, watching the young woman.
We stood outside for a while watching my car.
So I spoke to him about other matters, and all the while watched the monkey.
For almost an hour he continued tacking, all the while watching the storm up ahead.
She shrugged her thin shoulders, all the while watching him closely.
The nearest guard tried hard to look impassive, all the while watching her with his mouth half open.
She quickly but thoroughly cleaned the baby's bottom, all the while watching for the slightest sign that he was coming around.
He slid the weapon beneath the covers and released the safety, all the while watching the door.
Then it sat for a while, watching the fire, sniffed at last that it was time to be moving on.
He returned with a large bottle and two goblets; both men sat silently for a while watching the training.

2. while looking = podczas gdy patrząc while looking

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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