WAYS OF CRYING
English Language III
Prof. Claudia Schander
CRY
Cry – Idioms & Phrases to cry with pain/happiness/relief/rage etc: to cry tears of rage/frustration/pain etc: to cry yourself to sleep (=cry continuously until you sleep) to cry your eyes/heart out to cry foul to cry on someone’s shoulder to cry over spilt milk for crying out loud to break down and cry to cry crocodile tears to cry wolf a crying need to cry for the moon
SOB
Sob – collocations ADV. aloud | loudly | quietly, silently | hysterically, uncontrollably, wildly | almost VERB + SOB begin to, start to | hear sb PREP. with She was sobbing with pain and fear PHRASES sob your heart out
Sob – Noun ADJ. big, deep, great | little | loud | choked, hoarse, stifled, strangled | choking, gasping, gulping, racking, shuddering | occasional | dry VERB + SOB give, let out | be racked by/with, shake with| hear SOB + VERB break from sb/sth, burst from sb/sth, escape sb/sth | rise| catch| rack sth, shake sth| subside PREP. between ~s / through ~s / with a ~ / ~ of
WEEP
Weep – collocations ADV. copiously | loudly | quietly, silently | openly, unashamedly| bitterly | inconsolably, uncontrollably| almost | a little VERB + WEEP begin to, start to | want to | make sb
PREP. at| for | over| with PHRASES: break down and weep| weep and wail| weep buckets (infml. A lot)
BAWL
WAIL
Wail – collocations (V) - ADV. almost | helplessly VERB + WAIL begin to | hear sb PREP. for | with PHRASES weeping and wailing A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and wailing. (N) - ADJ. loud | high, high-pitched | banshee | distant VERB + WAIL give, let out | hear
WHIMPER
Whimper – collocations (V) ADV. softly| pathetically VERB + WHIMPER begin to, start to | hear sb PREP. with PHRASES whimper like a child (N) ADJ.little, small | frightened, pathetic
VERB + WHIMPER give
WHINE
Whine – collocations (V) ADV. faintly, softly (N) ADJ.high, high-pitched | piercing | nasal VERB + WHINE give, let out | hear PREP. with a / ~ of PHRASES the whine of a bullet/an engine/a motor
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CRY
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WAYS OF CRYING
English Language III
Prof. Claudia Schander
CRY
Cry – Idioms & Phrases to cry with pain/happiness/relief/rage etc: to cry tears of rage/frustration/pain etc: to cry yourself to sleep (=cry continuously until you sleep) to cry your eyes/heart out to cry foul to cry on someone’s shoulder to cry over spilt milk for crying out loud to break down and cry to cry crocodile tears to cry wolf a crying need to cry for the moon
SOB
Sob – collocations ADV. aloud | loudly | quietly, silently | hysterically, uncontrollably, wildly | almost VERB + SOB begin to, start to | hear sb PREP. with She was sobbing with pain and fear PHRASES sob your heart out
Sob – Noun ADJ. big, deep, great | little | loud | choked, hoarse, stifled, strangled | choking, gasping, gulping, racking, shuddering | occasional | dry VERB + SOB give, let out | be racked by/with, shake with| hear SOB + VERB break from sb/sth, burst from sb/sth, escape sb/sth | rise| catch| rack sth, shake sth| subside PREP. between ~s / through ~s / with a ~ / ~ of
WEEP
Weep – collocations ADV. copiously | loudly | quietly, silently | openly, unashamedly| bitterly | inconsolably, uncontrollably| almost | a little VERB + WEEP begin to, start to | want to | make sb PREP. at| for | over| with PHRASES: break down and weep| weep and wail| weep buckets (infml. A lot)
BAWL
WAIL
Wail – collocations (V) - ADV. almost | helplessly VERB + WAIL begin to | hear sb PREP. for | with PHRASES weeping and wailing A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and wailing. (N) - ADJ. loud | high, high-pitched | banshee | distant VERB + WAIL give, let out | hear
WHIMPER
Whimper – collocations (V) ADV. softly| pathetically VERB + WHIMPER begin to, start to | hear sb PREP. with PHRASES whimper like a child (N) ADJ.little, small | frightened, pathetic VERB + WHIMPER give
WHINE
Whine – collocations (V) ADV. faintly, softly (N) ADJ.high, high-pitched | piercing | nasal VERB + WHINE give, let out | hear PREP. with a / ~ of PHRASES the whine of a bullet/an engine/a motor
BLUBBER
THANK YOU!
KEEP ON WORKING