Collocations com o verbo "to hit"

Collocations com o verbo “to hit” Posted by Adir on Jul 6, 2012 in Intermediário

E hoje é sexta-feira, minha gente! Dia de collocations!

A palavra escolhida hoje é o verbo to hit, que significa basicamente atingir, bater em alguma coisa e pode ainda ser usado de várias formas.

Vejamos algumas collocations:

He hit the bell with the hammer. [bateu no sino]
…as the plane hit the ground. [tocou o chão]
He was hit by a car. [atropelado]
My car was hit from behind by a truck. [atingido]
The ceiling’s low, so be careful you don’t hit your head. [bater a cabeça]
Hit the ball as hard as you can. [acerta a bola]
…hit 49 home runs [fez]
She hit the brakes just in time. [pisou no freio]
The bomb failed to hit its target. [atingir o alvo]
The village has been hit by a devastating drought. [atingida]

Hurricane Louis is expected to hit at the weekend. [chegar]
The company has been hard hit by the drop in consumer confidence. [muito, seriamente afetada]
My father hit a bad patch, he had to sell the house. [passar por dificuldade]
She was hit by a stray bullet. [atingida, ferida]
…a singer who hit the big time in 1998 [fez muito sucesso]
She hits forty this year and we’re planning a big party. [faz 40 anos]
When you hit the traffic lights, turn left. [chegar]
It suddenly hit her that she would never see him again. [ela se deu conta]
Just hit the Save button every few minutes. [aperte]
Let’s hit the road. [sair de viagem]

Sales have hit the 1 million mark. [atingir a marca]
Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. [atingir o pico]
Oil prices have hit rock-bottom. [baixar muito]
I’ll look for work as soon as I hit town. [chegar na cidade]
I managed to get a copy of the book before it hit the shops. [chegar nas lojas]
The couple hit the headlines last year when their relationship broke down. [apareceu nas manchetes]
After his marriage failed, he hit the bottle big time. [começou a beber]
I’ve got a big test tomorrow, so I guess I’ll just hit the books. [estudar]
After practice, I just hit the showers and went home. [ir para o chuveiro]
I’m going to hit the gym now, want to come with? [ir para a academia]