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Successor Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Trickle or drip

Hello,

please could you tell me the best collocation in the following context?

He toweled his face, feeling some drops of cold water trickling down his neck.



  

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It would sound like water was running down from his hair, perhaps. "Drip" is an interesting verb. You can say "The faucet is dripping" to mean it is dripping water.

  • It would sound like water was running down from his hair, perhaps.
  • "Drip" is an interesting verb.
  • You can say "The faucet is dripping" to mean it is dripping water.
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You could - it would be okay.It would sound like water was running down from his hair, perhaps.

"Drip" is an interesting verb.

You can say "The faucet is dripping" to mean it is dripping water.

But you can also say "Water is dripping [from the faucet]."

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