dance: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 series of steps/movements to music
ADJECTIVE
▪ little
▪ fast, lively
▪ slow, stately
▪ first, last
▪ Save the last dance for me.
▪ traditional
▪ ritual
▪ ballroom, folk, square, tap, etc.
▪ rain, victory
▪ mating
▪ pigeons performing their mating dance
VERB + DANCE
▪ dance, do, perform
▪ In her delight she got up and did a little dance.
▪ have
▪ May I have the next dance?
▪ I felt like having a dance.
▪ like
▪ Would you like a dance?
▪ sit out
▪ She had to sit out the last dance because of a twisted ankle.
DANCE + NOUN
▪ music, rhythm
▪ performance, programme/program, routine, sequence, step
▪ partner
▪ class, instructor, lesson, school, teacher
▪ club
▪ floor, hall, studio
2 social meeting with dancing
ADJECTIVE
▪ barn, square
▪ school
▪ homecoming, prom, Sadie Hawkins (= when female students invite male students) (all AmE)
▪ dinner, tea
VERB + DANCE
▪ go to
▪ hold
DANCE + NOUN
▪ band
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the dance
3 dancing as a form of art/entertainment
ADJECTIVE
▪ contemporary, modern
▪ classical
DANCE + NOUN
▪ company, troupe
▪ style
PHRASES
▪ a school of dance, a style of dance
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
ADVERB
▪ wildly
▪ They danced wildly down the street.
▪ slowly
▪ well
▪ about (esp.BrE), around, away, off
▪ together
VERB + DANCE
▪ ask sb to
▪ want to
▪ feel like dancing
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪ He was almost dancing for joy.
▪ to
▪ We danced to the music.
▪ with
▪ Will you dance with me?
Dance is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye, ↑flame, ↑moonlight, ↑shadow
Dance is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ballet, ↑dance, ↑role, ↑solo, ↑waltz