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Collocations for bubble - noun

ADJECTIVE

air, gas, soap
little, tiny
The champagne was full of tiny bubbles.

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VERB + bubble

blow
The children were blowing bubbles.
burst, pop
They jumped around, bursting the bubbles.

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bubble + VERB

form
Soap bubbles formed on the surface.
burst, pop
float, rise

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Collocations for bubble - verb

1. form bubbles

ADVERB

furiously
The water in the saucepan was bubbling furiously.
away, up
The soup was bubbling away on the stove.

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2. feeling

ADVERB

to the surface
Emotions quickly bubble to the surface.
over, up
He was bubbling over with excitement.

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PREPOSITION

inside
She could feel the anger bubbling up inside her.
with
The business was still small but I was bubbling with ideas.

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Bubble is used with these nouns as the subject:
excitement, pot, spring

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