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"detective" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

detective sustantivo

sustantivo + detective
Kolokacji: 31
police detective • homicide detective • narcotics detective • Manhattan detective • lead detective • ...
detective + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 41
detective story • detective work • detective novel • detective agency • detective fiction • detective sergeant • ...
detective + verbo
Kolokacji: 98
detective investigates • detective says • detective finds • detective goes • detective working • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 14
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) investigate, question, interview, examine, canvas, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(2) say, tell, take, ask, testify, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(3) find, try, discover, see, call, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(4) go, come, arrive, stand, walk, ...
Kolokacji: 15
(5) work, solve, bring, handle
Kolokacji: 4
(6) arrest, get, seize, smile, grunt
Kolokacji: 5
(7) look, begin, continue, enter, stop, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(8) search, raid, scour
Kolokacji: 3
(9) believe, wait, think
Kolokacji: 3
(10) make, know, obtain, receive, recover, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(11) follow, pursue, track, trace, chase
Kolokacji: 5
(12) leave, give, turn, shake, fire, ...
Kolokacji: 7
1. detective leaves = liście oficera śledczego detective leaves
2. detective gives = oficer śledczy daje detective gives
3. detective turns = oficer śledczy obraca się detective turns
4. detective shakes = koktajle mleczne oficera śledczego detective shakes
  • The detective shook hands with the engineer; then left.
  • Barth looked at him; the detective merely shook his head.
  • The detective hesitated, then shook his head and started off in his car.
  • The detective shook his head and produced a stick of chewing gum instead.
  • The detective introduced himself and shook hands briefly, no commitment evident on either side.
  • The detective shook his head as he turned to the men about him.
  • The detective shook his head and stepped back to the bluff.
  • The detective would slightly shake his head or tell the witness to try again.
  • The detective took a few steps towards the door; turned as if remembering his manners, and shook hands.
  • A third detective joined them and shook his head.
5. detective fires = ognie oficera śledczego detective fires
6. detective opens = świeże powietrza oficera śledczego detective opens
7. detective exchanges = wymiany oficera śledczego detective exchanges
(13) use, spend, help
Kolokacji: 3
(14) want, hope
Kolokacji: 2
(15) stare, listen, uncover
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + detective
Kolokacji: 13
tell detectives • play detective • detective assigned • hire a detective • detective called • ...
adjetivo + detective
Kolokacji: 42
private detective • undercover detective • fictional detective • retired detective • young detective • ...
preposición + detective
Kolokacji: 6
to detectives • of detectives • with detectives • for detectives • from detectives • ...

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