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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
(13) use, spend, help
Kolokacji: 3
(14) want, hope
Kolokacji: 2
1. detective wants = oficer śledczy chce detective wants
  • The older detective wants to leave this terrible city and start a new life in a safer place.
  • The young detective wants to make changes and make the city safer for everybody.
  • You're probably wondering just what the private detective wanted to talk to me about.
  • He'd handled Grossman well, but she knew the detective would want her to verify his story.
  • The detective wanted to see what the reporter's response would be.
  • As a preliminary, the detectives wanted to examine the camera.
  • How far had she tracked him, the detectives wanted to know.
  • The detectives wanted to know if anything was missing.
  • The detective remembered that she hadn't wanted to sit talking in her car.
  • But why did the detective want to see her?
2. detective hopes = oficer śledczy ma nadzieję detective hopes
(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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