"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(5) work, solve, bring, handle
Kolokacji: 4
(8) search, raid, scour
Kolokacji: 3
(9) believe, wait, think
Kolokacji: 3
(13) use, spend, help
Kolokacji: 3
(14) want, hope
Kolokacji: 2
(15) stare, listen, uncover
Kolokacji: 3
1. detective stares = spojrzenia oficera śledczego detective stares
2. detective listens = oficer śledczy słucha detective listens
  • The detective listened and shook his head.
  • Mr. Parker puts these words into the mouth of another man's hero; but his own detective must have been listening.
  • The detective listened as the prosecutor talked.
  • The detective hired by Arjun follows him and listens their conversation.
  • A detective interviews one of the anglers as Speedle listens.
  • While in his car, Chuck tries to reason with Conway, but the detective doesn't listen.
  • The detective went upstairs and listened intently at the door of Moultrie's apartment.
  • The detective then listens to the witness' accounts and then interrogates them.
  • The detective listened with keen interest while his sons poured out the story of the robbery and the missing Sleuth.
  • There was a pause as the detective listened intently.
3. detective uncovers = oficer śledczy wykrywa detective uncovers
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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