"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

1. detective says = oficer śledczy mówi detective says

Detective says

2. detective tells = oficer śledczy mówi detective tells

3. detective takes = oficer śledczy bierze detective takes

4. detective asks = oficer śledczy pyta detective asks

5. detective testifies = oficer śledczy zeznaje detective testifies

6. detective nods = oficer śledczy kiwa głową detective nods

7. detective replies = oficer śledczy odpowiada detective replies

8. detective speaks = oficer śledczy mówi detective speaks

9. detective shows = oficer śledczy pokazuje detective shows

10. detective explains = oficer śledczy wyjaśnia detective explains

"I want to make an investigation," the detective explained.
Sensing it, the private detective explained his chief worry.
The detective politely explains, "The trial is in a month."
The detective was explaining how he had arrived back at Eighteenth Street so suddenly.
"Rund jumped from a window of his private office," explained the detective.
Neither the detectives nor prosecutors have ever explained why they thought he was involved.
As they breakfasted, the detective explained what he wished done.
"Exactly what I said," the detective explains on the other line.
"The detective should have explained the facts of city life."

11. detective visits = wizyty oficera śledczego detective visits

12. detective shrugs = oficer śledczy wzrusza ramionami detective shrugs

13. detective talks = oficer śledczy rozmawia detective talks

(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

(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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