"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

1. detective finds = oficer śledczy znajduje detective finds

Detective finds

2. detective tries = oficer śledczy próbuje detective tries

detective trying, Detective tries

3. detective discovers = oficer śledczy odkrywa detective discovers

4. detective sees = oficer śledczy widzi detective sees

5. detective calls = oficer śledczy dzwoni detective calls

6. detective learns = oficer śledczy uczy się detective learns

7. detective watches = oficer śledczy patrzy detective watches

The other detectives watched him as he examined the safe.
It was the signal the detective had been watching for.
The other detective was watching Slips from the corner of his eye.
The detective watched the young woman come to the door.
The detectives watched closely to be sure none of them moved until they were supposed to.
The detectives were still watching him, waiting for the verdict.
A detective was watching you when you came out of the club.
Certainly, the detectives were watching her, but it seemed that others were in the know, too.
They had probably notified all the police of the big cities, and detectives would be watching for him.
Two detectives in an unmarked car parked across the street and watched.

8. detective decides = oficer śledczy decyduje detective decides

9. detective identifies = oficer śledczy identyfikuje detective identifies

10. detective determines = oficer śledczy ustala detective determines

11. detective concludes = oficer śledczy kończy detective concludes

12. detective names = imiona oficera śledczego detective names

13. detective gathers = marszczenia oficera śledczego detective gathers

(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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