"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 • ...

frequent collocations

Kolokacji: 10

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 10

(1) story, tale, yarn

Kolokacji: 3

(2) work, series, magazine, movie, film, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(3) novel, fiction, novelist, writer

Kolokacji: 4

1. detective novel = powieść detektywistyczna detective novel

The same is true for the opening of the detective novel in Task 1.
But the detective novels failed to make enough money to support him.
"If there are detective novels all over the place, the people probably wouldn't be of interest to me," he said.
"Well, I have read every detective novel that has been published in the last ten years."
Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."
And it had all the elements of a detective novel.
This isn't a detective novel, it only looks like one.
As they say in the detective novels, everything fell into place.
In addition to all this, he still found time to write a play, and several detective novels.
His love of detective novels often paid off in the real world.

2. detective fiction = fikcja detektywistyczna detective fiction

Detective Fiction

3. detective novelist = powieściopisarz oficera śledczego detective novelist

4. detective writer = pisarz oficera śledczego detective writer

(4) agency, squad, bureau, division, team, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(5) sergeant, Inspector, Constable, lieutenant

Kolokacji: 4

(6) Comic, drama, genre, Williams

Kolokacji: 4

(7) Conan, Goren, Benson

Kolokacji: 3

(8) Superintendent, skill, hero, character

Kolokacji: 4

(9) Samuel

Kolokacji: 2

(10) thriller, mystery

Kolokacji: 2

detective + verbo

Kolokacji: 98

detective investigates • detective says • detective finds • detective goes • detective working • ...

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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