"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 • ...

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 • ...

frequent collocations

Kolokacji: 8

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 14

(1) private, undercover, black

Kolokacji: 3

(2) fictional, real, real-life, existential

Kolokacji: 4

(3) retired, off-duty

Kolokacji: 2

(4) young, experienced, new, old, corrupt

Kolokacji: 5

(5) great, good, famous, best

Kolokacji: 4

(6) amateur, professional

Kolokacji: 2

(7) female, fellow, male

Kolokacji: 3

(8) senior, British, junior

Kolokacji: 3

(9) psychic, brilliant, greatest, clever

Kolokacji: 4

(10) local, medical

Kolokacji: 2

(11) hard-boiled, tough

Kolokacji: 2

(12) Belgian, French, American

Kolokacji: 3

(13) Savage, cynical, dogged

Kolokacji: 3

1. Savage Detective = Brutalny Oficer Śledczy Savage Detective

Savage Detectives for example has a much more Mexican character.
Anyway, I already read "The Savage Detectives" and need a night off.
The Savage Detectives looks positively hermetic beside it.
I've just dug into The Savage Detectives, and I'd love some company.
The book's second section, "The Savage Detectives," comprises nearly two-thirds of the novel's total length.
In the second part of The Savage Detectives, an author named Arcimboldi is mentioned.
Francisco was busy urging me to get "The Savage Detectives."
I knew they must be shopping "The Savage Detectives."
He affectionately parodied aspects of the movement in The Savage Detectives.
Bolaño called The Savage Detectives "a love letter to my generation."

2. cynical detective = cyniczny oficer śledczy cynical detective

3. dogged detective = uparty oficer śledczy dogged detective

(14) forensic, literary

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + detective

Kolokacji: 6

to detectives • of detectives • with detectives • for detectives • from detectives • ...

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