"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

1. fictional detective = fikcyjny oficer śledczy fictional detective

2. real detective = prawdziwy oficer śledczy real detective

What real detective, we wonder, really solves cases with a magnifying glass?
"And just when you were supposed to teach me how to be a real detective, street smart."
And a real detective like me-" The thought was too much for him.
"I'm going to have to do an end run around her and get a real detective so this doesn't get screwed up."
"Could one of you please get a real detective here?"
So what would a real detective do now?
"Gee, we'd like to know how to be real detectives," said Rick.
Play - acting half the time and thinking he's a real detective.
Gee, lady, you sure are a real detective and all.
"Then you get something like this where you need to be a real detective."

3. real-life detective = oficer śledczy dotyczący rzeczywistych sytuacji real-life detective

4. existential detective = egzystencjalny oficer śledczy existential detective

(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

(14) forensic, literary

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + detective

Kolokacji: 6

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

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