"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(1) private, undercover, black
Kolokacji: 3
1. fictional detective = fikcyjny oficer śledczy fictional detective
2. real detective = prawdziwy oficer śledczy real detective
3. real-life detective = oficer śledczy dotyczący rzeczywistych sytuacji real-life detective
  • What I got from the meeting this morning was once we do the scut, we're free to be real-life detectives.
  • In response to the criticism, EastEnders apologised for offending real-life detectives and confirmed that they use a police consultant for such storylines.
  • 'So,' he said without looking up, 'you play the real-life detective for a change?'
  • The detectives on the show are composites of the real-life detectives in the book.
  • There was, in Honolulu, a real-life Chinese detective on the police force, a man named Chang Apana, who people early on insisted was the model for Chan.
  • Angels '88 (Fox) - Four beautiful actresses, out of work when their detective series folds, become real-life detectives.
  • In effect all the actors, as well as the real-life detectives, crooks, thugs and homeless men who appear in the movie, allowed themselves to be stolen from.
  • She was obviously thrilled by the prospect of aiding and abetting a real-life private detective.
  • The real-life detectives portrayed in Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets signed waivers allowing themselves to be portrayed in the show, and some became consultants for the series.
  • Fontana said of the real-life detectives' contributions: "They have great stories, and the rhythms of their different personalities are so special that it's great to have them around."
4. existential detective = egzystencjalny oficer śledczy existential detective
(3) retired, off-duty
Kolokacji: 2
(5) great, good, famous, best
Kolokacji: 4
(6) amateur, professional
Kolokacji: 2
(7) female, fellow, male
Kolokacji: 3
(8) senior, British, junior
Kolokacji: 3
(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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