"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
(3) retired, off-duty
Kolokacji: 2
1. retired detective = wysłany na emeryturę oficer śledczy retired detective
  • He picked up the phone as he watched the retired detective trudge out.
  • "I don't have to talk to a retired detective, you know."
  • One, a retired detective, was a basketball coach at a local church who doted on his young sons.
  • Nick, the retired detective, found a fresh case to solve in each self-contained installment.
  • The suspect's father is a retired detective who was the department's first specialist in cracking cases involving stolen art.
  • But on the morning of March 20, the retired detective awoke in an unusually sour mood.
  • Caught between these two is Bobby Medoro, 41 and a retired detective.
  • The retired detective refused to talk to the sheriff.
  • The retired detective told the group that he thought the President was making a mistake.
  • The retired detective looked around, aware several other passengers had been gathering behind him.
2. off-duty detective = po służbie oficer śledczy off-duty detective
(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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