"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
(5) great, good, famous, best
Kolokacji: 4
1. great detective = wielki oficer śledczy great detective
2. good detective = dobry oficer śledczy good detective
3. famous detective = sławny oficer śledczy famous detective
  • "Particularly now when the world learns that you are also a famous all-knowing detective."
  • Isn't he one of the most famous private detectives in the country?
  • I came across a man in Belgium once, a very famous detective, and he quite inflamed me.
  • Fozzie told his mother that he was a famous detective and had a girlfriend.
  • Various doctors have been unable to explain this to him and he has now turned to the famous detective.
  • So many things fall short of the build-up, I want to see if a famous detective does.
  • "I'd like to know the same thing from you," the famous detective replied with a smile.
  • He stood now gazing with great reverence at the famous detective.
  • Am I mistaken in thinking you two are the sons of that famous detective?
  • I had supposed that naturally she would say it was curiosity about the office of a great and famous detective.
4. best detective = najlepszy oficer śledczy best detective
(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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