"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
  • Will he make a good husband to his young wife and a good detective'?
  • Would I make a good detective, do you think?
  • You're a good enough detective to figure that out.
  • She only lacked experience, I thought, to make a really good detective.
  • A good detective didn't draw conclusions until he had all the facts.
  • I think perhaps some day you will make very good detectives or spies.
  • Unfortunately for the kids, he was a very good detective.
  • He decided that the millionaire would have made a good detective.
  • I don't think you would have made a very good detective.
  • He had to admit it, she'd have made a good detective.
3. famous detective = sławny oficer śledczy 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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