"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
(6) amateur, professional
Kolokacji: 2
1. amateur detective = detektyw amator amateur detective
2. professional detective = zawodowy oficer śledczy professional detective
  • His physical strength appeared to be particularly lacking for a professional detective.
  • They were not professional detectives but simply an ordinary couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week for 12 years.
  • "I'm a professional detective just doing her job," she said.
  • Ray fails, because he's a professional detective and therefore much too logical.
  • But it also acquired professional detectives for the first time.
  • During this episode, Kramer mentions how he wants to become a professional private detective.
  • One would scarcely have taken them for professional detectives.
  • She'd never been face to face with a professional detective before.
  • "Because I'm a professional detective, and you're just a performer."
  • He'd better have the name I want, or I'm going to see about getting myself another professional detective for a partner.
(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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