"invent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

invent verbo

invent + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 47
invent the Christmas card • invent things • invent a story • invent a machine • invent characters • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(2) thing, detail, stuff
Kolokacji: 3
1. invent things = wymyśl sprawy invent things
2. invent details = wymyśl szczegóły invent details
  • I could have killed that madman, Hadley - there was no need to invent extra details.
  • Unwilling to reveal the truth, Giogi began to invent details of an imaginary conversation he held with the sell-sword.
  • I began inventing details of the mugging - nothing serious enough to keep us in Calcutta an extra day!
  • Othello's imagination runs wild with Iago's invented details and "proofs."
  • He did not want to have to invent details.
  • She was getting pretty good at inventing details for him to note down.
  • The approach focuses on making witness aware of all events surrounding a crime without generating false memories or inventing details.
  • 'Well, sir, if it was a pure fabrication he wouldn't have hesitated to invent details.'
  • It is known that Thevet is not entirely reliable and sometimes invented animals or other details.
  • The psychologist also described how a suspect may also invent details during an interrogation.
3. invent stuff = wynajdź coś invent stuff
(6) way, instrument, tool, crime
Kolokacji: 4
(7) word, dialogue, jazz
Kolokacji: 3
(8) product, scenario, scene
Kolokacji: 3
(9) camera, radio
Kolokacji: 2
(12) gunpowder, dynamite
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + invent
Kolokacji: 6
help invent • try to invent • start inventing • keep inventing • begin inventing • ...
invent + preposición
Kolokacji: 17
invented by • invented in • invent for • invented at • invent on • ...
invent + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
newly invented • originally invented • virtually invent • independently invented • actually invent • ...

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