"serious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

serious adjetivo

serious + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 566
serious problem • serious injury • serious threat • serious damage • serious condition • serious crime • serious illness • serious issue • ...
verbo + serious
Kolokacji: 11
grow serious • turn serious • look serious • become serious • sound serious • consider serious • ...
(1) grow, turn, become, get
Kolokacji: 4
1. grow serious = poważnieć grow serious
2. turn serious = obracać się poważny turn serious
3. become serious = stój się poważny become serious
  • Financial problems became serious enough for Sherman to sell the company to the city government in the 1920s.
  • He glanced away from the road and became more serious.
  • But it is clear that the talks have become serious.
  • After six weeks of this I think we both thought that things were becoming pretty serious.
  • Also, he was becoming serious about his dream of writing.
  • Talk about the need for a European central bank is becoming more serious.
  • But one of his best friends is in a relationship that has become increasingly serious.
  • So we became serious and hung out together nearly every day.
  • In the short time since then, the situation has become more serious.
  • There he finally seemed to settle down and became serious.
4. get serious = spoważnieć, stawać się poważnym (np. o sytuacji, problemach) get serious
(2) look, sound, face
Kolokacji: 3
(3) consider, deem, take, prove
Kolokacji: 4
adverbio + serious
Kolokacji: 36
most serious • potentially serious • extremely serious • pretty serious • far more serious • ...
serious + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
serious about • serious for • serious in • serious of • serious to • ...

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