"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
4. get serious = spoważnieć, stawać się poważnym (np. o sytuacji, problemach) get serious
  • We tossed each other around a little, then chose swords and got serious.
  • It is if you're getting serious enough that he'll be spending time around Holly.
  • He put his arms back down and got serious.
  • Critics say the whole thing has gotten too serious.
  • Tommy Tee also started doing production work in the late 1980s but got more serious on the music throughout the 90's.
  • "I think this has just got serious, sir," he said.
  • By the time the principal was called, it had gotten pretty serious.
  • This is a serious problem getting more serious every day.
  • Things start to get serious with only the top five remaining.
  • It is high time that we stopped wringing our hands and got 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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