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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 6
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 3
(1) grow, turn, become, get
Kolokacji: 4
1. grow serious = poważnieć grow serious
  • Only on the subject of politics did he grow serious.
  • Her face grew serious as she looked into his eyes.
  • Only once for a brief space did they grow serious.
  • I knew that the difference between the king and my father were growing more serious with the passing of every week.
  • He made a face, but then his expression grew more serious.
  • And his own expression grew serious enough when she could see him no longer.
  • But the threat to her life was growing ever more serious.
  • But then she grew serious again, and time's mark showed in her concern.
  • The little man's face grew serious as they shook hands.
  • "I have heard what you did," he said, growing serious once more.
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
(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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