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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
2. turn serious = obracać się poważny turn serious
  • He chuckled at the look she gave him, then turned more serious.
  • At the age of 15 his interest in music turned serious.
  • She sighed, then seemed to turn a little more serious.
  • This is where the happy story of tennis turns serious.
  • The smile on the President's face died and he turned serious.
  • He turned very serious long before they had finished telling him about it.
  • "My guess would be no." His face turned serious again.
  • But he turns oddly serious on the subject of going home again.
  • He looked at Honor, and his expression turned much more serious.
  • He was about to turn off the set when the announcer turned 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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