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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
(2) look, sound, face
Kolokacji: 3
1. look serious = wyglądaj poważnie look serious
2. sound serious = dźwięk poważny sound serious
  • Although the meaning can sound pretty serious, many people use this term to be polite.
  • From the way you described it, the situation sounds serious.
  • He made it sound so serious for such a small request.
  • Look, buddy, if we hear anything we'll let you know, but it don't sound serious to me.
  • One of them spoke in a voice that sounded serious.
  • If you say he's out four weeks, that sounds serious.
  • Although the name sounds pretty serious, the condition typically isn't.
  • You should've heard them trying to sound serious after my funeral.
  • The company said those incidents sound more serious than they really are.
  • "He sounded serious about throwing us in the river to me."
3. face serious = twarz poważny face serious
(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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