"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 • ...
adverbio + serious
Kolokacji: 36
most serious • potentially serious • extremely serious • pretty serious • far more serious • ...
(1) most, truly
Kolokacji: 2
1. pretty serious = całkiem poważny pretty serious
  • With all these public appearances, the two seem to be getting pretty serious.
  • The word of a businessman was a pretty serious thing.
  • Japan, when you think about it, is a pretty serious place.
  • If you're telling the truth, some- thing pretty serious has changed since the last time I saw him.
  • So you have done a lot of pretty serious journalism.
  • The guys you worked with were pretty serious about the job.
  • After six weeks of this I think we both thought that things were becoming pretty serious.
  • For me, this has made writing children's books a pretty serious business.
  • "I guess he must have some pretty serious psychological problems."
  • After three or four years, the situation got pretty serious.
2. fairly serious = dość poważny fairly serious
3. somewhat serious = nieco poważny somewhat serious
4. overly serious = zbyt poważny overly serious
(7) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
serious + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
serious about • serious for • serious in • serious of • serious to • ...

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