"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. completely serious = całkowicie poważny completely serious
2. entirely serious = całkowicie poważny entirely serious
3. terribly serious = szalenie poważny terribly serious
4. totally serious = zupełnie poważny totally serious
5. altogether serious = całkiem poważny altogether serious
  • His complaints, though not altogether serious, had already aroused some counter-reactions among the local intelligentsia.
  • No one can come out looking altogether serious after as much television coverage as Mr. Clinton has sought and endured in the last few months.
  • In a clear, firm voice Leaf said, "I'm altogether serious.
  • It was a dark night and his face was invisible, but his tone was altogether serious.
  • He never seems altogether serious about anything, but he knows a great deal about what he doesn't want to be.
  • He was not altogether serious.
  • Ray was an altogether serious man and had a little sharp-featured wife who had also a sharp voice.
  • There was no incredulity or scorn in her voice; she was altogether serious.
  • His way of speaking was quiet and altogether serious.
  • I smiled a little, to hear him call Jamie "father-in-law," but the tone of his voice was altogether serious.
6. intellectually serious = intelektualnie poważny intellectually serious
(7) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
serious + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
serious about • serious for • serious in • serious of • serious to • ...

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