"thief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

thief sustantivo

sustantivo + thief
Kolokacji: 26
car thief • jewel thief • horse thief • identity thief • master thief • ...
thief + verbo
Kolokacji: 48
thief steals • thief takes • thief breaks • thief uses • thief gets • ...
verbo + thief
Kolokacji: 13
catch a thief • stop thieves • deter thieves • chase thieves • prevent thieves • ...
adjetivo + thief
Kolokacji: 30
petty thief • common thief • professional thief • little thief • young thief • ...
(2) common, bold, casual, local
Kolokacji: 4
1. good thief = dobry złodziej good thief
2. clever thief = mądry złodziej clever thief
3. great thief = wielki złodziej great thief
4. best thief = najlepszy złodziej best thief
5. greatest thief = najbardziej wielki złodziej greatest thief
6. fine thief = wytworny złodziej fine thief
  • O for a fine thief of the age of two-and-twenty or thereabouts!
  • That, her uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time, and her light-fingeredness made the Little Fox a fine thief.
  • The granite itself had been cut and polished so expertly that even the finest thief would slip trying to gain a handhold on it.
  • But after she had taken a few steps, she turned back to add, "After me, my fine thieves, the end of the world.
  • You were the finest thief in Calimport, a position I might have offered you once again.
  • O for a fine thief, of the age of two and twenty or thereabouts!
  • "You must've hired yourself some fine thieves."
  • She hired me because I'm the finest thief who ever lived.
  • She knew Jac was a good man, a fine thief, and a true patriot who wanted to overthrow their king.
  • You appeared from out of nowhere and in less than a year became the city's finest thief.
7. opportunistic thief = oportunistyczny złodziej opportunistic thief
(5) real, potential, actual
Kolokacji: 3
(6) notorious, fellow, known
Kolokacji: 3
(7) murderous, bloody
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + thief
Kolokacji: 11
of thieves • for thieves • with thieves • to thieves • from thieves • ...

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