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amateur detective

collocation in English

meanings of amateurand detective


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amateur
adjective
uk /ˈæm.ə.tər/ us /ˈæm.ə.tʃɚ/
taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as ...
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detective
noun[C]
uk /dɪˈtek.tɪv/ us /dɪˈtek.tɪv/
someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible ...
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Examples of amateur detective


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He used to be an amateurdetective until a case went awry that ruined his reputation.
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Hetty decides to turn amateurdetective to trace him.
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He is an amateurdetective who works closely with the police to pursue criminals.
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It can concentrate on observation; the result is the amateurdetective.
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The amateurdetective is usually a gregarious, well-liked individual who is able to get the community members to talk freely about each other.
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Sonya decides to play amateurdetective and track them down.
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The main character does some amateurdetective work.
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Although the teenager is angry and feisty, he is considered a promising young amateurdetective with a heart of gold.
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Hoch's protagonist is a gifted amateurdetective who uses pure brainpower to solve his cases.
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I wonder whether there is a danger of turning banking staff into amateur detectives.
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One of them is that in times of very grave anxiety like these many people are apt to detect enemy activities everywhere and to become amateur detectives.
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The siblings become amateur detectives, searching for any evidence that might lead them to their sister.
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