"hint" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

hint sustantivo

sustantivo + hint
Kolokacji: 5
hint of a veto • hint of a smile • household hint • hint of one's presence • hint of one's thoughts
hint + verbo
Kolokacji: 12
hint comes • Veto hint says • hint appears • hint touches • hint makes • ...
verbo + hint
Kolokacji: 20
drop hints • provide hints • find hints • give a hint • offer a hint • contain hints • take the hint • ...
adjetivo + hint
Kolokacji: 40
slight hint • faint hint • only hint • strong hint • subtle hint • mere hint • helpful hint • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(2) faint, vague, dark
Kolokacji: 3
(4) strong, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(7) helpful, useful, practical
Kolokacji: 3
(9) gentle, oblique, pointed
Kolokacji: 3
(10) far, brief
Kolokacji: 2
1. far hint = daleko aluzja far hint
2. brief hint = krótka aluzja brief hint
  • Fletcher looked hard at Bogardus and caught a brief hint of recognition in the lawyer's eyes.
  • The brief hints supplied by Topthor were not enough to get a clear idea.
  • It gives brief practical hints on invention, arrangement, style, memory and other things useful to the student.
  • With her free hand she wiped under her eyes, and he saw within them a brief hint of- fear?
  • Well, let me give you a very brief hint.
  • With the exception of a brief hint in the final chapter, Darwin had avoided the subject of human evolution.
  • Fall was in the air, a brief hint of color already beginning to show in the green of the trees.
  • There was a brief hint yesterday that he might now do so.
  • The castaway had a brief hint of what must have happened.
  • Other than a brief hint of movement, there was no sign of the boat's devious owner.
(11) sly, handy
Kolokacji: 2
(12) obvious, unmistakable
Kolokacji: 2
(13) cryptic, mysterious
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + hint
Kolokacji: 10
for hints • of hints • without a hint • with a hint • to hints • ...

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