"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
1. strong hint = wyraźna aluzja strong hint
2. occasional hint = sporadyczna aluzja occasional hint
  • This toned down after only a few years, but there have been occasional hints of a possible romance.
  • And yet, there were the occasional hints of a more human being beneath the hard, secretive exterior.
  • But there were occasional hints that the knowledge he possesses could indeed be quite damning.
  • There are occasional hints of a romantic attraction between her and the Captain, though this was never developed.
  • Traditional Persian music is all melody, with only an occasional hint of a drone.
  • Nothing there but the occasional hint that she was not happy.
  • The mask covered the alien's face so completely that only the occasional hints of dark blue eyes could be seen.
  • The canopy overhead was so thick that they could see little more than an occasional hint of sky.
  • Throughout the series' life, there have been occasional hints that Andy may be more than just his uncle.
  • And don't think the occasional encouraging hints you drop with the Americans, or in your local press, are any substitute.
(7) helpful, useful, practical
Kolokacji: 3
(9) gentle, oblique, pointed
Kolokacji: 3
(10) far, brief
Kolokacji: 2
(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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