"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 10

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

(1) slight, little, small, tiny, early

Kolokacji: 5

(2) faint, vague, dark

Kolokacji: 3

(3) only, valuable, heavy, disturbing, big

Kolokacji: 5

(4) strong, occasional

Kolokacji: 2

(5) subtle, not-so-subtle, ominous

Kolokacji: 3

1. subtle hint = subtelna aluzja subtle hint

This was a subtle hint that he should eat something.
There was also enough underwear for about two weeks, which might have been a subtle hint.
I decided I'd drop some subtle hints to discourage it.
There was a smile in her dark eyes, just a subtle hint around the corners.
Here was an instrument she herself had helped train with subtle hints and suggestions.
Close enough to catch the subtle hint of her perfume.
She reached out, but only a subtle hint of his presence touched her.
A subtle hint to get on with the job.
We have made subtle hints and mentioned that they need to start looking for their own place.
The subtle hints were right in front of him.

2. not-so-subtle hint = not-so-subtle aluzja not-so-subtle hint

3. ominous hint = złowieszcza aluzja ominous hint

(6) mere, bare, tantalizing, intriguing

Kolokacji: 4

(7) helpful, useful, practical

Kolokacji: 3

(8) broad, clear, definite, unsubtle

Kolokacji: 4

(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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