"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

(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

1. gentle hint = delikatna aluzja gentle hint

2. oblique hint = aluzja kreski ukośnej oblique hint

Rowan was not good at catching oblique hints, and terrible at following cryptic orders.
He must infer the progress of the war from maddeningly oblique hints.
Colors of White offered oblique hints ... and little more.
She couldn't say any of that, and her oblique hints weren't eliciting anything even close to the answers she sought.
Or he might just drop a few oblique hints.
An innuendo is "an oblique hint or remark"; The word is often used to express disapproval.
Are these last throwing out oblique hints touching Tophet?
Genji's reply to the emperor was an oblique hint that a royal visit would be welcomed: It is not true to its name, this Katsura.
He wanted very much to see what effect those oblique hints might have on Genji, but found no occasion.
An oblique and discreet hint if ever I heard one, Stef thought cynically.

3. pointed hint = podkreślona aluzja pointed hint

(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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