"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

3. pointed hint = podkreślona aluzja pointed hint

That was when I handed her her own suit- and that's a pretty pointed hint, sir.
Andry arched his brows at the pointed hint.
Mayhew had used the palace surveillance system to observe her arrival, and he hadn't quite been able to suppress a grin as she ignored Fox's pointed hints that its presence might be unwelcome.
And leaving some of them here permanently was a pointed hint that even on Hell, StateSec could always make someone's life still more miserable . . . and leave it that way.
Despite several pointed hints from me, he stayed.
They make the decade look almost as good as it wished to - no Korea, no McCarthy, no poverty - and merely drop a couple of pointed hints that not everything was exactly as it seemed.
Hoping that Kate could figure out the truth, he started giving her decidedly pointed hints on how to break the case.
They couldn't kick me out, but they made it clear with pointed hints that I could also leave.
The Professor smiled at his pointed hint.
I took the 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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