"irony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

irony sustantivo

irony + verbo

Kolokacji: 5

irony strikes • irony escapes • irony lies • Irony abounds • irony makes

verbo + irony

Kolokacji: 5

irony is lost • use irony • find irony • detect irony • lack irony

adjetivo + irony

Kolokacji: 58

bitter irony • great irony • certain irony • cruel irony • heavy irony • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 3

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 16

(1) bitter, grim, dark, sharp, unfortunate

Kolokacji: 5

(2) great, heavy, little, small, central, ...

Kolokacji: 6

1. great irony = wielka ironia great irony

The great irony is that this clock doesn't really represent anything.
The great irony is that I was the only one in the car, and by a considerable margin, who wanted to see it.
It is a great irony, perhaps, that Rome could only bring peace by being at war.
And now, in one of life's great ironies, his ship has come home without him.
It had been a great irony for her, given Lewis's job.
This is the great irony of the Obama years.
Although familiar, this feature of the country reflects a great irony.
He wasn't sure if that represented some great irony, but at least it didn't bother him.
The great irony of the fire was that the performance took place under canvas.
There's a great irony to the way this all played out, isn't there?

2. heavy irony = mocna ironia heavy irony

3. little irony = mało ironii little irony

4. small irony = niewielka ironia small irony

5. central irony = główna ironia central irony

6. slight irony = drobna ironia slight irony

(3) certain, deliberate, particular

Kolokacji: 3

(4) cruel, subtle, savage, poignant

Kolokacji: 4

(5) ultimate, final

Kolokacji: 2

(6) delicious, sweet, comic, wry, amusing, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(7) sad, tragic, bittersweet

Kolokacji: 3

(8) dramatic, greatest, wonderful

Kolokacji: 3

(9) gentle, mild, far

Kolokacji: 3

(10) historical, real

Kolokacji: 2

(11) apparent, obvious

Kolokacji: 2

(12) terrible, painful, horrible, dreadful, awful

Kolokacji: 5

(13) strange, curious

Kolokacji: 2

(14) considerable, deep, cosmic, rich, interesting

Kolokacji: 5

(15) exquisite, fine, nice, delicate

Kolokacji: 4

(16) unconscious, unintended, unintentional

Kolokacji: 3

preposición + irony

Kolokacji: 9

of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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