"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

2. heavy irony = mocna ironia heavy irony

3. little irony = mało ironii little irony

4. small irony = niewielka ironia small irony

It's no small irony that a man who made a career out of dilating on failure should have ended up a success.
There is just the smallest irony in all of this.
"They even pay us to do it," Willis agreed with no small irony.
It is no small irony, then, that their work became the touchstone of modern market research.
For a technology invented during the cold war to protect the American government in the event of a nuclear attack, that is no small irony.
There is no small irony in all this.
It's no small irony, in the light of subsequent events, that he was Richard Wagner.
There is a small irony in the fact that the Britten estate supported this revival.
There is no small irony in the fact that Moscow should send a rock musical to America.

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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