"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(5) ultimate, final
Kolokacji: 2
1. ultimate irony = najwyższa ironia ultimate irony
2. final irony = końcowa ironia final irony
  • The final irony was when she took to psychology.
  • If he is to write at all he must, in the final irony, turn to language.
  • "The final irony would be if African immigrants did, too."
  • The Wizard would appreciate that final irony, if he managed to be around to see it!
  • The final irony is that the Suburban wasn't even part of the championship series.
  • It seemed to the Colonel to be the final irony.
  • That would have been the final irony, to have got this far only for them to be broken.
  • The major is the final irony in a year filled with irony.
  • The final irony is that I wish it had never happened.
  • And now, in a final irony, the child has become the parent.
(7) sad, tragic, bittersweet
Kolokacji: 3
(9) gentle, mild, far
Kolokacji: 3
(10) historical, real
Kolokacji: 2
(11) apparent, obvious
Kolokacji: 2
(13) strange, curious
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + irony
Kolokacji: 9
of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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