"wit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wit sustantivo

sustantivo + wit

Kolokacji: 6

rapier wit • acid wit • De Wit • Antoni Wit • trademark wit • ...

wit + verbo

Kolokacji: 4

wit makes • wit comes • wit helps • wit begins

verbo + wit

Kolokacji: 17

keep one's wits • use one's wits • lose one's wits • match wits • know for one's wit • ...

Kolokacji: 6

1. keep one's wits = trzymać czyjś dowcipy keep one's wits

2. use one's wits = używać czyjś dowcipy use one's wits

3. lose one's wits = strać rozum lose one's wits

4. match wits = dowcipy meczu match wits

Few people could amply match wits with him, yet this girl held her own.
From that moment on he has to survive by himself, matching wits with the Dinosaurs in the island.
Wasn't part of the pleasure to match wits with me, Father?
I would hate to match wits with such a man.
It's not as if he has to match wits with master criminals often, though.
I would love to match wits with you, but that game has lost its savor.
"So you've come here to match wits with me, is that it?"
Even if you've changed so much we don't meet again, well, it's always a pleasure to match wits with you.
He was twice a fool to match wits with me.
Besides the chance to match wits with other students, the team got to spend a week in Switzerland.

5. know for one's wit = wiedzieć dla czyjś poczucie humoru know for one's wit

6. collect one's wits = pozbierać się, wrócić do siebie collect one's wits

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

adjetivo + wit

Kolokacji: 57

quick wit • dry wit • sharp wit • sly wit • great wit • ...

preposición + wit

Kolokacji: 12

to wit • of wit • with wit • for one's wit • out of one's wits • ...

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