"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 • ...
1. keep one's wits = trzymać czyjś dowcipy keep one's wits
2. match wits = dowcipy meczu match wits
3. collect one's wits = pozbierać się, wrócić do siebie collect one's wits
4. get one's wits = dostawać czyjś dowcipy get one's wits
5. bring wit = wnieś poczucie humoru bring wit
  • Armstrong's genius for on-the-spot composition brought wit and spirit to songs that had seemed lifeless.
  • The poet-painter's latest book brings warm wit to the outermost reaches of cold, dark space.
  • He is also known as a sparkling public speaker, bringing ebullience and wit to his endeavors.
  • Intelligence and a passion for quality distinguished his dedication to the arts, and he brought grace and wit to every personal encounter.
  • In his political writings, he brought his eclectic knowledge and corrosive wit to bear on anti-democratic institutions.
  • Under contract to Warner Brothers, Davis brought intelligence and wit to junk.
  • Caring and selfless, she brought warmth and wit to everyone whose life she touched.
  • Whatever the reason, he brings wit with his wisdom.
  • Each year he brought his trademark sass, cheek and wit to the table, skewering the very Hollywood elite who sat in the room, watching him work.
  • For more than twenty years, she brought intelligence, energy, wit and devotion to the Museum.
6. write with wit = napisz z poczuciem humoru write with wit
(2) use, display, show, give
Kolokacji: 4
(3) lose, miss, regain
Kolokacji: 3
(4) know, live, need, rely
Kolokacji: 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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