"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

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 6

(2) use, display, show, give

Kolokacji: 4

(3) lose, miss, regain

Kolokacji: 3

(4) know, live, need, rely

Kolokacji: 4

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

2. live by one's wits = przeżyć dzięki sprytowi, zarabiać na życie dzięki sprytowi live by one's wits

3. need one's wits = potrzeba czyjś dowcipy need one's wits

Plus, he would need his wits later when they made their escape.
We'll be at court soon, and we're both going to need all our wits about us.
And God knew he needed all his wits about him.
Which was probably for the better; he needed his wits about him, and even that would have been a distraction.
Soon enough you'll need all your wits about you again.
He would need his wits to make this assignment sound more difficult than it was.
He would need all his wits in the time to come.
He was going to need all his wits about him.
Things have become pretty confused up on the surface and we are going to need our wits about us to sort them out.
You're going to need your wits about you for this one!

4. rely on one's wits = opierać się czyjś dowcipy rely on one's wits

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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