"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 • ...
adjetivo + wit
Kolokacji: 57
quick wit • dry wit • sharp wit • sly wit • great wit • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) quick, ready, clever, nimble
Kolokacji: 4
1. quick wit = bystry umysł quick wit
2. ready wit = cięty dowcip ready wit
3. clever wit = pomysłowy dowcip clever wit
4. nimble wit = bystre poczucie humoru nimble wit
  • Mr. Goldberg continues his lecture, speaking with a nimble wit that seeks to nurse humor from language whenever possible.
  • To challenge those nimble wits, Barron presents Jane with a puzzle that is merely serviceable, but with a grand assortment of characters to study and probe.
  • You haue a nimble wit; I thinke 'twas made of Attalanta's heeles.
  • Outspoken and with a nimble wit, she was often instrumental behind the scenes.
  • He had a nimbler wit, a better sense of proportion, and a more open mind, than his twelve-year-older partner.
  • Harriet puts her nimble wits (and a younger partner) to the task and promptly retrieves Kate's husband from his abductors.
  • Bovai knew that Morvai had abilities he lacked: a quickness of mind and a nimble wit.
  • His nimble wit, they say, often gets away from him.
  • Nimble fingers and nimble wits will take you a good deal further than a sword and muscles.
  • You have a nimble wit; I think 'twas made of Atalanta's heels.
(2) dry, wry, ironic, droll
Kolokacji: 4
(8) verbal, slow, dim
Kolokacji: 3
(9) wicked, playful, mischievous
Kolokacji: 3
(10) lively, irreverent
Kolokacji: 2
(11) genuine, real, legendary
Kolokacji: 3
(12) natural, musical, lacerating
Kolokacji: 3
(13) razor-sharp, pointed
Kolokacji: 2
(14) savage, cynical, malicious
Kolokacji: 3
(15) delicate, brittle
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + wit
Kolokacji: 12
to wit • of wit • with wit • for one's wit • out of one's wits • ...

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