"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
(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
1. razor-sharp wit = cięte poczucie humoru razor-sharp wit
  • T. James Tumulty, a 300-pound deputy mayor who could intimidate people with his razor-sharp wit, might be considered.
  • I don't know why I feel compelled to use my razor-sharp wit on him.
  • "He's got that aw-shucks, down-home quiet quality, but underneath he has a razor-sharp wit and intelligence."
  • No doubt she's with you for your physique, your looks and your razor-sharp wits, eh?
  • Brit is bright, spiky, opinionated and selfish with a razor-sharp wit.
  • Byrne has a razor-sharp wit, an acute intellect and a superb facility with language.
  • Satie was certainly eccentric but was an influential innovator with a razor-sharp wit.
  • 'Prison's done nothing to dull your razor-sharp wit, has it, Jamie my boy?'
  • She has a razor-sharp wit and she could slice me up if she wanted to.
  • Anyone sitting near the stage is a potential target for his razor-sharp wit.
2. pointed wit = podkreślony dowcip pointed wit
(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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