"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
1. great wit = wielkie poczucie humoru great wit
2. keen wit = ostre poczucie humoru keen wit
3. considerable wit = znaczące poczucie humoru considerable wit
4. visual wit = wizualne poczucie humoru visual wit
5. gentle wit = łagodne poczucie humoru gentle wit
6. little wit = mało poczucia humoru little wit
7. sophisticated wit = wyrafinowany dowcip sophisticated wit
  • Now Mercer's lyrics began to display the combination of sophisticated wit and southern regional vernacular that characterize some of his best songs.
  • The play, a departure from Coward's sophisticated wit, is a look at life as seen through the eyes of a soldier dying in the trenches.
  • That's the level of sophisticated wit this fiercely intelligent performer sustains during her show.
  • Larry Slobodkin's quick and sophisticated wit, infusing both his conversation and teaching, was legendary.
  • It is quite sophisticated wit, but it's also ridiculous and childish, and that's the intimate side of it.
  • For me, it all starts with Ambrose Bierce, with his cruel, acid, sophisticated wit, his play on words, his use of language.
  • This is what is known as sophisticated wit in such sophisticated witty places as Manhattan.
  • Only later does the audience realize that what it has registered as a moment of sophisticated wit is really a cri de coeur.
  • It will be a pleasure to ride with someone of sophisticated wit for a change!
  • Anderson tends to write with sophisticated wit and storylines, making the point that young people are more intelligent than some might think.
(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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