"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. scattered wit = rozproszone poczucie humoru scattered wit
2. native wit = wrodzone poczucie humoru native wit
3. characteristic wit = charakterystyczne poczucie humoru characteristic wit
  • What is interesting about a piece that apparently satisfied its commissioners was Prokofiev's way of retaining his characteristic wit and spunk.
  • With his characteristic dry wit, he wrote, "After all, it's rather difficult to achieve the exact minimum, and it involves risks."
  • He can often be seen interrogating suspects with a characteristic wit and sarcasm.
  • In this Wolfe succeeds ably, infusing his tale with characteristic wit, verve, and narrative propulsion.
  • With characteristic wit, Mr. Gardner described his mission as "a series of great opportunities disguised as insoluble problems."
  • He has shown to have lost most of his characteristic wit and confidence that was present in series 1.
  • Billy Hughes later recalled the first meeting of the Labour Cabinet with characteristic sharp wit:
  • Along the way, insights about the game and its personalities are deployed with Mr. Sheed's characteristic wit.
  • Every book included detailed illustrations, hand lettered titles, and his characteristic folksy wit and observations.
  • The script could have used a few more drafts and a less perfunctory climax, but Ms. Heckerling's characteristic wit and intelligence is still in evidence.
(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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