"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
1. verbal wit = ustny dowcip verbal wit
2. slow wit = rozwlekły dowcip slow wit
3. dim wit = ciemne poczucie humoru dim wit
  • And besides, Connor Bildeborough was often able to use her dim wits to his advantage.
  • An ox had broken free from its tether and, frightened out of its dim wits, was intent on returning to its pen.
  • "Some are dim wits."
  • Who the F**** do NATO takes us for, complete dim wits?
  • It took a good five minutes to soothe the brutes, good, strong coach horses with the full stubbornness and dim wits of their breed.
  • A Ploy that has been employed in X-Factor show... total dim wit looking chappy/girl comes along to sing beautifully.
  • Systems with dim wits may not be necessary in the future.
  • Heaven knows what subtleties his dim wits were crediting me with.
  • Most storylines involve Al's schemes being foiled by his own cartoonish dim wit and bad luck.
  • A high-status kzin had retainers, sons, flunkies, to handle status-challenges; many of the retainers picked carefully for a combination of dim wits and excellent reflexes.
(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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