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Meanings of
raillery
in inglês
catalão
estira-i-arronsa
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Light teasing repartee.
banter
backchat
give-and-take
catalão
estira-i-arronsa
Sinônimos
Examples for "
banter
"
banter
backchat
give-and-take
Examples for "
banter
"
1
As often as time would allow, we met for pints and
banter
.
2
The day's cases were discussed quickly and quietly, without the usual
banter
.
3
At some point, his racist
banter
was met by the wrong one.
4
But the real goodwill and kindly feeling in the
banter
redeemed it.
5
Sir Peter said he was extremely disappointed she misinterpreted some light-hearted
banter
.
1
Some of the sites they produce are terrific; others simply in-joke
backchat
.
2
Muslim men weren't noted for encouraging
backchat
from women, no matter how liberal they liked to present themselves.
3
All the
backchat
,
all the jabbering.
4
That's a yellow at least, surely, but the only card shown is to Buaben for a spot of
backchat
.
5
He exists on impertinent sprints, mordant
backchat
and splenetic waves of his arm at any referee or linesman who finds against him.
1
Instead, multitudes started adopting pragmatic ways to allow
give
-
and
-
take
among complex citizens.
2
It makes the
give
-
and
-
take
compromises so necessary to politics harder to achieve.
3
And the sense of
give
-
and
-
take
between soloist and orchestra is first- rate.
4
He suggested there needed to be more
give
-
and
-
take
from the other side.
5
The usual
give
-
and
-
take
of gay repartee was missing at supper that night.
Usage of
raillery
in inglês
1
People seemed surprisingly upbeat this morning; there had been laughter and
raillery
.
2
It has nothing of
raillery
in it, but is serious and earnest.
3
But Mayo gave a somber return to the
raillery
of her eyes.
4
Then Vera made a hasty retreat amid the
raillery
of her friends.
5
Eleanor only half-followed him in his
raillery
,
but she caught his meaning.
6
It is a good-natured bit of
raillery
,
with something of grimness underneath.
7
Shirley was noisy as usual, and for once her
raillery
seemed appropriate.
8
As to my
raillery
,
I trust it has never yet hurt you.
9
Nothing has struck me so much in Plato's dialogues as the
raillery
.
10
Poussin studied nature with a minuteness that often exposed him to
raillery
.
11
All of her joyous
raillery
was gone, all of her gentle arrogance.
12
He smiled- aforcedsmile of
raillery
,
hiding sudden fierce suspicion and jealousy.
13
He has been vastly lavish of erudition, of smut, and insipid
raillery
.
14
The young Count evidently did not comprehend his mother's spirit of
raillery
.
15
At this touch of grammar school
raillery
,
she finally cracked a smile.
16
At table he endured some
raillery
about his poor sense of direction.
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About this term
raillery
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
gentle raillery
natured raillery
bitter raillery
humored raillery
gay raillery
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Translations for
raillery
catalão
estira-i-arronsa
Raillery
through the time
Raillery
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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