hint

/hɪnt/ verbe C2

En français : faire allusion

To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue. (intransitive) · She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. (transitive) · to hint a suspicion
To develop and add hints to a font. (transitive) · The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.

He/she/it hints · Prétérit hinted · Participe passé hinted · Forme en -ing hinting

Formes du verbe

Forme de base: hint
He/she/it: hints
Prétérit: hinted
Participe passé: hinted
Forme en -ing: hinting

Dans la bibliothèque

Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: “Twenty-four hours, I _think_; or is it twelve?

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 43 · B2

For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling!

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 52 · B2

That look he gave me when he went out said everything he said or hinted last night over again.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 45 · C1

I gave him a good broad hint.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 179 · C1

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