repartee

repartee englannista suomeksi

1. sanavalmius

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repartee englanniksi

1. A swift, witty reply, especially one that is amusing.

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2. (RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard)

3. (RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)

4. (RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence)

5. A conversation marked by a series of witty retorts.

6. Skill in replying swiftly and wittily.

7. (RQ:Churchill Celebrity). Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

8. (quote-journal) (The Weekend Sun)|location=Vancouver, BC|page=A6|passage=Another millstone around the NDP’s neck was the relative lack of seasoned parliamentarians in the government front bench who were skilled enough at repartee to take on the Tory veterans across the floor.

9. To reply with a repartee.

10. {{quote-book|en|year=1862|author=Various|section=Vol. 2 No 4|title=The Continental Monthly|chapter=|edition=|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24531

11. To have a repartee (conversation marked by repartees).

12. {{quote-book|en|year=1913|author=Gouverneur Morris|title=The Penalty|chapter=|edition=|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12557