"shift" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shift verbo

shift + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 74
shift gears • shift one's focus • shift one's weight • shift one's position • shift one's attention • shift one's feet • shift responsibility • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(1) gear, sight
Kolokacji: 2
(3) weight, burden, cargo
Kolokacji: 3
(7) money, grip, worker
Kolokacji: 3
1. shift power = zmiana moc shift power
3. shift control = kontrola zmiany shift control
4. shift color = kolor zmiany shift color
5. shift one's tone = zmiana czyjś ton shift one's tone
6. shift one's interest = zmiana czyjś interes shift one's interest
7. shift authority = władza zmiany shift authority
8. shift sand = piasek zmiany shift sand
  • Sheryl watched him shift sand from one hand to the other.
  • Nor- ton hastily shifted sand and faded out of contemporary view.
  • Norton hastily shifted sand and faded out of contemporary view.
  • The tides and currents of the river frequently shift mud and sand in the harbour.
  • Her keel and hull timbers were visible from time to time when high winds shifted sand on the beach.
  • Small brown brush held the dirt against the rise but their journey upward shifted sand beneath them nevertheless.
  • He could see sleek sealskin mud becoming reed-infested swamp, then gray, gritty till, finally shifting white sand.
  • For a week he shoveled and shifted sand, then worked a lathe as a machinist's apprentice.
  • But as Mac took the chopper in wider and wider concentric circles from the Baghdad terminal, all Rayford saw on the ground was shifting and sinking sand.
  • Wind and water, the two usual mechanisms for shifting and leveling dust and sand, are not present on airless, waterless Eros.
(11) blame, fire
Kolokacji: 2
(14) allegiance, alliance
Kolokacji: 2
(15) tactic, leg, strategy, policy
Kolokacji: 4
(16) bulk, time
Kolokacji: 2
(17) billions, millions
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + shift
Kolokacji: 14
begin to shift • try to shift • begin shifting • keep shifting • seem to shift • ...
shift + preposición
Kolokacji: 49
shift from • shift into • shift toward • shift towards • shift onto • ...
shift + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 101
shift uncomfortably • shift uneasily • shift slightly • gradually shift • quickly shift • suddenly shift • later shift • constantly shift • ...

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