"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
(11) blame, fire
Kolokacji: 2
2. shift one's fire = zmiana czyjś ogień shift one's fire
  • He shifted his fire to the triforium where Gallagher had been, but a single bullet hit him squarely in the chest.
  • Some of the attackers shifted their fire in that direction.
  • Then, sighting high altitude bombers overhead, they shifted their fire again.
  • They systematically shifted their fire, visibly working left to right.
  • Our heavy machine guns shifted their fire to the left, we hurried through the obstacles and were soon in the hostile position.
  • The Kargoi shifted their fire, but it was hard to hit a shielded man and nearly impossible to kill him.
  • She then noted three beached Japanese landing barges and shifted her fire to them.
  • But the second wave adjusted and shifted its fire to us.
  • By the time the others shifted their fire to above, they would be dead.
  • I shouted for my men to shift their fire on them.
(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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