"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
  • First, the end of the cold war has shifted our emphasis away from nuclear weapons.
  • There is little choice now but to shift the emphasis to prevention programs.
  • We now have to shift the emphasis from quantity to quality.
  • Eventually the book shifts its emphasis and finds time for them.
  • More recently, he has shifted his emphasis to second lead guitar.
  • But shifting the emphasis to suffering changes the terms of the debate.
  • Maybe if I kept shifting the emphasis, he'd tell me he was just joking.
  • In the 1960's he shifted his emphasis to the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
  • The new owner shifted the school's emphasis from liberal arts education to business.
  • The end of the cold war offers an opportunity to shift emphasis from secret intelligence to open discussion.
2. shift one's body = zmiana czyjś ciało shift one's body
3. shift one's shoulders = zmiana czyjś ramiona shift one's shoulders
4. shift one's head = zmiana czyjś głowa shift one's head
5. shift one's arm = zmiana czyjś ramię shift one's arm
(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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