"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 24
(3) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(5) later, accordingly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) forth, forward, backward
Kolokacji: 3
(8) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(10) away, aside
Kolokacji: 2
(11) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(12) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) significantly, fundamentally
Kolokacji: 2
(15) northward, northwards
Kolokacji: 2
(16) clearly, decisively
Kolokacji: 2
(17) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
1. shift smoothly = przesuń płynnie shift smoothly
  • 'Let me tell you about these sausages,' he went on, smoothly shifting an internal motor into reverse.
  • Outside the windows, something happened to the light as afternoon shifted smoothly towards evening.
  • She mirrored the gesture, then shifted smoothly to fighting stance as they began to circle.
  • The driver smoothly shifted gears and drove past the apartment house, apparently unaware of Frank.
  • He floored the gas pedal, smoothly shifting through the gears.
  • I watched her smoothly shift gears as we accelerated.
  • The screen shifted smoothly, with the evidence table enlarging.
  • Although they had not seen much of him in the past month, the staff was accustomed to these visits, and shifted smoothly into high gear.
  • It smoothly shifted into orbit about the planet and prepared to descend in answer to the beacon call.
  • The other small gray man smoothly shifted what he was going to say.
2. shift effortlessly = przesuń bez wysiłku shift effortlessly
3. casually shift = mimochodem zmiana casually shift
(19) close, carefully
Kolokacji: 2
(20) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(21) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(22) gently, quietly, heavily
Kolokacji: 3
(23) downward, upward
Kolokacji: 2
(24) unpredictably, erratically
Kolokacji: 2

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