"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
(19) close, carefully
Kolokacji: 2
1. shift closer = przesuwać bliższy shift closer
2. carefully shift = ostrożnie zmiana carefully shift
  • For all the good it had done him, he thought, and shifted carefully in his seat.
  • He paused a second or two, then carefully shifted his weight.
  • Goewyn carefully shifted my head to the pallet beneath me.
  • She carefully shifted her position and looked down at him.
  • Come morning we were up and on the trail at early light, me with my face carefully shifted into a good likeness of the Pursuivant.
  • He shifted carefully, staying hidden in the corner, moving a bit to the left as the beam of light came too close.
  • After a time he stirred, carefully shifting his weight.
  • But he carefully shifted the burden for the budget problem to Congress without closing off solutions.
  • He shifted carefully, trying for a clear line of sight.
  • She carefully shifted her grip so that she was once again holding the gun at the ready.
(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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