"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
(20) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(21) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(22) gently, quietly, heavily
Kolokacji: 3
1. gently shift = łagodnie zmiana gently shift
2. quietly shift = cicho zmiana quietly shift
  • In recent years, the agency has been quietly shifting its center of balance.
  • The Russian shifted quietly, working out a cramp in his shoulder.
  • Hunter saw that Jane was quietly shifting behind Steve.
  • Blade quietly shifted his footing, to be ready if the man attacked.
  • They shift quietly from one foot to another, ease in and out of the run-in shed.
  • One of the young springtails quietly shifted position.
  • Yagharek and Derkhan shifted quietly, moving towards each other behind the moth.
  • He shifted quietly, to be able to look down through the trap, and someone below, hearing him, hallooed cheerfully up to him: "You there, Brother?
  • Single notes resonate throughout the piece in a seemingly random but harmonic pattern that shifts quietly for close to an hour.
  • So, when one of my souls took over from the other, the world quietly shifted.
3. shift heavily = przesuń ciężko shift heavily
(23) downward, upward
Kolokacji: 2
(24) unpredictably, erratically
Kolokacji: 2

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