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"shrug" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shrug verbo

shrug + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 5
shrug one's shoulders • shrug off one's hand • shrug one's hands • shrug a gesture • shrug agreement
shrug + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
shrug off • shrug into • shrug at • shrug in • shrug with • ...
shrug + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
shrug helplessly • merely shrug • simply shrug • shrug slightly • shrug apologetically • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 5
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) helplessly, uncomfortably, impatiently, noncommittally, mentally, ...
Kolokacji: 22
(2) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(3) slightly, lightly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) apologetically, defensively
Kolokacji: 2
(5) indifferently, dismissively
Kolokacji: 2
(6) aside, away
Kolokacji: 2
(7) irritably, good-naturedly, sympathetically
Kolokacji: 3
(8) uneasily, self-consciously, nervously
Kolokacji: 3
(9) nonchalantly, carelessly, casually
Kolokacji: 3
(10) unhappily, sadly
Kolokacji: 2
1. shrug unhappily = wzrusz ramionami smutno shrug unhappily
2. shrug sadly = wzrusz ramionami smutno shrug sadly
  • The Colonel shrugged sadly.
  • The engineer shrugged sadly.
  • The woman shrugged sadly.
  • "How could I be," he would shrug sadly, "with a woman so cold?"
  • "It was just one of those things, I guess," he said, shrugging sadly.
  • The German shrugged sadly.
  • Then he shrugged sadly.
  • I suppose I should have suspected something, but I never thought my own mother would..." She shrugged sadly.
  • "Your given name . . ." The girl shrugged sadly.
  • The other man shrugged sadly.
(11) wearily, tiredly
Kolokacji: 2

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