"shy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shy adjetivo

shy + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 30

shy smile • shy man • shy girl • shy boy • shy person • ...

verbo + shy

Kolokacji: 5

feel shy • fall shy • fight shy • look shy • stop shy

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) feel, fall, look

Kolokacji: 3

1. feel shy = poczuj się nieśmiały feel shy

2. fall shy = spadać nieśmiały fall shy

And the service, while usually efficient, falls well shy of pampering.
And most analysts had expected revenue to fall shy of $40 billion.
Wally tried hard at third base last year, but fell shy, so the bugs expected him to move on.
Meggett fell just 43 yards shy of the 500-yard mark.
But it fell well shy of the 67 points he once scored in a high school game.
But he fell 4 votes shy of the 60 needed.
The cost of labor is not included but still falls shy of the $4,000 that has been floated around.
They fell 45 votes shy of those needed today.
His 400 completions fell 4 shy of Moon's record in that category.
Billy Williams falls four votes shy of the 319 needed for election.

3. look shy = wyglądaj nieśmiały look shy

(2) fight, stop

Kolokacji: 2

adverbio + shy

Kolokacji: 19

painfully shy • extremely shy • suddenly shy • somewhat shy • twice shy • ...

shy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

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