"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

3. look shy = wyglądaj nieśmiały look shy

She looked shy and a little ashamed of herself.
They looked small and shy without the lenses to magnify them.
In the picture he looks shy; his face is gentle.
She often gets a handle on people by observing whether they make a point greeting fellow guests who are alone or look shy.
Often her eyes seemed totally closed and always she looked shy, even scared.
Now, with all eyes upon him, he looked extremely shy and nervous.
She looked suddenly shy, nervous in his presence, unsure of herself.
Annie stood in the middle of the space, looking shy but proud.
The girl looked shy and not very pretty.
Megan was not looking shy or upset at all.

(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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