"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

(2) fight, stop

Kolokacji: 2

1. fight shy = walczyć nieśmiały fight shy

The children had learned by many bitter lessons to fight shy of him.
He fought shy of them these days for just that reason.
Pa, he always warned us boys to fight shy of women.
But generally speaking, he was a man to fight shy of.
But she wasn't a ship you could afford to fight shy of.
One should not fight shy of laying down one's life.
It is because my enemies know I carry this that they fight shy of me.
Had she pressed for more, he might well have fought shy of the little he'd said.
Though he continued for some time to fight shy of us, we from then on saw him go past the windows.

2. stop shy = zatrzymywać się nieśmiały stop shy

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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