"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

2. stop shy = zatrzymywać się nieśmiały stop shy

The board's debt clock stopped just shy of $600 billion.
There it met the cliff again, stopping shy of the fields.
He stopped just shy of the guardrails and lay down on his back.
I stop shy of the corner, fighting the undertow and giving in to my fear.
Parker stopped shy of the bridge, and pulled over against the curb.
Darius stopped just shy of the place where the slide began and watched her fall.
He stopped shy of the landing, bothered by a thought.
So, a reticent Young stopped 10 yards shy of his coach.
She reached up to touch it but stopped just shy and drew her hand back.
The android stopped just shy of the threshold and turned around.

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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