"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
adverbio + shy
Kolokacji: 19
painfully shy • extremely shy • suddenly shy • somewhat shy • twice shy • ...
(1) painfully, terribly
Kolokacji: 2
1. painfully shy = nieznośnie nieśmiały painfully shy
  • I retreated into my shell, being painfully shy in the first place.
  • She hates to talk about herself and can be painfully shy and private.
  • I was painfully shy - no keggers or parties for me.
  • He was then 28, without much business experience and known among colleagues as painfully shy.
  • He was reported to be "painfully shy" in his youth.
  • She claims that while growing up she was painfully shy as a child.
  • Both were painfully shy and ill at ease in social situations.
  • Although he can be painfully shy around new people, M. soon made friends with both boys and girls.
  • Add to this the fact he is painfully shy and lacking in confidence.
  • The man, painfully shy, takes pictures of himself with a note asking to meet the girl, but he flees at the last moment.
2. terribly shy = szalenie nieśmiały terribly shy
(3) somewhat, slightly, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
shy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

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