"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
2. terribly shy = szalenie nieśmiały terribly shy
  • I am terribly shy and as a result, very lonely.
  • She was terribly shy but very beautiful.
  • He does need a friend, and he is terribly shy.
  • "He's very distinguished and handsome, but he must be terribly shy."
  • At the same time, very strange," she says, her voice becoming almost inaudible, "I was terribly shy.
  • In those days, he was terribly shy and scrawny.
  • Giacomo was a terribly shy child and often withdrew to television and early attempts at creative writing.
  • He's terribly shy and is oversensitive to the way others see and treat him.
  • Webern, too, although a terribly shy man, was highly emotional and Romantic.
  • He was terribly shy, and I particularly remember a night when we all went to a sporting house in Salt Lake City just for laughs.
(3) somewhat, slightly, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
shy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

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