"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
(3) somewhat, slightly, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
1. somewhat shy = nieco nieśmiały somewhat shy
2. slightly shy = trochę nieśmiały slightly shy
3. pretty shy = całkiem nieśmiały pretty shy
  • "Most girls are pretty shy about that sort of thing."
  • But I'm known as a pretty shy person.
  • I was pretty shy at first, and all I did was read what everyone else was writing.
  • I'm pretty shy, have never asked to be booked, always invited.
  • I remember being pretty shy at school and I think I still am.
  • The children had been pretty shy at first, thinking he was a monster and all, so he'd told them that he was really human.
  • Had she remained a pretty shy ordinary irl be might never have looked at her.
  • A lot of them are pretty shy, but they're a good-natured bunch, always a thousand laughs.
  • She was tall and athletic and I was pretty shy.
shy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

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