"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
  • There's room to move and even feel alone, but the people are among India's most friendly, with a charming manner that's unobtrusive and slightly shy.
  • The course was slightly shy on snow, forcing the race to be shortened to 48 kilometers.
  • Balsca felt no particular responsibility for her death, but he was by nature slightly shy about talking with policemen.
  • Like Picon herself, she stands slightly shy of five feet tall.
  • There were the trademark stammers, the shambling, slightly shy gait.
  • Best of all the people are among India's most friendly, with a charming manner that's unobtrusive and slightly shy.
  • It was the knowing look that Rose gave me that first made me feel slightly shy.
  • He had a slightly shy look in his eyes.
  • Smile and accept the compliment, perhaps with a slightly shy look.
  • "Looks like a victory for mold," I say to a slightly shy Kuyrath.
3. pretty shy = całkiem nieśmiały pretty shy
shy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

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