"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
  • But he said most are "somewhat shy but want their moment in the sun."
  • There is another distinction that the somewhat shy 21-year-old senior would like to mention.
  • She would be herself again: free, independent, unable to diet, and somewhat shy.
  • He felt somewhat shy talking to her about it.
  • First, the manager himself may feel somewhat shy about creating formal coaching sessions.
  • Isringhausen, 21, is quiet in public and comes across as somewhat shy.
  • Their daughter, Sandy, was somewhat shy and not too fond of show business.
  • He extends a hand and we shake, somewhat shy.
  • She was portrayed as a capable young woman, sensitive and somewhat shy.
  • My daughter is somewhat shy, but she has a real temper and doesn't let people tell her what to do.
2. slightly shy = trochę nieśmiały slightly shy
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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