"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 • ...

shy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

Kolokacji: 4

1. shy of = mniej niż, niespełna, niecałe shy of

Why be shy of things most people do every day?
Always thought I was the shy one of us two.
A woman rather shy of men, whose eyes did not quite meet his when he looked at her.
She was just shy of the top when he came.
He is one home run shy of the record with seven games to play.
He lived to be one week shy of 100 years old.
A month shy of 24, he is only getting better.
I was still shy of a hundred then, maybe less.
They seemed shy of the light, but would that last?
It is now just 10 points shy of its record.

2. shy about = płoszyć się około shy about

3. shy with = nieśmiały z shy with

4. shy in = nieśmiały w shy in

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

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