"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 • ...
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
5. shy around = spłosz się wokół shy around
6. shy at = spłosz się shy at
7. shy to = nieśmiały aby shy to
8. shy on = nieśmiały na shy on

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