"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

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) of, about, with, in, around, ...

Kolokacji: 8

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

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

"It's dark and rainy, they might not be so shy on a day like today."
He has never had any luck with women and was too shy to ask any of them out on a date.
I must say we seem a little shy on clues.
You are a little shy on experience, I guess.
But when you're a bit shy on water and hallucinating from fatigue, you can make up just about anything.
She hadn't expected a big, confident sort like him to go all shy on her.
She has a magnificent voice, but she's a little shy on technique and I know she'll respond better to your comments.
There's someone we think may have been responsible, but we're a bit shy on hard evidence.
Don't go all shy on us now George.
Some of them were shy when on their own.

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