"shy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shy adjetivo

shy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 30
shy smile • shy man • shy girl • shy boy • shy person • ...
(1) smile, grin, laugh
Kolokacji: 3
1. shy woman = nieśmiała kobieta shy woman
2. shy bird = płochliwy ptak shy bird
3. shy manner = nieśmiały sposób shy manner
  • Things get so bad that Isabel has to put aside her shy manner and take bold action.
  • She had a shy manner and a gentle voice.
  • The strangest thing about them was their quietness and their almost shy good manners.
  • "I sort of in a shy manner proposed this opera," he said.
  • The mother, who attracted and welcomed happy young men to the house, was a little put out by Edwy's rather shy and serious manner.
  • The shy manner of her girlhood years had matured into a gentle dignity.
  • He seemed natural enough-handsome but not excessively so, manner a little shy.
  • A close associate of John Paul for nearly 30 years, he has a soft voice, a shy manner and a full head of white hair.
  • "Here's a live one," she thought, attracted to his shy, boyish manner.
  • He had a shy manner which evoked a fellow feeling in me.
4. shy species = nieśmiały gatunek shy species
5. shy way = nieśmiała droga shy way
(5) demeanor, pride
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...

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