"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
4. shy species = nieśmiały gatunek shy species
5. shy way = nieśmiała droga shy way
  • He wiped his eyes and smiled at the older man in a shy way.
  • He tried to read her mood from the solemn, almost shy way she walked, the clean set line of her jaw.
  • But she didn't answer, only looked at me in that shy way of hers, and I didn't know how to go on.
  • In his shy way he was fond of her.
  • She rather enjoyed this in a shy way, but Penny writhed when people congratulated him.
  • He had certainly lavished a lot of gifts on Gloria in that shy way of his.
  • She was just on the verge of physical maturity, and rather pretty in her shy way.
  • He is devoted to liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and justice, and not in a shy way.
  • "For the blade you wore last evening," Sheather mumbled in his shy way.
  • Was she, in some shy way, offering a kiss?
(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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