IELTS Collocation 17
I. shy1 /ʃaɪ/ adjective
(comparative shyer, superlative shyest)
[Word Family: verb: shy; noun: shyness; adverb: shyly; adjective: shy]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sceoh]
1. nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know:
• He was a quiet shy man.
shy with
• She was very shy with strangers.
• a shy smile
• As a teenager, I was painfully shy (=extremely shy).
shy to do something
• He was too shy to come and sit by me in class.
go all shy British English (=to suddenly become very shy)
• Oh, have you gone all shy, Jenny?
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I. shy1 /ʃaɪ/ adjective
(comparative shyer, superlative shyest)
[Word Family: verb: shy; noun: shyness; adverb: shyly; adjective: shy]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sceoh]
1. nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know:
• He was a quiet shy man.
shy with
• She was very shy with strangers.
• a shy smile
• As a teenager, I was painfully shy (=extremely shy).
shy to do something
• He was too shy to come and sit by me in class.
go all shy British English (=to suddenly become very shy)
• Oh, have you gone all shy, Jenny?
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