Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| shy adj. | scheu | ||||||
| shy adj. | schüchtern | ||||||
| shy adj. | kopfscheu | ||||||
| shy adj. | genant chiefly (Southern Germany) | ||||||
| a few steps/a mile shy of sth. [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | wenige Schritte/eine Meile von etw.dat. entfernt | ||||||
| work-shy adj. | arbeitsscheu | ||||||
| camera-shy adj. - of people who dislike having their photograph taken | kamerascheu | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| shy albatross [ZOOL.] | der Weißkappenalbatros pl. Lat.: Thalassarche cauta | ||||||
| shy ground dove (or: ground-dove) [ZOOL.] | Freundliche Erdtaube Lat.: Pampusana stairi, Alopecoenas stairi, Gallicolumba stairi [Ornithology] | ||||||
| shy ground dove (or: ground-dove) [ZOOL.] | die Purpurschultertaube pl. Lat.: Pampusana stairi, Alopecoenas stairi, Gallicolumba stairi [Ornithology] | ||||||
| shy ground dove (or: ground-dove) [ZOOL.] | die Samoa-Erdtaube or: Samoaerdtaube pl. Lat.: Pampusana stairi, Alopecoenas stairi, Gallicolumba stairi [Ornithology] | ||||||
| shy mollymawk [ZOOL.] | der Weißkappenalbatros pl. Lat.: Thalassarche cauta | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| a day/a week shy of sth. - an event [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | einen Tag/eine Woche vor etw.dat. - einem Ereignis | ||||||
| so. is one year/one point shy (of sth.) [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | jmdm. fehlt ein Jahr/ein Punkt (bis zu etw.dat.) | ||||||
| so. is ten dollars/five euros shy (of sth.) [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | jmdm. fehlen zehn Dollar/fünf Euro (von etw.dat.) | fehlte, gefehlt | | ||||||
| Once bitten, twice shy. | Gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer. | ||||||
| Once bitten, twice shy. | Ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer. | ||||||
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