"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

short adjetivo

short + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 688
short story • short time • short film • short period • short distance • short term • short supply • short notice • short hair • short run • ...
verbo + short
Kolokacji: 20
fall short • cut short • stop short • grow shorter • run short • sell short • ...
1. fall short = nie wystarczać fall short
  • When she was 16 years old, her studies were cut short by family problems.
  • Their relationship is then cut short after they both have to return back home.
  • Almost everyone else had their hair cut short, but it was even.
  • He did not think they had long to live in any case, but even that little time might be cut short.
  • Her hair has been cut quite short, but without much of a plan beyond that.
  • His career was cut short by an early death at age 39.
  • The education of many Chinese people was also cut short.
  • Her career was cut short in 1987 due to serious health problems.
  • What will happen if the reform process is cut short?
  • His black hair is thick and cut short with a part down the middle.
3. stop short = urwać, nagle przerwać stop short
4. grow shorter = stój się krótszy grow shorter
5. run short = kończyć się, wyczerpać, wyczerpywać się run short
6. sell short = sprzedawać bez pokrycia (na giełdzie) sell short
adverbio + short
Kolokacji: 63
relatively short • far short • fairly short • extremely short • slightly shorter • well short • somewhat shorter • ...
short + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
short of • short on • short for • short by • short in • ...

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