"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
2. stop short = urwać, nagle przerwać stop short
3. grow shorter = stój się krótszy grow shorter
4. become shorter = stój się krótszy become shorter
  • Increase energy levels so you can do more activities without becoming tired or short of breath.
  • But not to worry: the season is short, and becoming ever shorter.
  • When she was done, the list had become short.
  • Other creatures followed the same process of becoming short and mysterious.
  • The fact that the days were becoming shorter seemed entirely appropriate.
  • I must report, sir, that we are becoming very short of men.
  • There were some moments when he could touch it, but they became fewer and shorter.
  • The short nose and clear break became shorter and higher.
  • There was still so much to do, and Spock's time had just become oppressively short.
  • I heard the poor boy pant; his breathing became short and hurried.
5. make shorter = uczyń krótszy make shorter
6. come short = nie sprostać, nie osiągać celu lub standardu come short
7. get shorter = rób się coraz krótszym get shorter
8. keep short = trzymać krótki keep short
(3) sell, look, feel, prove
Kolokacji: 4
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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