"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 6

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) fall, stop, grow, become, make, ...

Kolokacji: 8

1. fall short = nie wystarczać fall short

2. stop short = urwać, nagle przerwać stop short

3. grow shorter = stój się krótszy grow shorter

grow short

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

make short

6. come short = przychodzić krótki come short

7. get shorter = rób się coraz krótszym get shorter

8. keep short = trzymać krótki keep short

(2) cut, run, crop, wear, play, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(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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