"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

5. make shorter = uczyń krótszy make shorter

make short

6. come short = nie sprostać, nie osiągać celu lub standardu come short

7. get shorter = rób się coraz krótszym get shorter

But, of course, shadows get shorter and longer depending on where the sun is in the sky, so how can that help us?
The American attention span has gotten shorter," he said, "and our games keep getting longer.
"I've been getting shorter the last year and a half," he said.
But the skirts are getting shorter all the time.
"We never had any set time line, but whatever it was, it's gotten shorter," an Administration official said.
The peaks of the wave get taller and shorter.
Stretching occurs when a bond gets longer and shorter.
I have moments like this one, but they are getting rarer and shorter with each passing day.
Like... you know how a lot of people've got one leg shorter than the other?
The nipples may alter, as the major ducts behind them get shorter and wider.

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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