"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

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

Kolokacji: 8

(3) sell, look, feel, prove

Kolokacji: 4

1. sell short = sprzedawać bez pokrycia (na giełdzie) sell short

2. look shorter = wyglądaj krótszy look shorter

look short

3. feel short = poczuj się krótki feel short

4. prove short = okaż się krótki prove short

This proves too short for even the most highly industrialized countries to switch their economies to alternative energy sources.
But the Raiders were still buried and time proved too short.
But again, his tenure in the role proved short.
Many analysts cautioned that today's rally could prove very short.
Ford's tenure in the top spot may prove short.
Ms. Smith spends her energy finding ways to make permanent a life that proved too short.
The fact that the Germans were able to come and go in the air without the least opposition was proving little short of disastrous.
The new Prime Minister's grace period is likely to prove short.
He knew there would be trouble from the shore, and feared that time would prove too short to complete his purpose.
"Do what you must, but hold them for your life, or that will prove 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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