"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 • ...

adverbio + short

Kolokacji: 63

relatively short • far short • fairly short • extremely short • slightly shorter • well short • somewhat shorter • ...

Kolokacji: 15

1. relatively short = stosunkowo krótki relatively short

2. far short = daleko krótki far short

3. extremely short = niezwykle krótki extremely short

4. fairly short = dość krótki fairly short

5. slightly shorter = nieco krótszy slightly shorter

6. well short = bardzo krótki well short

7. somewhat shorter = nieco krótszy somewhat shorter

8. considerably shorter = znacznie krótszy considerably shorter

9. comparatively short = stosunkowo krótki comparatively short

10. desperately short = rozpaczliwie krótki desperately short

With the continuing war, we know our time is desperately short.
I wouldn't put it past him if he became desperately short of money.
East Africa's most severe drought in 60 years has left 10 million people desperately short of food.
But it is deeply in debt and desperately short of capital.
So the Poles, desperately short of food and arms, were left to fight it out to the bitter end.
For all the attention to education, universities are still in desperately short supply.
They are desperately short of players and the 'foreigners' rule hits them hard.
To him, two seconds was a desperately short time.
You know how desperately short they are of both labor and resources on Earth.
It became clear that he was running desperately short of time.

11. significantly shorter = znacznie krótszy significantly shorter

12. remarkably short = niezwykle krótki remarkably short

13. unusually short = wyjątkowo krótki unusually short

14. generally short = powszechnie krótki generally short

15. surprisingly short = zadziwiająco krótki surprisingly short

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

short + preposición

Kolokacji: 12

short of • short on • short for • short by • short in • ...

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