"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 • ...
(1) relatively, comparatively
Kolokacji: 2
(4) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) increasingly, progressively
Kolokacji: 2
(13) blessedly, damned
Kolokacji: 2
1. damned short = potępieńcy krótki damned short
2. blessedly short = cudownie krótki blessedly short
  • These three dishes cover nearly half the appetizers: the menu at Dennis Foy is blessedly short.
  • The French menu is blessedly short.
  • The heating system never really worked, but the stove usually did and everyone gathered in the kitchen for warmth during the blessedly short Texas winters.
  • Campbell's escalade up the precipice saved an enormous number of lives and cut a nasty fight blessedly short.
  • A Concorde flight is not particularly comfortable, just blessedly short.
  • The walk to the car was blessedly short.
  • Eadred gave a sermon that was blessedly short even though he spoke in both English and Danish.
  • The trip to Queens was crowded, hot, and blessedly short.
  • Our last stop was a ride on a real camel around a blessedly short circle.
  • I loved it once, during those barren, blessedly short years between my grandfather's death and Clayton's arrival.
short + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
short of • short on • short for • short by • short in • ...

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