"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

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

(1) relatively, comparatively

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 17

Kolokacji: 7

(4) extremely, exceedingly

Kolokacji: 2

(5) well, considerably, substantially

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 4

Kolokacji: 9

Kolokacji: 5

Kolokacji: 4

(10) increasingly, progressively

Kolokacji: 2

(11) dangerously, severely, perilously

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 3

(13) blessedly, damned

Kolokacji: 2

1. damned short = potępieńcy krótki damned short

"Sore feet an' damned short rations, that's all," said the loud soldier.
Too damned short, and I'm too tall for it.
Another damned short story, no doubt.
My list of confidants was damned short.
If she had a skirt on under that suit, it was damned short.
The army is damned short of men.
We were damned short on food.
You'd have to have a damned short memory riot to.
But they were damned short of suspects and motives at the moment, and Kresh saw no reason to turn his back on one.
Judging from the look of him, he'd had a long day and a damned short night.

2. blessedly short = cudownie krótki blessedly short

short + preposición

Kolokacji: 12

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

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