"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) relatively, comparatively
Kolokacji: 2
(4) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
1. remarkably short = niezwykle krótki remarkably short
2. unusually short = wyjątkowo krótki unusually short
  • The great hall became deserted in an unusually short time.
  • For example, a potential employee who is unusually short and weak can not be denied a job in a police force based upon his size.
  • Beethoven wrote the piece during the second half of December, an unusually short time by his standards.
  • They were getting ready to break up; it had been an unusually short meeting.
  • The ship was completed in the unusually short time of seven months and fifteen days.
  • It took a little less than an hour to establish contact, an unusually short turnaround.
  • The skull appears to have been unusually short and tall.
  • On a recent Tuesday, the line at the cash register was unusually short.
  • But what exactly did 24 million voters win from a campaign that was unusually short on issues?
  • Their trunks were unusually short but they also had long, powerful legs.
4. particularly short = szczególnie krótki particularly short
5. exceptionally short = wyjątkowo krótki exceptionally short
(10) increasingly, progressively
Kolokacji: 2
(13) blessedly, damned
Kolokacji: 2
short + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
short of • short on • short for • short by • short in • ...

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