"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. surprisingly short = zadziwiająco krótki surprisingly short
2. amazingly short = zdumiewająco krótki amazingly short
  • We managed in an amazingly short time to form crude words and sentences.
  • In an amazingly short time, they were gone from sight.
  • In an amazingly short time Will was back with bowl and flannel cloth.
  • She had gone from the heights to the depths in an amazingly short time.
  • Within an amazingly short time he developed into a highly accomplished and individual painter.
  • An abundant supply of ice cubes in an amazingly short time.
  • In an amazingly short time, nothing but that bone remained on the plate.
  • In an amazingly short time he had managed to rub everyone wrong.
  • The actions had taken place in an amazingly short space of time.
  • And, in an amazingly short time, they had themselves a bridge.
3. astonishingly short = zadziwiająco krótki astonishingly short
4. startlingly short = zadziwiająco krótki startlingly 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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