"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

short adverbio

verbo + short
Kolokacji: 5
cut short • caught short • fall short • stop short • sell short
(1) cut, catch, fall, stop, sell
Kolokacji: 5
1. cut short = skróć cut short
  • His life and career was cut short when he suddenly died of a heart attack in December 1969.
  • His cry was cut short as he hit the cold, dark surface of the sea.
  • Her comments were cut short when the doctor came in.
  • In fact he might have to cut short some lines on the night.
  • His career was cut short when he died shortly after making this movie.
  • I opened my mouth to say so but was cut short when the Send came.
  • However, his time with the club was cut short after just six months.
  • Betty's investigation was cut short when David asked her to move back in with him, after which she left town.
  • Obviously, that experiment has been cut short a little bit.
  • His time was cut short when after 23 games, the team had only won six of them.
2. caught short = złapany krótki caught short
3. fall short = nie wystarczać fall short
4. stop short = osadź stop short
5. sell short = miej niskie mniemanie o sobie sell short

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