"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

short adverbio

verbo + short

Kolokacji: 5

cut short • caught short • fall short • stop short • sell short

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) cut, catch, fall, stop, sell

Kolokacji: 5

1. cut short = skróć cut short

2. caught short = złapany krótki caught short

3. fall short = nie wystarczać fall short

4. stop short = osadź stop short

I stopped short the moment their words reached me.
He stopped two feet short, as if slamming into a wall.
And, gasping, we stopped short not a dozen paces away.
When at last Sam stopped short he slid right into him.
Then it stopped short again, just as before.
Reaching the window, the man from the living room stopped short the moment that his hands touched the slippery sill.
They stopped short at once, and looked all round, startled.
He stopped short the moment that he stepped through the doorway.
The lead stopped short a foot from the floor and hung swinging like a pendulum.
Both stopped short when they saw the archway behind the computer bank.

5. sell short = miej niskie mniemanie o sobie sell short

sold short

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