SHORT

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short I. adjectiv

1. scurt; redus; concis; succint;

by a short day în curând;

at short notice în timp scurt, pe dată;

for short pe scurt; pentru precizare;

in short în câteva cuvinte, pe scurt;

to make a long story short ca să nu mai lungim vorba, în rezumat;

to make short work of smth. a face praf, a distruge repede.

2. (despre o persoană) scund, mic, de statură mică.

3. insuficient, incomplet;

short of a) lipsit de; b) în afară de, exceptând;

nothing short of violence would compel him numai prin violenţă ar putea fi constrâns;

we are short of cash nu avem numerar;

to run short of smth. a duce lipsă de ceva;

this book is short of satisfaction această carte e nesatisfăcătoare;

to fall short of one’s expectation a nu fi la înălţimea aşteptărilor;

in short supply deficitar;

to fall short a) a nu ajunge, a fi insuficient; b) a dezamăgi, a dezminţi aşteptările; c) a nu-şi atinge scopul.

4. (despre purtări, mişcări) tăios, brusc, scurt;

he was very short with me a fost foarte tăios cu mine;

to jump short a nu aştepta răspuns.

5. (despre argilă etc.) sfărâmicios.

6. (despre un aliment) fraged;

the biscuit eats short biscuitul se topeşte în gură.

7. (sl.) (despre băuturi) tare;

smth. short o băutură tare, ceva tare.

short II. adverb

1. tăios, brusc; neaşteptat, deodată;

to stop short a se opri brusc;

to take smb. up short, to cut smb. short a tăia vorba cuiva;

to be taken short a fi Iuat din scurt.

2. în afară;

short of în afară de;

his friendship stops short of his purse prietenia lui merge până la bani.

3. pe termen scurt.

short III. substantiv

1. (lingv.) vocală scurtă; silabă scurtă.

2. (film de) scurt metraj.

3. şort, pantalon scurt.

4. (electr.) scurtcircuit.

5. (mil.) tir scurt.

short IV. verb tranzitiv

(sl.) to short out a scoate din circuit (un bec etc.).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

This it repeated several times, till it was a short hundred yards away.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

If she had seen the brown eyes then, she would have stopped short, but she never looked up, and the lesson was not spoiled for her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

It seemed that the time had been very short indeed, but there was Van Helsing back in the study.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

In short, we quite enjoyed ourselves.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Charles Hodges will plague me to death, I dare say; but I shall cut him very short.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“I am not at all surprised,” said Miss Crawford, after a short pause, “at this want of an Anhalt. Amelia deserves no better. Such a forward young lady may well frighten the men.”

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

It was short, and thus conceived: (...)

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

After a short interval, however, he came towards her, and spoke again.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

He came, therefore, sometimes to see that I was not neglected, but his visits were short and with long intervals.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

You have an indication, you see, of a long body with very short legs attached to it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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