Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody. 15. Slang Close to the end of a tour of military duty. adv. shorter, shortest 1. Abruptly; quickly: stop short. 2. In a rude or curt manner. 3. At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the...
1 : in a curt manner 2 : for or during a brief time short-lasting 3 : at a disadvantage : unawares caught short 4 : in an abrupt manner : suddenly the car stopped short 5 : at some point or degree before a goal or limit aimed at or under consideration the bombs fell shor...
made great progress in just a fewshortyears 3 a of a speech sound:having a relatively short duration b :being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not neces...
Translate Take a shortcut. See 2 authoritative translations of Take a shortcut in Spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations.
short- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
Translate Short of breath. See 3 authoritative translations of Short of breath in Spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations.
Short Stories in Spanish A new version of the "Parallel Text" series, containing ten pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Spanish and in English translation. Complete wit... UK Penguin 被引量: 0发表: 0年 The Penguin Book of American short stories / American literature and the short...
Look up the English to Arabic translation of SHORT-RANGE in the PONS online dictionary. Includes free vocabulary trainer, verb tables and pronunciation function.
at sight on demand at some level at stake -- in danger at stake in danger in at table tennis at ten oclock in the at the abbot at the ancient times at the barbers at the club at the costexpense of at the edge of the sh at the end of each an at the end of at the expiration...
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