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| short adj | (too small) | scurt adj. |
| | The model wore a short skirt. |
| | Manechinul purta o fustă scurtă. |
| short adj | figurative (finance: of a short sale) | scurt adj. |
| | | de vânzător loc.adj. |
| | He held a short position on the stock. |
| short adj | (phonetics) | scurt adj. |
| | The short vowels are common in English. |
| | Vocalele scurte sunt frecvente în engleză. |
| short adj | (of a small drink) | mic adj. |
| | I'd like a short cocktail, please. |
| | Aș dori un cocteil mic, vă rog. |
| short adj | (abbreviated) | scurt, abreviat adj. |
| | I'm is the short form of I am. |
| short on [sth] adj + prep | pejorative, informal (lacking) | îi lipsește expr. |
| | | a fi deficitar la capitolul loc.vb. |
| | The new leader of the party is short on charm; he'll never win over the voters. |
| short adv | (suddenly) | brusc adj. |
| | The sight of the accident made us stop short. |
| | La vederea accidentului ne-am oprit brusc. |
| short adv | (on near side of a target) | aproape adv. |
| | The arrow fell short. |
| | Săgeata a căzut aproape. |
| short adv | (except) | decât adv. |
| | I don't know what to do, short of leaving. |
| | Nu știu ce să fac, doar să plec, poate. |
| short adv | (baseball: position) | poziție între a doua și a treia bază s.f. |
| | The outfielders were playing short. |
| short adv | (insufficient) (contabilitate) | lipsă s.f. |
| | The cashier came up short. |
| | Casierul a ieșit lipsă. |
| short n | (cinema: brief film) | scurt metraj s.n. |
| | Bill produced a short that won a prize. |
| | Bill a produs un scurt metraj care a câștigat un premiu. |
| short n | (electricity: short circuit) | scurtcircuit s.n. |
| | Crossed wires produced a short in the system. |
| | Firele intercalate au produs un scurtcircuit în sistem. |
| short n | (garment size) | scund adj. |
| | My coat is a forty-two short. |
| | Haina mea e numărul 42, genul scund. |
| short n | (baseball: position) | poziție între a doua și a treia bază s.f. |
| | Daniels is playing third, while James is at short. |
| shorts npl | (short pants) | pantaloni scurți loc.subst. |
| | I'll wear shorts and sandals, since it's hot today. |
| | Am să port pantaloni scurți și sandale, pentru că e foarte cald azi. |
| short⇒ vi | (short circuit) | a face scurtcircuit expr. |
| | The entire circuit shorted out. |
| | Întreaga instalație a făcut scurtcircuit. |
| short [sth]⇒ vtr | (short circuit) | a scurtcircuita vb.tranz. |
| | Dripping water shorted the fuse box. |
| | Apa care s-a prelins a scurtcircuitat panoul electric. |
| short [sth] vtr | (to sell shares short) | a face vânzare în lipsă expr.vb. |
| | He shorted the stock because he thought the value was going to fall. |
| | A făcut vânzare în lipsă, crezând că valoarea avea să scadă. |
Forme compuse:
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| cut short vtr | (interrupt, finish prematurely) | a întrerupe vb.tranz. |
| | The sprained ankle caused us to cut short the vacation. |
| fall short v expr | (not be satisfactory) | a fi insuficient expr.vb. |
| | | a dezamăgi vb.tranz. |
| | | a nu corespunde vb.intranz. |
| | The boy's grades fell short of his father's expectations. |
| fall short v expr | (not be sufficient) | a fi insuficient expr.vb. |
| | The amount of water in the reservoir falls short of our targets this year. |
| for a short time adv | (briefly) | pentru scurt timp adv. |
| | He'd only lived in the apartment for a short time - about two weeks. |
| for short adv | (as an abbreviation) | pe scurt loc.adv. |
| | | prescurtat, abreviat adj. |
| | The boy's name is Nishant, but his friends and family call him Nish for short. |
| in a short time adv | (soon) | în scurt timp loc.adv. |
| | I'll have it finished in a short time – please be patient. |
| in a short time adv | (within a brief span of time) | în scurt timp loc.adv. |
| | | curând adv. |
| | In a short time, the fire spread to the other buildings. |
| in a short while adv | (soon) | curând adv. |
| in a short while adv | (within a brief span of time) | curând adv. |
| in short adv | (in summary, in brief) | pe scurt loc.adv. |
| | In short, the film is well worth seeing. |
the long and short of it is,
the long and the short of it is that expr | informal (in summary) | pe scurt loc.adv. |
| | | ca să n-o mai lungim expr. |
| | The long and short of it is that I'm pregnant. |
on short notice,
at short notice,
on a moment's notice,
at a moment's notice adv | (with little warning) | fără preaviz |
| | Her appointment was cancelled on short notice. |
| | I'm sorry to ask you on such short notice, but I only found out about this yesterday. |
| short and sweet adj | (brief, concise) | scurt și cuprinzător loc.adj. |
| | He kept his answers to the police short and sweet. |
| short answer n | (concise reply) | răspuns scurt s.n. |
| | Does he get along with his family? The short answer is no. |
| short description n | (brief account) | scurtă descriere s.f. |
| | Please give us a short description of your new proposal. |
| short distance n | (brief interval in space) | mică distanță s.f. |
| | The taxis are only a short distance from the train station. |
| short film n | (movie less than feature length) | scurtmetraj s.n. |
| | The director won an Oscar for his short film about space. |
| short hair n | (hair: close-cropped) | păr scurt s.m. |
| | Short hair was fashionable for women in the 1920s. |
| short memory n | (tendency to forget quickly) | memorie scurtă s.f. |
| | I have a very short memory for people's names. |
| short memory n | (short-term recall) | memorie pe termen scurt s.f. |
| short notice n | (little warning) | preaviz scurt s.n. |
| | Supply teachers often have only short notice to prepare their lessons. |
| short of [sth] expr | (other than) | în afară de loc.prep. |
| | | cu excepția loc.prep. |
| | Short of a raid on the cookie jar, we won't have a snack. |
| short of doing [sth] expr | (other than do [sth]) | în afară de, cu excepția loc.prep. |
| | Short of replacing the whole engine, there is nothing you can do to solve the problem. |
| be short of [sth] v expr | (lacking) | lipsit de adj. |
| | | a nu mai avea vb.tranz. |
| | I need to go shopping: we're short of bread and milk. |
| short pants npl | US (shorts, thigh-length trousers) | pantaloni scurți s.m.pl. |
| | The weather's much too cold for you to wear short pants. |
| short period n | (brief or limited time) | perioadă scurtă s.f. |
| | The sale will only last a short period, so we should purchase it now. |
| short shorts npl | (hot pants) | pantaloni extrem de scurți s.m.pl. |
| | I like to show off my legs in the summertime wearing short shorts. |
| short shrift n | historical (prisoner: brief confession time) (permisă înainte de execuție) | scurtă confesiune s.f. |
| | | scurtă spovedanie s.f. |
| short skirt n | (above-the-knee or mini skirt) | fustă scurtă s.f. |
| | | mini s.n. |
| | Her short skirt violated the school dress code. |
| short story n | (written fiction shorter than a novella) | povestire, schiță s.f. |
| | He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas. |
short story writer,
short-story writer n | (author of short fiction) | scriitor de povestiri (or: de proză scurtă) s.m. |
| | | nuvelist s.m. |
| | Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer. |
| short term adj | (temporary, not long-lasting) | pe termen scurt adj. |
| | My short-term educational goal is to graduate college. |
| short time n | (brief period) | timp scurt s.n. |
| | | perioadă scurtă de timp s.f. |
| | During the short time that I knew Anne, she never failed to impress me. |
short time,
short-time n | (temporarily working for less pay) | șomaj parțial s.n. |
| short version n | (abridged or condensed form) | versiune prescurtată s.f. |
| | This is just a short version of the full-length movie production. |
| short version n | informal (concise account) | rezumat s.n. |
| | I'll give you the short version now and tell you the full story later. |
| short way n | (little distance) | distanță mică s.f. |
| | It's only a short way to the grocery store. |
| short-circuit [sth]⇒ vtr | (cause to malfunction electrically) | a scurtcircuita vb.tranz. |
| | The flooding in the basement short-circuited the freezer. |
| short-dated adj | (financial security: under 5 years to run) (asigurare financiară, garanție) | termen mai scurt de 5 ani s.n. |
| short-lived adj | (brief) | scurt adj. |
| | | de scurtă durată loc.adj. |
| | The revolt was short-lived: it was all over within a week. |
short-sleeved,
short-sleeve adj | (shirt: sleeves above elbow) | cu mâneci scurte loc.adj. |
| | Theodore wore a short-sleeved shirt to the summer wedding. |
| short-stay adj | (accommodation: for short period) | de scurtă durată loc.adj. |
| short-tempered adj | (easily angered) | irascibil, arțăgos adj. |
| | I can get very short-tempered when things don't go my way. |
| short-term memory n | (capacity for recall over a brief period) | memorie pe termen scurt s.f. |
| | His short-term memory began to fail when he reached 80 years of age. |
shortchange [sb] (US),
short-change [sb] (UK)⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (cheat out of [sth], deprive of [sth]) | a fura vb.tranz. |
| | | a înșela vb.tranz. |
shortcrust,
shortcrust pastry,
short crust n | UK (light crumbly pastry) | cocă sfărâmicioasă s.f. |
| | | foitaj / aluat sfărâmicios s.n. |
| short-cut [sth]⇒ vtr | (use a shortcut on [sth]) | a folosi o scurtătură expr.vb. |
| | Don't try to short-cut this process; it won't work if you do. |
| short-cut⇒ vi | (use a shortcut) | a folosi o scurtătură expr.vb. |
| | This is such a time-consuming process; is there a way to short-cut it? |
shorthanded,
short-handed adj | (lacking staff) | cu personal insuficient loc.adj. |
shortlist,
short-list,
short list n | (list: chosen finalists) | listă de finaliști s.f. |
| | The book was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize last year. |
short-sighted (UK),
nearsighted (US) adj | (myopic) | miop adj. |
| | The test showed that Toby was shortsighted and needed glasses. |
short-sighted (UK),
shortsighted (US) adj | figurative (failing to plan ahead) | obtuz adj. |
| | Congress' bill to reduce taxes on greenhouse gas companies was shortsighted. |
short-sightedness (UK),
nearsightedness (US) n | (vision clear at short distance only) | miopie s.f. |
short-sightedness (UK),
shortsightedness (US) n | figurative (inability to plan long-term) | lipsă de perspectivă s.f. |
| | | mărginire s.f. |
ton,
short ton n | US (907 kg) (unitate de masă, U.S.A.) | tonă americană expr. |
| | The builder ordered a ton of gravel. |
| too short adj | (not long enough) | prea scurt adj. |
| | Your essay was too short for the exam standards. |
| too short adj | (not tall enough) | prea scund adj. |
| | He was too short to join the basketball team. |
| very short adj | (extremely brief) | foarte scurt adj. |
| | Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short. |
| very short adj | (not tall) | foarte scund adj. |
| | He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short. |
| very short adv | (abrupt, rude) | abrupt adv. |
| | She must be mad at me since she was very short with me when I asked her how she was. |