I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brief/short description
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There's only a brief description of the hotel on the Internet.
a brief/short message
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She left a short message on his answering machine.
a brief/short spell
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After a brief spell in a florist's shop, she became a hairdresser.
a brief/short visit
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Miss Russell was only able to pay a brief visit.
a brief/short/long hiatus
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There was a brief hiatus in the war.
a brief/short/slight pause
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"Well, that was a surprise," he said after a brief pause.
a light/short sentence (= a short time in prison )
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We’re hoping that he gets off with a light sentence.
a little/short rest
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He decided to stop and take a short rest.
a little/short sleep
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I always have a little sleep in the afternoon.
a little/short while ago
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Tom got a letter from him just a little while ago.
a little/short while
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Wait a little while before deciding.
a long/short illness
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She nursed him through his long illness.
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Arthur died following a short illness.
a quick/short temper (= likely to get angry very easily )
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He’s got a quick temper, which gets him into trouble.
a short account
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What follows is a short account of the legal procedure.
a short course
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I did a short course on website design.
a short distance
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I quickly walked the short distance to the car.
a short story
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He has published two collections of short stories.
a short time
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A short time later, she heard him drive away.
a short vacation
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a short vacation at the beach
a short walk
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The house is only a short walk from local shops.
a short word
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a short word beginning with ‘d’ and ending with ‘g’
a short/brief ceremony
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He became acting president in a brief ceremony yesterday.
a short/brief period
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He lived for a short period in Manchester.
a short/brief silence
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After a brief silence, Katherine nodded.
a short/brief statement
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Police last night issued a brief statement about the incident.
a short/brief stay
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No visa is required for short stays.
a short/little nap
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A short nap may make you feel better.
a short/little/small laugh
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He let out a nervous little laugh.
a short/long ride
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I climbed slowly aboard the bus for the long ride to Hawkesworth.
a short/quick break
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Shall we have a quick five-minute break?
a short/short-term lease
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These flats are let on short leases to students.
a slight/short delay
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There was a slight delay in the departure of the plane.
(as) thick as two short planks (= very stupid )
at short notice (= without much time to prepare )
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Thank you for coming to help at such short notice.
be short of breath (= be unable to breathe easily because you are ill, old etc )
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Near the top of the mountain I started to feel short of breath.
Bermuda shorts
bicycle shorts
board shorts
boxer shorts
brief/short
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The band had rather a brief existence.
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The show's existence was extremely short.
cycling shorts
fall below/fall short of sb's expectations (= be worse that someone hoped or expected )
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Our profits last year fell below expectations.
fall short of a target (= achieve less than you wanted to )
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Car production at the plant has fallen short of its target by 5%.
fall short of your ideals (= not be as good as you think something should be )
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In appearance, she fell somewhat short of his ideals.
have a short memory (= if you have a short memory, you soon forget things )
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Voters have short memories.
Jockey shorts
long/short blast
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a long trumpet blast
long/short
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I was very tired after the long flight.
long/short
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She was thrilled to get a long letter from her son.
long/short
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He read out a long list of errors.
on short rations (= given a smaller amount than usual )
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We were on short rations .
short and snappy
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Keep your answer short and snappy .
short attention span
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Children often have a short attention span .
short back and sides
short circuit
short cut
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Carlos decided to take a short-cut home.
short hop
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It’s just a short hop from Cleveland to Detroit.
short list
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Davies was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize.
short on...but long on
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He was short on patience, but long on a sense of his own worth.
short story
short wave
short
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Her nails were short and uneven.
short
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They were married last month after a short engagement.
short
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These mowers only work efficiently on short grass.
short
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I like your hair when it’s short like that.
short
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Its tail is short and pointed.
short/brief
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The chairman opened the meeting with a brief speech.
short/long skirt
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a short skirt and high heels
sth is nothing short of a miracle (= it is extremely unexpected and you are very pleased about it )
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What has happened is nothing short of a miracle.
stop dead/short/in your tracks (= stop walking suddenly )
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Sally saw the ambulance and stopped short.
the quickest/shortest route
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We took the shortest route back to the hotel.
the short answer is ... (= used when giving a simple, honest, or direct answer to a difficult question )
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‘How does homeopathy work?’ ‘The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homeopathic remedies work.’
walk a mile/200 metres/a short distance etc
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We must have walked ten miles today.
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I walked all the way to San Rafael.
well short of
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This total falls well short of the sum required.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
far
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Above all, the coercive force at the disposal of the Tsar fell far short of its imposing image.
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This enterprise has so far fallen far short of its targets, but it remains a high priority.
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In fact Carter's performance in office fell far short of his and other people's expectations.
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But the plan fell far short of the integrated approach to neighborhood conservation that was being called for.
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But just how far short is anyone's guess - and a guess that few are prepared to make.
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As expected, the 240-159 vote fell far short of the two-thirds majority needed to prevail.
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It will fall far short of actual experimentation.
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But the evidence is that most of these mergers have fallen far short of their promise.
just
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Zone-five players were not just shorter than their opponents.
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Cornerback Darnell Walker stopping Williams just short of a first down, killing a critical fourth-quarter Dallas drive.
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Fifteen seconds earlier he had been knocked down and lay on the canvas as the referee counted just short of a knockout.
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Here are the stories of some who stopped just short of that precipice.
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This was the railway which crossed over the Corporation tramway just short of the Selby Road boundary.
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He was knocked out just short , but Young quickly got the touchdown on a sneak.
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Poor man, he died in 1989, just short of his eightieth birthday.
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Critics stopped just short of charging the Spin Doctors with malpractice.
much
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Some projects may have a much shorter cycle.
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The petiole is much shorter than the blade.
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Set gill-nets are much shorter , and are used mostly in shallow coastal seas, where they are anchored to the seabed.
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Also, she learned that she had been under anesthesia for a much shorter time than she had thought.
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Mercifully, the remaining two complaint stories of the Numbers series are much shorter .
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Brennan points out that Westminster Cathedral contains far more bodies than Newgrange, from a much shorter period of use.
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The dorsal arm spines are the longest nearly two arm segments in length, the ventral arm spines are much shorter .
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Five hours is much shorter than normal Voice over Cotwold Council officers say they're not running a vendetta against the Hintons.
relatively
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Schools Specialised buildings for the education of children have a relatively short history in Britain.
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Thus the bulk of Laurentia came together in the relatively short time span of 150 million years.
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On the whole, though, relatively short sentences offer the advantage of helping you to keep your writing clear and understandable.
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Most of those are autopsied and then released to a mortuary in a relatively short period of time.
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Even those with relatively short memories in either country should be aware of that.
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During the relatively short treatment, the therapist helped the patient to begin discussing her feelings with her family.
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Successes such as this suggest that remedial actions are feasible and can bring beneficial effects in a relatively short time.
so
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How could she have possibly imagined how dramatically her feelings towards him would have changed in so short a time?
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Graham complains that some sound bites that survived the editing process were so short as to defy understanding.
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Was it because he had no hope that he had lasted so short a time?
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Kenny, this is so short !
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Life is so , so short .
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The fish feed in the breakers, so shorter casts work better.
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No wonder the days were so short and the nights so long.
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Since money is so short she has gone by herself most of the time.
too
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Life, for me, is certainly not too short to stuff a mushroom.
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Was hope in too short supply in our home?
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However, notice which is too short is unlikely to comply with the underlying spirit of the Rule.
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Each of our thoughts is too short .
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But study stints that are too short will merely increase your anxiety.
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And often the time allotted is too short for fluency.
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Life is too short to continue hating anyone for a long time.
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No one is ever going to tell you that a proposal is too long or too short .
very
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The stone fell very short , landing not far from his hiding-place.
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One year is a very short time.
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She was given a very short expectation of life by the doctors.
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Phone conversations should be very short .
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It is a very short leap from euphoria to despair and back again.
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After a very short time, potassium diffuses out of the cell and the previous electrical situation is restored - repolarisation.
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I stayed with Venturous throughout the seventies with the occasional trip on Valiant and a very short period on Vigilant.
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But very short time limits may be vulnerable under the principle.
■ NOUN
answer
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That short answer gives rise to two further questions.
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The short answer is yes, some but not nearly enough.
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The short answer to that is that we don't know.
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A well-structured short answer is better than a weakly-structured long answer.
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A: The short answer is no.
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Well, the short answer to this comes in one word, experience.
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The short answer is that nobody knows.
course
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The project's residential workers are not qualified therapists, though many have received external training on short courses .
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I receive a short course in geophysics, punctuated by the tectonic lessons of the region through which we are driving.
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For external short courses we are concerned to get value for money.
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Special short courses are available in July and August.
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You may find it helpful to take a short course on managing continence.
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Books and short courses can provide you with more ideas.
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For dairy farmers shorter courses were run but travel could still be considerable and some found it very difficult to attend.
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This can be fulfilled mainly by attendance at short courses , conferences and lectures.
cut
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Moral: minor roads are only a short cut if you know where you are!
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Oncoming bikers seemed intent on taking the short cut up and over the Aussie's Nissan.
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Cars daren't risk taking the short cut .
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Pen Lane, now widened for parking, was one of the original short cuts around the church.
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Under pressure, an advice worker may be tempted to take short cuts .
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She took them by a short cut to the Weinbaum Canal.
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She died because she took a short cut across waste ground even though she knew that the murderer was at large in that area.
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In the pressure to get to the Moon by the end of the decade, management short cuts had been taken.
distance
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They had then walked the short distance to Park Lane, her hand in the crook of James's arm.
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A short distance away lay Emain Macha, royal seat of the hereditary kings of Ulster.
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She walked the short distance to work, seeing nothing of the beauty of the day.
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A short distance away was the overturned buggy, but there was no sign of either the horse or the Ellingwood5.
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The vehicles will go through deep drifts for short distances when the momentum of the vehicle will carry it through.
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The shortest distance between two points appeared to be a zigzag.
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There are many social facilities available and also Farmoor reservoir only a short distance away.
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As I approached Lovat and the two Officers, a shell burst a short distance away.
drive
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No dinner is offered but there are many and varied eating establishments within a short drive .
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The Greco-Roman ruins, a short drive away, were thronged, but this amplified, rather than diminished, our visit.
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Unfortunately, this is not the case with many millions of people whose backache is worse after even a short drive .
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The park, a short drive south of downtown, is open from late May to early October.
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A short drive will take you to the Downs and Ashdown Forest.
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Woodbridge is 10 minutes away, several other courses within a short drive .
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It was a short drive from the city.
flight
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Access to the dining room in the north-east corner of the main block was then made via a short flight of stairs.
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He watches four men trying to drag a doorless refrigerator up the short flight of steps into the band shell.
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Those who do not fancy long haul can share short flights between two or three budding pilots.
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It was a short flight , only a hundred miles.
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Both Langkawi and Kuantan are reached by short flights .
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Frankie stared towards the shorter flight of steps leading to the landing.
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They sat on stubby pillars at the bottom of a short flight of steps leading to the parade square.
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The upper-level dining gallery and sitting-room are reached from the living-room via short flight of open-riser timber stairs.
hair
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A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair , an aquiline nose, and a determined chin.
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To this day, I believe the only thing that saved him from a beating was his short hair .
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The wind was blowing over the top of Jinny's head, fluttering the loose, short hairs round her forehead.
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He is tall, a marathoner, with salt-and-pepper short hair .
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If you get in a fight, short hair is an advantage since your opponent can not grasp it.
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She ran her hands through her short hair .
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You've got short hair , you've got a moustache now, and you wear glasses.
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It is useful for short hair , and can be fingered in wherever you need it.
life
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The courageous two-year-old has spent all his short life in hospital.
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He was dreaming; maybe it was the way he would dream for the rest of his short life .
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Evidence suggests that shrews probably have the shortest lives .
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Jessica Dubroff developed a passion for airplanes and horses in her short life .
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Newspapers, toilet paper or tissues are all short life items which could be made from recycled reserves.
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In his short life , he had been a paratrooper and a physician, specializing in infectious diseases.
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Ricotta has a very short life and should be bought and used daily.
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This means that the parasites live shorter lives and pass through more generations in a given time than their hosts.
list
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Readers at Borders Books shops helped to choose the short list .
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The equity department was planning a boat trip to become further acquainted with the trainees on its short list .
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By the end of 1981 Corby was chosen from a very short list of places.
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It gave her a short list of problems and asked her to solve them.
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The previous year, four of the six novels on the short list were about growing up in the Soviet era.
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This year, six titles made the short list , out of 200 submitted.
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Successive rounds of screening bring into play more criteria until the short list is reached.
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After being selected from a short list of five people, I was finally not offered the position.
notice
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Working conditions may not be up to much, and as a casual employee you can be fired at short notice .
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His armour was piled not three yards away, arrayed ready to be donned at short notice .
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They're also prepared to do the ground spraying on short notice .
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When a march is organised at short notice , as much notice as practicable must be given.
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Part C. A short notice teaching session - 20 minutes.
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You have no idea how difficult it was to find a hundred overalls and hats at such short notice .
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The Helsinki summit, arranged at very short notice , dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict.
order
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A piece of good news for Bill Clinton in Congress was followed, in short order , by the opposite.
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We got to Pecos in short order and turned north for Carlsbad.
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Collectively they squandered their pricing power in short order .
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He gave me his curriculum vitae in short order .
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It did, and in pretty short order .
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But, in short order , Lott orchestrated deals on a range of stalled legislation, from welfare reform to health care.
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A short order may be made, for example, to give a parent the opportunity to return to court with legal representation.
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I charmed him in short order .
period
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In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell, east London.
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The necessary hours of light can not be replaced by more intensive light sources operating for a shorter period of time.
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This will enable the distribution to be completed over a shorter period .
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Generally, this condition persists for only a short period as the enzyme system usually becomes functional within several days after birth.
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Occasionally, however, this current is displaced and a warm southward-flowing current prevails for short periods .
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Affected fish are dipped in such a solution for a short period and then can be safely returned to the pool.
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These have short periods , from a few days to a few weeks.
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Those with the longer periods received higher payments than those with shorter periods and were more likely to have retired early.
range
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The Helblaster has a strength of 5 at short range and 4 at long range.
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Most significantly in the short range , it could leave 49ers' offensive tackle Steve Wallace twisting in the wind.
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Morris claimed the third from short range .
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Normal saving throw modifiers apply: -2 at short range and -1 at long range.
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The heavy armament comprised 1,000 artillery pieces, but many were obsolete or short range .
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Viewed head-on from short range the animal is exceedingly hard to spot, provided it stands still.
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Another situation where I have been prepared to use a tube stem is for short range drifting.
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No need to be particularly careful at such short range .
run
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However, in the short run , numerous factors may operate to cause changes in supply.
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Of course, IRAs cost the Treasury in the short run .
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Governments, like theoretical economists, tend to be mainly concerned with the short run .
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The Stanislaus River is dammed fourteen times on its short run to the sea.
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Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.
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Restructuring will lead to declining continuity in the short run , even if improved organizational balance eventually develops.
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This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run .
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The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run .
sentence
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Use short sentences to make your points clearly.
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A proper language allows you to pack a lot of meaning into a short sentence .
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Notoriously, he wrote in very short sentences .
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These books contain short sentences , simple words, and repetitive phrases, designed for early readers.
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Go through each group separately, thinking of two short sentences about each name in the group.
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Hemingway's short sentences derive their power from their revolt against earlier, more discursive styles.
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They will have to pass shorter sentences .
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It is easier to think clearly with short sentences than long ones.
shrift
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Commanders who undervalued or ignored Ultra get short shrift .
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Therefore, any management book worthy of the name should have that as a pivotal issue, not give it short shrift .
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I gave that idea short shrift .
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The notion got short shrift in Washington.
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Unfortunately the deeper issues surrounding the cloning of a human being have received short shrift or no attention at all.
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And in government, accounting systems give the long term short shrift .
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As we shall see later these sources often receive short shrift in many of the papers.
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A lot of people are uncomfortable praising others; they give the good points short shrift .
skirt
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The shorts were pleated about the waist and flared widely, giving an illusion of being a too short skirt .
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She was wearing a uniform with a very short skirt and a white col-lar and lapels.
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I felt so cross with myself, so stupid for wearing a short skirt .
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I didn't wear a short skirt for ages after that.
space
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Life, for the short space of a few weeks, was better than she had ever known it.
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In fact it took them a very short space of time only three weeks to build the test raft ready to launch.
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Within a short space I have been concerned to make two basic points in this chapter.
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In such a short space of time, he had plunged from the pinnacle of success to the depths of defeat.
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It is of course an impossible task to examine the record of Marxism in such a short space as I have available.
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That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.
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I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time.
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The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
spell
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A short spell of hard work in quiet surroundings would not be a bad thing.
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No one will benefit from such a short spell .
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We assumed that for each participant the occurrence of short spells followed a Poisson distribution.
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Considerable excess residual variation was found in the rate of sickness absence for short spells .
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Thus, an illness that tends to require frequent short spells in hospital will appear to have a high incidence.
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Quiet at Bidford, but short spells of action with chub and roach around midday at Welford.
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There were even short spells when I sculled without error, helping to create a reasonably smooth pattern with my illustrious partner.
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This seems to happen after a short spell off road.
stay
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During his short stay in Madeira, he was a great benefactor of the island.
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Gandhi stayed in Champaran seven months, and returned for two shorter stays.
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Very often they moved on again after a short stay , for they found that reality was harsher than their dreams.
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They promised short stays , more contacts with the outside world and treatment that stressed returning children home whenever possible.
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I went every day at the same time, in fact, over the period of my short stay .
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Two troops deployed nearby to the west, awaiting a short stay at camp.
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Anyway, her short stay on board had at least served some purpose.
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Lamm also expects to spend some of his short stay in Silicon Valley chatting with potential donors.
story
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F fable A short story in prose or verse which is written so that a moral may be learnt from it.
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In these short stories Asimov gives us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future.
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James McMurtry is an unusual singer-songwriter, a gentle, thoughtful troubadour who writes songs that unfold like short stories .
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What they do have, though, is a literary tradition, which reveres the short story .
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I wrote four or five fairly short stories a week.
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Pandora also promote short story writers by publishing Storia, a twice-yearly short story magazine.
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In this type of short story , large claims are made about the effect of the reading experience.
supply
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We could only use candles it night if we were working, because they were in very short supply .
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People embody intelligence, by far the most precious resource in the universe and one in terribly short supply .
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Rural housing within reach of farm workers has come to be in even shorter supply .
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Food was in such short supply that she was genuinely concerned that her two babies might get scurvy.
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Here, where clean drinking water is in short supply , expensive drugs are beyond ordinary people's reach.
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And it was true that accredited math teachers were in short supply .
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And that's really the story for this afternoon, with sunshine in short supply .
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The automaker was particularly vulnerable because it keeps only a short supply of extra parts to save costs.
term
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Fund raising campaigns are simpler to organise and sustain when they are short term sprints aimed at quickly achievable goals.
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In the short term , the administration budget would produce lower payments by the government for each visit, the official predicted.
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I've had a very short term contract for each show.
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But they say that around £100 million is needed to ensure such projects are economically viable in the short term .
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It seemed as if he received a shorter term in jail because he was a doctor.
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You will be pleased to know that the discomfort is only short term and should not occur in the future.
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In the short term the road to Nice has plenty of hurdles.
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Even marriage into the royal family only assured such support in the short term .
time
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Sartori had disappeared a short time later.
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As a result of her actions, Amelia became even more popular and within a short time was practically running Ogontz.
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He stayed there only a short time before moving to Gloucestershire where he has been ever since.
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Despite all the talk expected to come from both sides, they know they are operating in a short time frame.
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Sekers Service Supreme Breaking all records, Sekers supplied a customer with specially woven cloth in an amazingly short time .
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He passed me a short time ago.
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To improve, she attended an art class in Sheffield for a short time .
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I do not feel able to postpone an order for possession for more than a very short time indeed.
walk
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I decide to go out for cigarettes; a short walk will do me good.
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From La Fonda it was only a short walk to the Ernest Blumenschein house.
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It is next to Friston Forest with its forest walks and picnic areas, and is a short walk from the sea.
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The next day I left the house only once, for a short walk to the pond.
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Compared to the previous day this is a short walk whether you choose the high or low route.
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Afternoons ended at the Gundy, the school teahouse, a short walk up the hill.
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The house is only a short walk from local shops and there are regular buses to the City Centre.
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The coeducational school was just a short walk for all of them.
while
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On the day of the wedding, just for a short while , all strife was laid aside.
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Just got here a short while ago.
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Odd individuals kept swimming away, only to return a short while later.
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The few dollars collected would help to maintain the cause, at least for a short while .
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He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story.
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After a short while , Nelson reluctantly entered the testing room with the psychologist.
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Sure enough, in a short while a girl called Mitti turned up.
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When she returned a short while later, she found the 27-year-old Cosby fatally wounded.
work
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It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
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Flexible and shorter work weeks are a win-win situation for both the employee and employer.
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It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
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Use quotation marks around the names of short works such as newsletter articles.
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Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
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In spite of the shorter work day, total production increased and hourly production increased dramatically.
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Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
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The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(since sb was) in short pants
a short fuse
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And you don't fool with those because things are on a shorter fuse in Beirut.
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Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse .
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She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse .
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Tom's a chap with a temper on a short fuse anyway.
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Wright has a short fuse , and without the goals going in his situation is worsening.
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You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time.
a short space of time
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I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time.
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In old age several major losses may occur within a short space of time.
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In such a short space of time, he had plunged from the pinnacle of success to the depths of defeat.
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Just how much things can change in a short space of time.
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Still, he had been knocked out twice in a short space of time and would appreciate some rest.
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That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.
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The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time.
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The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
at short notice
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Both players pulled out of the competition yesterday at short notice .
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Occasionally, tours may have to be cancelled at short notice .
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One of the players dropped out at short notice .
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He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director, Bill Naysmith.
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Many laboratories have cooperated at short notice and are analysing large numbers of samples.
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Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible.
▪
Occasionally tours may be cancelled at short notice owing to circumstances beyond our control.
▪
The landlord could also terminate the arrangements at short notice .
▪
There is an aversion to holding meetings at short notice with a diminished complement.
▪
These alternatives will not always be available at short notice but it might be possible to plan for them.
▪
Working conditions may not be up to much, and as a casual employee you can be fired at short notice .
bring sb up short/with a start
cut sb short
▪
I tried to explain but she cut me short.
▪
I was halfway through my explanation when Walter cut me short.
cut sth short
▪
His death at the age of 38 cut short a brilliant career.
▪
The ten-day mission was cut short when one of the shuttle's navigation devices failed.
draw the short straw
▪
I'm only here because I drew the short straw.
▪
Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.
fall short of sth
▪
The results fell far short of our expectations.
▪
Anything less than this is a measure of the extent to which the research falls short of scientific standards.
▪
By 1951 the Labour government had built 900,000 houses, falling short of its target of 240,000 dwellings a year.
▪
Even in the best of years, Journal news coverage inevitably falls short of perfection.
▪
On the other hand, if the firm falls short of covering its fixed costs, a loss will be incurred.
▪
Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal.
▪
The results fell short of eight analysts' forecasts of profit between 130 million and 127 million pounds.
▪
The trainers suggest that, as guards, they fell short of expectations.
flexible/short-time etc working
▪
An outside problem can sometimes be helped by, say, more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level.
▪
Earnings might vary because of piece-work, overtime or short-time working .
▪
Flexible Hours Question: Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours?
▪
Meanwhile, solicitors were last week urged to consider flexible working for staff in line with the government's family friendly policies.
▪
Recruitment procedures focus on individual skills and potential for flexible working .
▪
Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.
▪
Vauxhall bosses admit that the threat of short-time working at Ellesmere Port still remains a possibility.
▪
Wage freezes have been brought in across most of the company and some short-time working introduced.
in the long/short/medium term
in the short run
▪
Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.
▪
He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run .
▪
However, in the short run , numerous factors may operate to cause changes in supply.
▪
It showed the company that Orrick was willing to make a commitment to them by losing some money in the short run .
▪
Of course, IRAs cost the Treasury in the short run .
▪
The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run .
▪
The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue.
▪
This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run .
life's too short
long-stemmed/short-stemmed etc
make short/light work of sth
▪
But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
▪
Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
▪
Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
▪
Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
▪
It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
▪
It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
▪
The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
▪
Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
sell sb/sth short
▪
Don't sell this guy short - there's more to him than just good looks.
stop short of (doing) sth
▪
Shepherd stopped short of calling him a liar.
▪
Doctors stop short of saying the disease is always fatal, but medical literature paints a bleak picture.
▪
Eric Gray charged back up the court before stopping short of the center line.
▪
Even if it stops short of this extreme, retroactive cost justification is largely ineffective.
▪
He stopped short of making recommendations about weapons programs in his 90-minute meeting at the White House.
▪
I know people who would maim and yet stop short of murder.
▪
In fact, no general pattern is discernible, except that almost all stop short of full accountability to Parliament.
▪
Yet the argument against Ashdown's triumphalism has to stop short of encouraging the same fatal hubris among Labour politicians.
to cut a long story short
▪
I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
to cut a long story short
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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'What does she look like?' 'She's short and fat, with brown hair.'
▪
a short -sleeved T-shirt
▪
a short course in aromatherapy
▪
a short pause in the conversation
▪
A short while later, the doorbell rang.
▪
a short , stocky man with powerful shoulders
▪
a book of short stories
▪
Brad is fairly short and stocky.
▪
Chris went for a short walk to clear his head.
▪
Do you know any short cuts to the hospital?
▪
Graham made a short speech of thanks after the ceremony.
▪
I've just been living here a short time.
▪
It's a short drive from the airport.
▪
It would have been better if they'd closed the road for a short period of time while the repairs were done.
▪
Ken gave a short speech at the award ceremony.
▪
Mr Haddad was several inches shorter than his wife.
▪
Please write a short paragraph explaining your reasons for applying to this college.
▪
Sandy took a short cut home.
▪
She has short curly hair and wears glasses.
▪
The chapters are really short , so I read a couple every night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
But it was always widely feared that the narrow time frame was far too short and would work against an effective peace.
▪
I really do feel this way for a short time.
▪
I said after a short pause.
▪
Perhaps more significant are the events in the remaining and short history of the Rochdale Co-operative Manufacturing Society.
▪
Suddenly, every day seems just that little bit shorter.
▪
The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run.
II. adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(since sb was) in short pants
a short fuse
▪
And you don't fool with those because things are on a shorter fuse in Beirut.
▪
Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse .
▪
She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse .
▪
Tom's a chap with a temper on a short fuse anyway.
▪
Wright has a short fuse , and without the goals going in his situation is worsening.
▪
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time.
a short space of time
▪
I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time.
▪
In old age several major losses may occur within a short space of time.
▪
In such a short space of time, he had plunged from the pinnacle of success to the depths of defeat.
▪
Just how much things can change in a short space of time.
▪
Still, he had been knocked out twice in a short space of time and would appreciate some rest.
▪
That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.
▪
The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time.
▪
The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
at short notice
▪
Both players pulled out of the competition yesterday at short notice .
▪
Occasionally, tours may have to be cancelled at short notice .
▪
One of the players dropped out at short notice .
▪
He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director, Bill Naysmith.
▪
Many laboratories have cooperated at short notice and are analysing large numbers of samples.
▪
Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible.
▪
Occasionally tours may be cancelled at short notice owing to circumstances beyond our control.
▪
The landlord could also terminate the arrangements at short notice .
▪
There is an aversion to holding meetings at short notice with a diminished complement.
▪
These alternatives will not always be available at short notice but it might be possible to plan for them.
▪
Working conditions may not be up to much, and as a casual employee you can be fired at short notice .
bring sb up short/with a start
cut sb short
▪
I tried to explain but she cut me short.
▪
I was halfway through my explanation when Walter cut me short.
cut sth short
▪
His death at the age of 38 cut short a brilliant career.
▪
The ten-day mission was cut short when one of the shuttle's navigation devices failed.
draw the short straw
▪
I'm only here because I drew the short straw.
▪
Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.
fall short of sth
▪
The results fell far short of our expectations.
▪
Anything less than this is a measure of the extent to which the research falls short of scientific standards.
▪
By 1951 the Labour government had built 900,000 houses, falling short of its target of 240,000 dwellings a year.
▪
Even in the best of years, Journal news coverage inevitably falls short of perfection.
▪
On the other hand, if the firm falls short of covering its fixed costs, a loss will be incurred.
▪
Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal.
▪
The results fell short of eight analysts' forecasts of profit between 130 million and 127 million pounds.
▪
The trainers suggest that, as guards, they fell short of expectations.
flexible/short-time etc working
▪
An outside problem can sometimes be helped by, say, more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level.
▪
Earnings might vary because of piece-work, overtime or short-time working .
▪
Flexible Hours Question: Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours?
▪
Meanwhile, solicitors were last week urged to consider flexible working for staff in line with the government's family friendly policies.
▪
Recruitment procedures focus on individual skills and potential for flexible working .
▪
Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.
▪
Vauxhall bosses admit that the threat of short-time working at Ellesmere Port still remains a possibility.
▪
Wage freezes have been brought in across most of the company and some short-time working introduced.
in the long/short/medium term
in the short run
▪
Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.
▪
He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run .
▪
However, in the short run , numerous factors may operate to cause changes in supply.
▪
It showed the company that Orrick was willing to make a commitment to them by losing some money in the short run .
▪
Of course, IRAs cost the Treasury in the short run .
▪
The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run .
▪
The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue.
▪
This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run .
life's too short
long-stemmed/short-stemmed etc
make short/light work of sth
▪
But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
▪
Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
▪
Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
▪
Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
▪
It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
▪
It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
▪
The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
▪
Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
sell sb/sth short
▪
Don't sell this guy short - there's more to him than just good looks.
stop short of (doing) sth
▪
Shepherd stopped short of calling him a liar.
▪
Doctors stop short of saying the disease is always fatal, but medical literature paints a bleak picture.
▪
Eric Gray charged back up the court before stopping short of the center line.
▪
Even if it stops short of this extreme, retroactive cost justification is largely ineffective.
▪
He stopped short of making recommendations about weapons programs in his 90-minute meeting at the White House.
▪
I know people who would maim and yet stop short of murder.
▪
In fact, no general pattern is discernible, except that almost all stop short of full accountability to Parliament.
▪
Yet the argument against Ashdown's triumphalism has to stop short of encouraging the same fatal hubris among Labour politicians.
the long and (the) short of it
▪
The long and short of it is that I had too much to drink and said something I shouldn't have.
▪
There you are, the long and the short of it.
to cut a long story short
▪
I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
to cut a long story short
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Attempts to introduce drift-nets into neighbouring New Zealand waters were more short lived.
▪
Charles was short , heavyset, and forty-three years old.
▪
He had short black hair, a scruffy moustache and a pointed nose.
▪
It is the record of a glory that was short lived, but makes an illustrious event in Aarau's history.
III. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
baggy
▪
He dressed in baggy shorts and Hawaiian print shirts, but there was nothing relaxed about his working methods.
▪
She wore a pair of baggy blue shorts and a U of M sweatshirt.
▪
He started hinting at this: stood in the doorway in those baggy navy shorts of his, bowlegged.
▪
Wu Tak Seng himself is sitting on a varnished wooden chair in his doorway, in singlet and baggy shorts .
blue
▪
He was wearing black or navy blue shorts .
▪
She wore a pair of baggy blue shorts and a U of M sweatshirt.
▪
Two workers casually dressed in navy blue shorts and singlets were already in the process of unloading the unwieldy hospital bed.
▪
I pointed to the blue shorts .
khaki
▪
Servants bow and scrape. Khaki shorts replaced by abrasive long trousers for the evening.
▪
A guy in khaki shorts was carrying a video camera.
▪
He rather looked like one of the comics on television who will always wear his khaki shorts half way to his ankles.
▪
The Hong Kong police wore khaki shorts and stockings.
▪
He wore a pair of khaki shorts and a faded blue shirt, with sandals on his feet.
▪
A shaggy bearded bear of a man in a smock and khaki shorts .
▪
Long, muscled legs were shown to full advantage by a pair of crisp khaki shorts .
long
▪
Players want longer shorts for practical reasons as much as anything and the nostalgic look is simply another trend.
running
▪
Prague was the last stadium where I wore conventional running shorts .
▪
In moments he was kitted out in a singlet and a pair of running shorts .
white
▪
I looked up and saw Jamila hurrying towards me in black T-shirt and white shorts .
▪
I sat on the rocky slope above Gay Acres, not wanting to stain my white shorts on the grass.
▪
Top, from left: Red and white striped shorts £5.99, Hennes.
▪
I shower in lukewarm water and decide on thick white running shorts and matching top which I put on in slow motion.
▪
Hugh wore a pair of neat white shorts which made him look ready for tennis.
▪
She wore white shorts and a blue blouse with white stars.
■ NOUN
boxer
▪
He strips down to his T-shirt and striped boxer shorts .
▪
Joe explained that oversized jeans were necessary to showcase wildly patterned boxer shorts .
▪
With stars'n' stripes boxer shorts worn on the outside.
▪
He dressed like a willful teenager, favoring jeans so tattered you could see his boxer shorts through them.
▪
Standing over her is an overweight middle-aged man in a pair of paisley boxer shorts .
▪
In his boxer shorts , wearing his glasses, Wyatt felt himself shaking.
▪
But those boxer shorts were Calvin Klein and nearly new.
▪
Can you imagine a male presenter wearing peek-a-boo boxer shorts showing more than a hint of his you-know-what?
■ VERB
dress
▪
She was dressed in white shorts , a pale jacket and flat shoes.
▪
Two workers casually dressed in navy blue shorts and singlets were already in the process of unloading the unwieldy hospital bed.
▪
He dressed in baggy shorts and Hawaiian print shirts, but there was nothing relaxed about his working methods.
▪
She'd dressed for breakfast in shorts and T-shirt and it wasn't the ideal outfit for talking business with hotel managers.
wear
▪
I saw young men with disheveled hair and shirts of all colors and hairy-legged youths wearing shorts .
▪
Today, all-round utility player, Clive Smott, will wear the keepers' shorts even though Slack is two sizes bigger.
▪
Heck, I wear tank tops and shorts all the time.
▪
Prague was the last stadium where I wore conventional running shorts .
▪
They wore shorts and halters, shirts and jeans.
▪
The big question is: Will Dessie wear cycle shorts ?
▪
The bike agents have the same uniforms as other agents except that they wear shorts instead of pants.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(since sb was) in short pants
a short fuse
▪
And you don't fool with those because things are on a shorter fuse in Beirut.
▪
Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse .
▪
She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse .
▪
Tom's a chap with a temper on a short fuse anyway.
▪
Wright has a short fuse , and without the goals going in his situation is worsening.
▪
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time.
a short space of time
▪
I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time.
▪
In old age several major losses may occur within a short space of time.
▪
In such a short space of time, he had plunged from the pinnacle of success to the depths of defeat.
▪
Just how much things can change in a short space of time.
▪
Still, he had been knocked out twice in a short space of time and would appreciate some rest.
▪
That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.
▪
The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time.
▪
The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
at short notice
▪
Both players pulled out of the competition yesterday at short notice .
▪
Occasionally, tours may have to be cancelled at short notice .
▪
One of the players dropped out at short notice .
▪
He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director, Bill Naysmith.
▪
Many laboratories have cooperated at short notice and are analysing large numbers of samples.
▪
Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible.
▪
Occasionally tours may be cancelled at short notice owing to circumstances beyond our control.
▪
The landlord could also terminate the arrangements at short notice .
▪
There is an aversion to holding meetings at short notice with a diminished complement.
▪
These alternatives will not always be available at short notice but it might be possible to plan for them.
▪
Working conditions may not be up to much, and as a casual employee you can be fired at short notice .
bring sb up short/with a start
cut sb short
▪
I tried to explain but she cut me short.
▪
I was halfway through my explanation when Walter cut me short.
cut sth short
▪
His death at the age of 38 cut short a brilliant career.
▪
The ten-day mission was cut short when one of the shuttle's navigation devices failed.
draw the short straw
▪
I'm only here because I drew the short straw.
▪
Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.
fall short of sth
▪
The results fell far short of our expectations.
▪
Anything less than this is a measure of the extent to which the research falls short of scientific standards.
▪
By 1951 the Labour government had built 900,000 houses, falling short of its target of 240,000 dwellings a year.
▪
Even in the best of years, Journal news coverage inevitably falls short of perfection.
▪
On the other hand, if the firm falls short of covering its fixed costs, a loss will be incurred.
▪
Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal.
▪
The results fell short of eight analysts' forecasts of profit between 130 million and 127 million pounds.
▪
The trainers suggest that, as guards, they fell short of expectations.
flexible/short-time etc working
▪
An outside problem can sometimes be helped by, say, more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level.
▪
Earnings might vary because of piece-work, overtime or short-time working .
▪
Flexible Hours Question: Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours?
▪
Meanwhile, solicitors were last week urged to consider flexible working for staff in line with the government's family friendly policies.
▪
Recruitment procedures focus on individual skills and potential for flexible working .
▪
Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.
▪
Vauxhall bosses admit that the threat of short-time working at Ellesmere Port still remains a possibility.
▪
Wage freezes have been brought in across most of the company and some short-time working introduced.
in the long/short/medium term
in the short run
▪
Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.
▪
He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run .
▪
However, in the short run , numerous factors may operate to cause changes in supply.
▪
It showed the company that Orrick was willing to make a commitment to them by losing some money in the short run .
▪
Of course, IRAs cost the Treasury in the short run .
▪
The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run .
▪
The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue.
▪
This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run .
life's too short
make short/light work of sth
▪
But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
▪
Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
▪
Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
▪
Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
▪
It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
▪
It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
▪
The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
▪
Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
sell sb/sth short
▪
Don't sell this guy short - there's more to him than just good looks.
stop short of (doing) sth
▪
Shepherd stopped short of calling him a liar.
▪
Doctors stop short of saying the disease is always fatal, but medical literature paints a bleak picture.
▪
Eric Gray charged back up the court before stopping short of the center line.
▪
Even if it stops short of this extreme, retroactive cost justification is largely ineffective.
▪
He stopped short of making recommendations about weapons programs in his 90-minute meeting at the White House.
▪
I know people who would maim and yet stop short of murder.
▪
In fact, no general pattern is discernible, except that almost all stop short of full accountability to Parliament.
▪
Yet the argument against Ashdown's triumphalism has to stop short of encouraging the same fatal hubris among Labour politicians.
the long and (the) short of it
▪
The long and short of it is that I had too much to drink and said something I shouldn't have.
▪
There you are, the long and the short of it.
to cut a long story short
▪
I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
to cut a long story short
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
There must be a short in the system.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
He jerked down his shorts, and sat with legs spread on the edge of a slope-backed chair.
▪
He smiled, taking in Willie's crumpled grey shorts and jersey.
▪
He was pale; the portion of his legs between his socks and shorts was white.
▪
I sat on the rocky slope above Gay Acres, not wanting to stain my white shorts on the grass.
▪
Joe explained that oversized jeans were necessary to showcase wildly patterned boxer shorts.
▪
The odd thing is that it isn't the big chaps in shorts who are under fire.
IV. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(since sb was) in short pants
a short fuse
▪
And you don't fool with those because things are on a shorter fuse in Beirut.
▪
Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse .
▪
She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse .
▪
Tom's a chap with a temper on a short fuse anyway.
▪
Wright has a short fuse , and without the goals going in his situation is worsening.
▪
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time.
a short space of time
▪
I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time.
▪
In old age several major losses may occur within a short space of time.
▪
In such a short space of time, he had plunged from the pinnacle of success to the depths of defeat.
▪
Just how much things can change in a short space of time.
▪
Still, he had been knocked out twice in a short space of time and would appreciate some rest.
▪
That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.
▪
The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time.
▪
The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
at short notice
▪
Both players pulled out of the competition yesterday at short notice .
▪
Occasionally, tours may have to be cancelled at short notice .
▪
One of the players dropped out at short notice .
▪
He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director, Bill Naysmith.
▪
Many laboratories have cooperated at short notice and are analysing large numbers of samples.
▪
Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible.
▪
Occasionally tours may be cancelled at short notice owing to circumstances beyond our control.
▪
The landlord could also terminate the arrangements at short notice .
▪
There is an aversion to holding meetings at short notice with a diminished complement.
▪
These alternatives will not always be available at short notice but it might be possible to plan for them.
▪
Working conditions may not be up to much, and as a casual employee you can be fired at short notice .
flexible/short-time etc working
▪
An outside problem can sometimes be helped by, say, more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level.
▪
Earnings might vary because of piece-work, overtime or short-time working .
▪
Flexible Hours Question: Has consideration been given to the introduction of flexible working hours?
▪
Meanwhile, solicitors were last week urged to consider flexible working for staff in line with the government's family friendly policies.
▪
Recruitment procedures focus on individual skills and potential for flexible working .
▪
Through grants to local authorities, we are financing schemes to introduce more flexible working practices - such as job sharing.
▪
Vauxhall bosses admit that the threat of short-time working at Ellesmere Port still remains a possibility.
▪
Wage freezes have been brought in across most of the company and some short-time working introduced.
in the long/short/medium term
in the short run
▪
Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.
▪
He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run .
▪
However, in the short run , numerous factors may operate to cause changes in supply.
▪
It showed the company that Orrick was willing to make a commitment to them by losing some money in the short run .
▪
Of course, IRAs cost the Treasury in the short run .
▪
The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run .
▪
The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue.
▪
This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run .
life's too short
long-stemmed/short-stemmed etc
make short/light work of sth
▪
But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home.
▪
Carmen would have made short work of Michael too.
▪
Fourth placed Guisborough made short work of the opposition at Saltburn.
▪
Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990.
▪
It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
▪
It made short work of our Windows performance tests, WinTach, clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3.
▪
The second game we pull away early and make short work of it.
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Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster, Anthony Hamilton, as he eased into the last 16.
the long and (the) short of it
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The long and short of it is that I had too much to drink and said something I shouldn't have.
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There you are, the long and the short of it.
to cut a long story short
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Customers were being shorted about two ounces per glass of beer.
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The fire was caused by a toaster that shorted out.