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1 run short
hålla på att ta slut; börja sina* * *1) ((of a supply) to become insufficient: Our money is running short.) börja (hålla på att) ta slut2) ((with of) not to have enough: We're running short of money.) börja få slut på -
2 short
adj. kort; knapp, bristande; liten, minskad; outspädd; mindre; mör--------adv. plötsligt, tvärt; i korthet; på kanten; innan slutet--------n. kortslutning (slang); kort (som i "kort sagt"); outspädd drink; kortfilm (slang)--------v. förkorta, korta* * *[ʃo:t] 1. adjective1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) kort2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) kort3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) kort4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) för lite5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) ont om6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) mör, skör, som smular sig lätt2. adverb1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) tvärt, plötsligt2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) för kort•- shortage
- shorten
- shortening
- shortly
- shorts
- shortbread
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- shortcut
- shorthand
- short-handed
- short-list 3. verb(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) sätta upp på slutlistan- short-range
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-tempered
- short-term
- by a short head
- for short
- go short
- in short
- in short supply
- make short work of
- run short
- short and sweet
- short for
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3 short-distance run
kortdistanslopp (löparlopp på 400-meter eller mindre) -
4 in the short run
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5 sprint
n. spurt; sprinterlopp--------v. spurta, sprinta* * *[sprint] 1. noun1) (a run or running race performed at high speed over a short distance: Who won the 100 metres sprint?) sprinterlopp2) (the pace of this: He ran up the road at a sprint.) sprinterfart2. verb(to run at full speed especially (in) a race: He sprinted (for) the last few hundred metres.) sprinta, spurta- sprinter -
6 errand
n. ärende* * *['erənd]1) (a short journey made in order to get something or do something especially for someone else: He has sent the child on an errand; The child will run errands for you.) ärende2) (the purpose of such a journey: She accomplished her errand.) ärende -
7 long
adj. lång; långvarig; långsträckt; orimlig (chans etc.); avlägsen--------adv. länge; för länge sedan; lång tid; hel--------n. lång tid; lång sak--------v. längta efter, tråna efter, trängta efter; sakna* * *I 1. [loŋ] adjective1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) lång2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) lång3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) lång4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) länge, långvarig5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) lång [], gott []2. adverb1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) långt2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) länge•- longways- long-distance
- long-drawn-out
- longhand
- long house
- long jump
- long-playing record
- long-range
- long-sighted
- long-sightedness
- long-suffering
- long-winded
- as long as / so long as
- before very long
- before long
- in the long run
- the long and the short of it
- no longer
- so long! II [loŋ] verb((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) längta efter- longing- longingly -
8 scurry
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9 taxi
n. taxi--------v. taxera ett flygplan på startbanan* * *['tæksi] 1. plurals - taxis, taxies; noun((also taxi-cab: (American) cab) a car, usually fitted with a taximeter, that can be hired with its driver, especially for short journeys: I took a taxi from the hotel to the station.) taxi2. verb((of an aeroplane) to move slowly along the ground before beginning to run forward for take-off: The plane taxied along the runway.) taxa- taxi rank
См. также в других словарях:
run short — Ⅰ. run short (of sth) ► to have a low supply of something: »Forecasting is crucial: you don t want to run short or have a warehouse of unsold product. »The online travel site denies that it is running short of cash. Main Entry: ↑run Ⅱ. run short… … Financial and business terms
run short — verb to be spent or finished The money had gone after a few days Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest • Syn: ↑run low, ↑go • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
run short — v. (d; intr.) to run short of (they never run short of money) * * * (d; intr.) to run short of (they never run short of money) … Combinatory dictionary
run short of sth — Ⅰ. run short (of sth) ► to have a low supply of something: »Forecasting is crucial: you don t want to run short or have a warehouse of unsold product. »The online travel site denies that it is running short of cash. Main Entry: ↑run Ⅱ. run short… … Financial and business terms
run short (of something) — phrase used for saying that you have used almost all of a particular thing and there is not much left Supplies were running short as winter came on. The party had just begun and we were already running short of beer. Thesaurus: to use all or a… … Useful english dictionary
run short — {v. phr.} 1. To not have enough. * /Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short./ * /We are running short of sugar./ Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough in quantity. * /We are out of potatoes and the flour is running… … Dictionary of American idioms
run short — {v. phr.} 1. To not have enough. * /Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short./ * /We are running short of sugar./ Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough in quantity. * /We are out of potatoes and the flour is running… … Dictionary of American idioms
run\ short — v. phr. 1. To not have enough. Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short. We are running short of sugar. Compare: run out 2. To be not enough in quantity. We are out of potatoes and the flour is running short … Словарь американских идиом
run short — have less than you need, run out First we ran out of coffee. Then we ran short of wine … English idioms
run short of — phrasal : to use up : become lacking in sufficient quantity of we are running short of time to finish the job army ran short of provisions … Useful english dictionary
run short of — phrasal to use up ; run low on … New Collegiate Dictionary
