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short [∫ɔ:t]1. adjectivea. court ; ( = not tall) petit• I know it's short notice, but... je sais que le délai est assez court mais...b. ( = abbreviated) "PO" is short for "post office" « PO » est l'abréviation de »post office »c. ( = lacking) to be short of sth manquer de qchd. ( = curt) brusque2. adverb• to cut short [+ speech, TV programme, class, visit, holiday] écourter• I'm £2 short il me manque 2 livres• not far short of £100 pas loin de 100 livres• we are £2,000 short of our target il nous manque encore 2 000 livres pour atteindre notre objectif• it's nothing short of robbery c'est du vol, ni plus ni moins• nothing short of a revolution will satisfy them ils veulent une révolution, rien de moins• I don't see what you can do short of asking him yourself je ne vois pas ce que vous pouvez faire si ce n'est lui demander vous-même3. noun4. plural noun7. compounds• to short-change sb (in shop) ne pas rendre assez à qn ► short-circuit noun court-circuit m transitive verb court-circuiter intransitive verb faire court-circuit• I took a short cut through the fields j'ai pris un raccourci à travers champs ► short-haired adjective [person] aux cheveux courts ; [animal] à poil ras► short-range adjective [missile] à courte portée ; [aircraft] à court rayon d'action ; [plan, weather forecast] à court terme• to be short-staffed manquer de personnel ► short-stay car park noun parc m de stationnement de courte durée* * *[ʃɔːt] 1.1) ( drink) alcool m fort2) Electricity = short circuit3) Cinema court métrage m2. 3.1) ( not long-lasting) [stay, memory, period] court (before n); [course] de courte durée; [conversation, speech, chapter] bref/brève; [walk] petit (before n)the days are getting shorter — les jours diminuent or raccourcissent
2) ( not of great length) court (before n)3) ( not tall) [person] petit4) ( scarce)5) ( inadequate) [rations] insuffisanthe gave me a short measure — ( in shop) il a triché sur le poids
6) ( lacking)to be short on — [person] manquer de [talent, tact]
to go short of —
to run short of — manquer de [clothes, money, food]
my wages are £30 short — il me manque 30 livres sterling sur mon salaire
7) ( in abbreviation)this is Nicholas, Nick for short! — je te présente Nicholas, mais on l'appelle Nick
8) ( abrupt)9) Linguistics [vowel] bref/brève10) Finance [loan, credit] à court terme11) Culinary [pastry] brisé4. 5.in short adverbial phrase bref6.short of prepositional phrase1) ( just before) un peu avant2) ( just less than) pas loin dethat's nothing short of blackmail! — c'est du chantage, ni plus ni moins!
3) ( except)7.transitive verb, intransitive verb Electricity = short-circuit••short and sweet — bref/brève
to bring ou pull somebody up short — couper quelqu'un dans son élan
to make short work of something/somebody — expédier quelque chose/quelqu'un
the long and short of it is that they... — en un mot (comme en cent), ils...
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[ə'bri:vieit](to shorten (a word, phrase etc): Frederick is often abbreviated to Fred.) abréger
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Frederick I — Frederick I (Barbarossa) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Frederick I (Barbarossa) German King and Roman Emperor, son of Frederick of Swabia (d. 1147) and Judith, daughter of Henry the Black; born c. 1123; died 10 June, 1190. Connected… … Catholic encyclopedia
Frederick II — • German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily; born 26 Dec., 1194; died at Fiorentina, in Apulia, 13 Dec., 1250 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Frederick II Frederick II … Catholic encyclopedia
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