| This time we are looking at the word "short". Short in height and length but also short of time. It can also mean inadequate and insufficient or to be rudely brief and abrupt with someone.
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Formal
Oil is in short supply these days.
Jack was short and stocky but that didn't stop him playing basketball.
There was a short circuit in my building and all the lights went out.
The summer is coming I am going to change my long trousers for a pair of shorts.
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| Informal
Sorry I can't give you any more money we are short of cash at the moment.
Don't shop in that supermarket they short changed me last time I went there.
Jack was very rude to cut Jane short in the middle of her speech.
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Idioms
His name is Edward but he's called Ed for short.
It's a bad deal and I have got the short end of the stick.
Don't talk for too long. Keep it short and sweet.
Dave refuses to work overtime and that's the long and short of it.
The birthday cake was delicious and the kids made short work of it.
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