1.b> ; short distance ; short hair [legs] []; a short dress ;
2.b> ; a short man ; short grass ; short tower ;
3.b> , , ; a short visit [break] []; a short film ; she has a very short memory ; life's too short .i> ; in a relatively short space of time ; she left a short time ago ;
4.b> , ; / ; water is short / ; I'm a bit short of money at the moment / ; to be short of breath ; because of illness, the team is two players short ; to be short of / in / words i> ; to run short of arguments ;
5.b> : short vowel .i> ;
to be short with smb.b> / ; in short supplyb> ; , ; good secretaries are in short supply / ; in the short termb> ; little / nothing /b> short of smth.b> ; last year's figures were little short of disastrous ; nothing short of a miracle will save the business now .