Nouns | |||||||
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| short (Brit.) - alcoholic drink | le shot English | ||||||
| short [coll.] [ELEC.] - short circuit | le court-circuit | ||||||
| short-circuit [ELEC.] | le court-circuit | ||||||
| short-sightedness (Brit.) non-technical usage [MED.] | la myopie | ||||||
| short cut | le raccourci | ||||||
| short waves pl. [TECH.] | les hautes fréquences pl. h aspiré f. | ||||||
| short interruption - of supply voltage [ELEC.] | la coupure brève (de la tension d'alimentation) | ||||||
| boxer short [TEXTIL.] | le caleçon | ||||||
| short-circuit capacity [ELEC.] | le pouvoir de coupure (et de fermeture) en court-circuit | ||||||
| short-circuit characteristic [TECH.] | la caractéristique en court-circuit | ||||||
| short-circuit current [ELEC.] | le courant de court-circuit | ||||||
| short-circuit fault (Amer.) [ELEC.] | le défaut shunt | ||||||
| short-circuit operation [ELEC.] | le fonctionnement en court-circuit | ||||||
| short-circuit ratio [TECH.] | le rapport de court-circuit | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| short of - before | avant | ||||||
| short of - except for | sauf | ||||||
| short of - less than | en dessous de | ||||||
| everything short of - except for | tout sauf | ||||||
| short adj. - brief | bref, brève | ||||||
| short adj. - curt | brusque m./f. | ||||||
| short adj. - not long | court, courte | ||||||
| short adj. - not tall | petit, petite | ||||||
| short adj. - curt | cassant, cassante - sec, brusque | ||||||
| short-haired or: shorthaired adj. | ras, rase adj. | ||||||
| short-staffed adj. | à court de personnel | ||||||
| short-tempered adj. | soupe au lait inv. | ||||||
| short-term adj. | à court terme | ||||||
| short-term adj. | de courte durée | ||||||
| short-circuited adj. [ELEC.] | en court-circuit | ||||||
| in the short term | à court terme | ||||||
| in short | en raccourci | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to short sth. | shorted, shorted | [ELEC.] | court-circuiter qc. | ||||||
| to make it short | faire court | ||||||
| to stop short | piler [coll.] | ||||||
| to take a short run before jumping | prendre son élan - pour sauter | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| at short notice | au dernier moment | ||||||
| to cut short | abréger | ||||||
| to cut short | écourter | ||||||
| to stop short | s'arrêter net | ||||||
| to be short for sth. | être l'abréviation de qc. | ||||||
| to cut so. short | couper la parole à qn. | ||||||
| to be short of (or: on) sth. | manquer de qc. | ||||||
| to fall short of sth. | être à court de qc. | ||||||
| to go short of sth. | manquer de qc. | ||||||
| to run short of sth. | être à court de qc. | ||||||
| to cut so. short | couper qn. - interrompre | ||||||
| to cut so. short | interrompre qn. - de manière abrupte | ||||||
| to be short of (or: on) sth. | être à court de qc. [coll.] | ||||||
| to be short with so. | être brusque avec qn. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| shirt, shoot, Shoot, shore, shorts, shot, shout, sort, sport | shot, sort, sorte, sport |
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| brief | |
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