short

Angliana

• (not long) kurta;

(insufficient) nesuficanta;

(abrupt) bruska;

(brief) kurta;

(stature) mikra;

(limited) limitizita, limitizata; streta.

to cut short - kurtigar.

it falls far short of - ol tote ne suficas; mankas multo.

to be short of - esar sen; indijar; bezonar;

to fall short of - ne-atingar;

(of expectations) ne satisfacar l’expekto di ulu.

to fall short in - mankar (ad).

to cut short - (shorten) kurtigar; abreviar;

(stop) haltigar; interruptar (la parolado di ulu).

to be short of - (necessities of life; of ideas) indijar.

in short - kurte, fine, sume.

to make shorter - plukurtigar.

the sum is short ten francs - mankas dek franki a la sumo.

short story - novelo.

• (gram. of vowels) kurta vokalo.

Franciana

(on vartas traduko)