short
(not lasting long)
[period, announcement, message, break, holiday, meeting] court (e)
It was a great holiday, but too short. C'étaient des vacances super, mais trop courtes.
a short break
(=pause) une petite pause, une courte pause
a short time ago il y a peu de temps
in the short term à court terme
→
short-term
at short notice au dernier moment
(=soon finished)
[speech, letter, book] court (e)
to make short work of sb/sth * expédier qn/qch
(in measurement)
[distance, step, flight, hair, skirt, dress] court (e)
→ She held a short bamboo stick.
a short walk une petite promenade
a short skirt une jupe courte
short hair les cheveux courts
(not tall)
[person] petit (e)
She's quite short. Elle est assez petite.
(=curt) brusque, sec (sèche)
to be short with sb être brusque avec qn, être sec (sèche) avec qn
→ I'm sorry I was so short with you.
to have a short temper s'emporter facilement
(=insufficient, lacking) insuffisant (e)
Food is short. Il n'y a pas assez de nourriture.
Time is short. Il ne reste plus beaucoup de temps.
I'm three short il m'en manque trois
to be in short supply manquer, être difficile à trouver
to be short of sth être à court de qch, manquer de qch
We're dreadfully short of staff at present. Nous manquons terriblement de personnel en ce moment.
I'm short of money. Je suis à court d'argent.
to be short of breath être hors d'haleine
to be short on sth manquer de qch
He was short on enthusiasm. Il manquait d'enthousiasme.
The proposals were short on detail. Les propositions n'étaient pas assez détaillées.
(=abbreviated) abrégé (e)
to be short for sth être l'abréviation de qch
UN is short for United Nations. ONU est l'abréviation de Organisation des Nations Unies.
Fred is short for Frederick. Fred est le diminutif de Frederick.
short film court métrage m
(mainly British)
(=drink) alcool m fort
in short bref
In short, the answer's no. Bref, la réponse est non.
to cut short [+speech, visit] abréger, écourter
[+person] couper la parole à
→ He cut the discussion short by clapping loudly.
to stop short s'arrêter net
→ I started to laugh and then stopped short.
to stop short of doing sth ne pas aller jusqu'à faire qch
→ He just stopped short of calling her a murderer.
to pull sb up short, to bring sb up short couper qn dans son élan
to run short of sth être presque à court de qch
We were running short of food. Nous étions presque à court de nourriture.
to go short of sth manquer de qch
to fall short of sth ne pas répondre à qch
→ The plan falls short of US requirements.
→ This latest peace initiative falls well short of what's needed.
→ He had fallen short of his teachers' expectations.
to be caught short (British)
* to be taken short (British)
* être pris (e) d'un besoin pressant
short of
(=less than) en dessous de
→ The total raised is still short of our $250,000 goal.
Inflation is just short of 11 per cent. L'inflation est juste en dessous de 11 pour cent.
to fall short of sth tomber en dessous de qch
→ Revenues fell around 5% short of last year's sales.
short of
(=before) avant
He stopped a hundred metres short of the building. Il s'est arrêté cent mètres avant le bâtiment.
short of
(=except for) sauf everything short of tout sauf short of doing à moins de faire → Short of dynamiting his door open, how do I attract his attention?
short back and sides , short-back-and-sides (British)
n coupe f dégagée derrière et sur les côtés
short-change
vt
(in shop)
[+customer] ne pas rendre assez à
→ That's the second time I've been short-changed in that shop.
(=treat unfairly) être injuste envers
→ the church says that you short-change children when you argue that they cannot tell right from wrong
→ women are in fact still being short-changed in the press
short-circuit
(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) court-circuiter
(fig)
(=bypass)
[+process, system] court-circuiter
→ He said the approach was intended to short-circuit normal complaints procedures
short cut , short-cut, shortcut
n
(to get somewhere)
raccourci m
I took a short cut. J'ai pris un raccourci.
We took a short cut across the fields. Nous avons coupé à travers champs.
(to achieve something)
moyen m rapide
→ Parents of twins simply have to find short cuts in housework.
a short cut to getting sth, a short cut to sth un moyen rapide d'obtenir qch
→ Fame can be a shortcut to love and money ...
→ a shortcut to economic recovery
(COMPUTING)
(=icon) raccourci m
(=keystroke) raccourci m
→ ... ways to move or copy icons or create shortcuts in Windows.
→ ... a handy keyboard shortcut that takes you to the top of the screen.
short-haired
adj
[person] aux cheveux courts
[animal] à poil ras
short-handed
adj à court de personnel
→ We're actually a bit short-handed at the moment.
short-haul (TRANSPORT)
n transport m à courte distance
modif
[flight, route, aircraft, airline, service] court-courrier
short-haul flights des vols court-courriers
→ Short-haul flights operate from Heathrow and Gatwick.
short-lived
adj de courte durée
short message system , short message service
n SMS m
short notice
n
at short notice au dernier moment
short-range
adj
[missile] à courte portée
[aircraft] à court rayon d'action
[plan, weather forecast] à court terme
short-sighted , shortsighted
adj
(mainly British)
(=myopic) myope
(fig)
[person] qui manque de vue à long terme
[policy, measure] à courte vue
to be short-sighted about sth manquer de vue à long terme sur la question de qch
→ He's being very short-sighted about this.
short-sightedness
n
(mainly British)
(=myopia) myopie f
(fig) manque m de vue à long terme
short-sleeved
adj à manches courtes
short-staffed
adj
to be short-staffed manquer de personnel
short-stay car park
n parc m de stationnement de courte durée
short story
n nouvelle f
short-tempered
adj coléreux
short-term
adj
[loan, planning, solution, effect] à court terme
[parking] de courte durée
short-termism
n politique f du court terme
short-term memory
n mémoire f à court terme
short time
n (INDUSTRY)
to work short time être en chômage partiel, travailler à horaire réduit
to be on short time être en chômage partiel, travailler à horaire réduit
short-wave , short wave, shortwave
n ondes fpl courtes
on short-wave sur ondes courtes
→ Until now, the BBC has only been available in South Africa on short wave.
adj
[radio] à ondes courtes
→ I use the short-wave radio to get the latest war news ...