He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder. (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
Il fit un mouvement, puis quelques pas, et s'arrêta pour regarder par-dessus son épaule.
Mr. Pumblechook added, after a short interval of reflection, “Look at Pork alone. There's a subject! If you want a subject, look at Pork!” (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
M. Pumblechook ajouta, après un court moment de réflexion: « Tenez, par exemple, le porc, voilà un sujet! Si vous voulez un sujet, prenez le porc! »
2. v. Abruptement.
I thought the car was going to hit me, but it stopped short.
3. n. (Élec) (Par ellipse) Court-circuit.
4. n. (Cinéma) (Par ellipse) Court-métrage.
5. n. (Finan) (Par ellipse) Vente à découvert.
6. n. (Baseball) Position de joueur de champ, proche du batteur.
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
an account which is short of the truth
13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
16. adv. Unawares.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
We went short most finance companies in July.
20. n. A short circuit.
21. n. A short film.
22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short.
23. n. (baseball) A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
24. n. (finance) A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
25. n. (finance) A short sale.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
26. n. A summary account.
27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something).
30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
31. v. To shortchange.
32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
33. v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
34. v. (obsolete) To shorten.
35. prep. Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
He's short common sense.
36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
1. adj. (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
petty officer, petty cash
2. adj. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
a petty fault
3. adj. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
4. adj. Begrudging in nature, especially over insignificant matters.
That corporation is only slightly pettier than they are greedy, and they are overdue to reap the consequences.
5. n. (usually plural) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
6. n. (now) A class or school for young schoolboys.
7. n. (dialect) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
cub
1. n. Petit d'un animal.
Cub
1. n. A member of the Cub Scouts.
2. n. (baseball) A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.
3. n. A young fox.
4. n. (by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and tiger.
5. n. (humorous, or derogatory) A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
6. n. (obsolete) A stall for cattle.
7. n. (obsolete) A cupboard.
8. v. To give birth to cubs
9. v. To hunt fox cubs
10. v. (obsolete) To shut up or confine.
baby
1. n. Bébé. (note) Pour distinguer les sexes, on dit baby boy ou baby girl.
2. n. (Souvent comme nom épithète) Petit, jeune (animal).
A baby elephant.
3. n. (Nom épithète) Pour bébés.
Baby clothes.
4. n. Chéri, chérie.
5. v. Dorloter, chouchouter.
baby
1. n. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
2. n. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of
3. n. Unborn young; a fetus.
When is your baby due?
4. n. A person who is immature or infantile.
Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby!
5. n. Term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse.
6. n. (informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
Hey baby, what are you doing later?
7. n. A pet project or responsibility.
8. n. The lastborn of a family.
9. n. An affectionate term for anything.
See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive.
10. n. (archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.
11. adj. Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
a baby boy
12. adj. Of an animal: young.
a baby elephant
13. adj. Intended for babies.
baby clothes
14. adj. (of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).
15. v. To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
16. v. To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.
1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than
the low countries Low German
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
the pitch (or: the ball) was low
4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
a low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now
5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar).
low birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind
Now that was low even for you!
6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty.
7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom.
the low point in her career
9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
low spirits
10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
a low pulse
made (or: laid) low by sickness
11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk a
12. adj. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
diets low in vitamin A made from low-carbon steel
13. adj. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
running low on cash
14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory.
low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms
15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
the low northern latitudes
16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
The note was too low for her to sing.
Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.
17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.
Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?
18. adj. (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
a low card
20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple.
a low diet
21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
low gear
22. n. Something that is low; a low point.
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
Economic growth has hit a new low.
23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.
24. n. A depressed mood or situation.
He is in a low right now
25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
29. adv. Close to the ground.
30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
to speak low
32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
He sold his wheat low.
33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
34. adv. In a time approaching our own.
35. adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh.
38. v. (intransitive) To moo.
The cattle were lowing.
39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze.
41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words
kiddo
1. n. Petit.
It's time to get your ticket home, kiddo!
Il est temps de rentrer, petit !
kiddo
1. n. (colloquial, affectionate) A close friend; especially used as a form of address.
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