| 11. | Supplies are running short /low. |
| 供应品短缺。
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| 12. | I have run short of money. |
| 我缺钱。
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| 13. | She was marked down because her answers were too short . |
| 她回答得太简短,给减了分。
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| 14. | I'm sure the shopkeeper gave me short measure when she weighed out the potatoes. |
| 我肯定那店老板给我称土豆时克扣了分量。
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| 15. | That tall man is misnamed Mr Short ! |
| 那个高个儿男子偏偏姓Short(矮小之意)！
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| 16. | The play was very bad, but mercifully it was also short ! |
| 那剧糟透了,幸好还不算长！
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| 17. | The vowel sound in `caught' is long; in `cot' it is short . |
| caught中的元音是长元音; cot中的是短元音。
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| 18. | He's only away for short periods -- a week at the longest. |
| 他只是短期外出-至多一周。
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| 19. | I'm rather short of LSD -- can you lend me some? |
| 我缺点儿钱,你能借给我一些吗？
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| 20. | That short skirt of hers is positively indecent. |
| 她那条短裙实在是不雅观。
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