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lean like: knapp → →
knapp ☊ 
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☊ knapp ☊ 短缺的 ☊ duǎn quē de They narrowly avoided defeat. ☊ avoid ☊
We decorated the house on a tight budget (= without much money to spend). ☊ budget ☊
I'm short of cash right now. ☊ cash ☊
It was a very close finish. ☊ close ☊
I think it's going to be close. ☊ close ☊
Our team came a close second (= nearly won). ☊ close ☊
The total was close to 20% of the workforce. ☊ close ☊
They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and misery. ☊ cycle ☊
a narrow/heavy defeat ☊ defeat ☊
escape doing sth: He narrowly escaped being killed. ☊ escape ☊
I had a narrow escape (= I was lucky to have escaped). ☊ escape ☊
It was a close finish, as they had predicted. ☊ finish ☊
They won in the end but it was a tight finish. ☊ finish ☊
I'm short of funds at the moment—can I pay you back next week? ☊ fund ☊
Shortage of water is a growing problem. ☊ grow ☊
She started the last lap just behind the leading group. ☊ leading ☊
She threw a plate at him and only narrowly missed. ☊ miss ☊
miss doing sth: She narrowly missed hitting him. ☊ miss ☊
a narrow victory ☊ narrow ☊
He lost the race by the narrowest of margins. ☊ narrow ☊
She was elected by a narrow majority. ☊ narrow ☊
Coogan has run a personal best of just under four minutes. ☊ personal ☊
Time is running out for the trapped miners. ☊ run out ☊
One of the smaller parties came a close second (= nearly won). ☊ second ☊
Campaigners are shining a spotlight on the world's diminishing natural resources. ☊ shine ☊
I'm afraid I'm a little short (= of money) this month. ☊ short ☊
Money was short at that time. ☊ short ☊
Books were in short supply (= there were not enough of them). ☊ supply ☊
Our supplies were running out. ☊ supply ☊
Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage. ☊ worst ☊