CORE WORDS
COMPOUND WORDS
abbreviate | {v} | (to make shorter) | abbreviate | {v} | (to reduce to lower terms) | abbreviation | {n} | (act or result of shortening or reducing) | abbreviation | {n} | (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) | abridge | {v} | (to make shorter) | abridge | {v} | (to shorten or contract by using fewer words) | a lie has no legs | {proverb} | (you can't get away with a lie) | brandy | {n} | (glass of brandy) | brevity | {n} | (the quality of being brief in duration) | cancel | {v} | (remove a common factor) | curtail | {v} | (to limit or restrict) | curtail | {v} | (to shorten or abridge) | hotkey | {n} | Tastaturbefehl | long story short | {adv} | (Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story) | recently | {adv} | (in the recent past) | short corner | {n} | (field hockey: penalty corner) | shorten | {v} | (to become shorter) | shorten | {v} | (to make shorter) | shortness | {n} | (The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief) | short order | {adj} | (prepared and served quickly) | spell | {n} | (indefinite period of time) | the other day | {adv} | (lately) | trim | {v} | (to reduce slightly)
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| After a brief peace , war broke out again . | 短暂的和平之后，战争再次爆发。
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He died after a brief illness . | 他在短暂患病后去世。
My father has given up smoking recently . | 我父亲最近戒烟了。
It was not until recently that she changed her mind . | 直到最近，她才改变了主意。
Recently I started the diet . | 最近我开始节食了。
You look nice with your hair short . | 你短发看起来很好看。
Maybe just a short one . | 也许只是一小段。
We took a rest for a while . | 我们休息了一会儿。
She stayed there for a short while . | 她在那里呆了一会儿。
I'm sorry for the short deadline . | 很抱歉期限太短。
There was a short silence on the other end . | 电话那头短暂的沉默。
Let's keep our design dark for a short time . | 让我们的设计暂时保持黑暗。
They got married only recently . | 他们最近才结婚。
I cannot read the book in so short a time . | 我不可能在这么短的时间内读完这本书。
短暂的和平之后，战争再次爆发。
| 他在短暂患病后去世。
| 我父亲最近戒烟了。
| 直到最近，她才改变了主意。
| 最近我开始节食了。
| 你短发看起来很好看。
| 也许只是一小段。
| 我们休息了一会儿。
| 她在那里呆了一会儿。
| 很抱歉期限太短。
| 电话那头短暂的沉默。
| 让我们的设计暂时保持黑暗。
| 他们最近才结婚。
| 我不可能在这么短的时间内读完这本书。
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