Id | ESLPod_0373_WE_0421 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 373 |
Episode Title | Ordering Food Delivery |
Phrase | to be short |
Text | The phrase, "to be short," in this podcast means that someone doesn't have enough of something, specifically money: "I want to buy this pair of shoes, but I'm three dollars short." Short can also mean the opposite of "tall": "The girl is very short and cannot reach the box on the high shelf." Short is also the opposite of "long" when referring to amounts of time: "It was a short bus ride to Sarah's house." To "be short with" means to grow angry or irritable with another person: "He was very tired, and was short with the little girl when she asked for a new toy." "To short change" is to cheat a person of money during a transaction by giving that person back less money than is owed: "I was short changed at that store yesterday when I gave the clerk one dollar for a 25 cent piece of candy and he only gave me 50 cents back." |
Topics | Food + Drink |
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