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ESLPod_0373_WE_0421 Ordering Food Delivery 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."

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ESLPod 373 to be short Food + Drink

Id	ESLPod_0373_WE_0421
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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