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21Short Sarafand — infobox Aircraft name = Sarafand type = flying boat manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = designer = first flight = 30 June 1932 introduced = retired = 1936 status = primary user = Royal Air Force Seaplane Experimental Station at Felixstowe… …
22short — /ʃɔ:t/ adjective 1. for a small period of time ♦ in the short term in the near future or quite soon 2. not as much as should be ● The shipment was three items short. ● My change was £2 short. ♦ when we cashed up we were £10 short we had £10 less… …
23short-term — ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Short term is used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future. Investors weren t concerned about short term profits over the next few… …
24Short Tucano — infobox Aircraft name = Tucano caption = RAF Short Tucano T1, in display colours for 2008 type = Trainer aircraft manufacturer = Short Brothers first flight = introduction = retired = status = Active primary user = Royal Air Force more users =… …
25short-term — adjective (usually before noun) continuing for only a short time, or concerned only with the period that is not very far into the future: The treatment may bring short term benefits to Aids sufferers. | Most of the staff are on short term… …
26short-handed — adjective a) Lacking sufficient people or staff, as for a given task or job. They frequently found themselves short handed on weekends. b) Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players on the field …
27Short chronology timeline — The short chronology is one chronology of the Near Eastern Bronze and Early Iron Age, which fixes the reign of Hammurabi to 1728 BC – 1686 BC and the sack of Babylon to 1531 BC.The absolute 2nd millennium BC dates resulting from this decision… …
28short and sweet — adjective Efficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to an unpleasant task. The staff meeting was short and sweet today …
29short-staffed — adjective Not having sufficient members of staff Syn: short handed, understaffed …
30short-staffed — /ˌʃɔ:t stɑ:ft/ adjective with not enough staff ● We’re rather short staffed at the moment …
