i'm a bit short of money

  • 1short — 1 adjective LENGTH/HEIGHT/DISTANCE 1 measuring a small amount in distance or length: a short corridor with two rooms on each side | a short skirt | It s a short drive from the airport. | Anita had her hair cut short. 2 PERSON someone who is short …

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  • 2short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …

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  • 3Money — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Money >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 money matters money matters money market Sgm: N 1 finance finance Sgm: N 1 accounts accounts &c. 811 Sgm: N 1 funds funds treasure Sgm: N 1 capital …

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  • 4Bit (disambiguation) — The term bit (or bitt) may mean:*bit, a small amount of material *bit, past tense and past participle of bite * Bit, the basic unit of information storage, a single binary digit that is either 0 or 1 * Any of several relatively small pieces of… …

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  • 5short — 1. adjective 1) a short piece of string Syn: small, little, tiny; informal teeny Ant: long 2) short people Syn: small, little, petite, tiny, diminu …

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  • 6short — 1. adjective 1) short people Syn: small, little, petite, tiny, diminutive, elfin; Scottish wee 2) a short report Syn: concise, brief, succinct, compact, pithy …

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  • 7short of — preposition a) Except; without resorting to; up to the point of. He tried everything short of lending her the money himself. b) Insufficiently equipped with. Hes a nice person, but a bit short of brains …

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  • 8bit — bit1 W1S1 [bıt] adv, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(only slightly)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3¦(quite a lot)¦ 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5 a bit of a something 6 not a bit/not one bit 7 every bit as important/bad/good etc 8 bit by bit 9 a/one bit at a time …

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  • 9short — /ʃɔt / (say shawt) adjective 1. having little length; not long. 2. having little height; not tall; low. 3. extending or reaching only a little way. 4. brief; not extensive: a short speech. 5. concise, as writing. 6. rudely brief; curt; hurting:… …

  • 10bit — bit1 function word *** A bit can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: We waited a bit, and then decided to go. (before an adjective or adverb): It s a bit cold in here, isn t it? as a pronoun: She d only eaten a bit before she started… …

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