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 Translation for 'a little short of' from English to French
tenir du miracleto be little short of a miracle
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sport
ne pas réussir à battre un record
to fall short of a record
pas être le plus intelligentto be one sandwich short of a picnic [idiom]
fin.
Je suis un peu gêné ce mois-ci.
I'm a bit short of money this month.
être haut comme trois pommes [fam.] [loc.]to be a (little) squirt (of a kid) [coll.] [idiom]
Ça ne peut pas te faire de mal. [loc.]A little of what you fancy does you good. [idiom]
quelque peu {adv}a little
faire une petite marcheto take a short walk
récemment {adv}a short while ago
il y a peu {adv}a short while ago
d'ici peu {adv}within a short time
d'ici peu {adv}in a short while
écourter un séjourto cut short a stay
tout à l'heure {adv}a short while ago
un peu mieux {adv}a little better
un peu plus tôt {adv}a little earlier
vêt.
femme {f} court-vêtue
woman in a short skirt
sport
gagner d'une courte tête
to win by a short head
bref {adv}to cut a long story short
donner quelques précisionsto elaborate a little bit
faire un brin de causetteto have a little chat
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Usage Examples English
  • Gladstone offered wavering Conservatives a compromise a little short of enfranchisement and redistribution, and after the Queen unsuccessfully attempted to persuade Salisbury to compromise, he wrote to Rev.
  • Although located at the same latitude as Cornwall or Vancouver, the cold Labrador Current gives Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent a subarctic climate (Köppen "Dfc"), a little short of a humid continental climate ("Dfb").
  • Rob Swan with "Computer and Video Games" said the game was exactly the same as the arcade coin-op and felt the game was a little short of superb but really addictive.
  • With peaks ranging from just under 7,000 feet tall to named hills that are a little short of 3,600 feet in elevation the Salish Mountain range is a lesser known mountain range in northwestern Montana.
  • Mbangwa's rise to prominence was all the more remarkable as he had no family background in cricket. A little short of the top pace, he was primarily a line-and-length bowler, using both seam and swing, with the away-swinger his stock ball.

  • That is to say a little short of its confluence with the Aisne.
  • When the tunnel was found to be a little short of the tree line he is credited as the man who quickly came up with the scheme to use a length of rope to signal when the German guards were clear and men should emerge from the trap door and run to the cover of the woods.
  • During a July 29 meeting between House Minority Leader John Rhodes and Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, Rhodes estimated that impeachment in the House would get as many as 300 votes (well more than the 218 needed) and Scott surmised that there were 60 votes for conviction in the Senate (a little short of 67 necessary).
  • Britain's Ennis-Hill and Johnson-Thompson both were a little short of their best with 6.34 m and 6.51 m, respectively, but remained in the top three.
  • Although the earlier two "Aja" singles reached the Top 20, "Josie" fell a little short of that, peaking at number 26 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.

  • In 2000 he fell a little short of defending both titles when Robert De Friese Evans ran a world record to beat him in the 5000m but did defend his marathon gold.
  • This falls only a little short of the 11% maximum.
  • a positive review saying it "falls a little short of pop gold status" and that its "positives certainly outweigh the negatives", and concluded by stating that it "offers a tantalising glimpse of what to expect from the group's next album proper."
  • In the second quarter of 2018, the quarterly ridership is a little short of 12 million, following an overall rising trend.
  • If adding distribution points to both hands, West and East would according to most such calculations still be a little short of the required points for a game even (25-26 Distribution and HCP is normally needed for a 4 [...] contract)!

  • 45, and gained their objective with little resistance, but in the morning mist and battle smoke the battalions began to consolidate a little short of the intended line; the follow-up units suffered heavily.
  • "Voyager 1" [...] s initial orbit had an aphelion of [...] , just a little short of Saturn's orbit of [...]. "Voyager 2" [...] s initial orbit had an aphelion of [...] , well short of Saturn's orbit.
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