to short

To sell stocks you do not own hoping to buy them back at a lower price

To give only the main facts

To say that something is exactly as said to show strong feeling

For a short time without thinking about long-term effects

Shows people use a shorter name or phrase instead of the full one

With very little time to prepare

Very quickly without delay

Quick and pleasant without extra detail, often about a talk or message

Not having enough time to do what you need

To get a worse or unfair result than others

Kept under strict control with little freedom

To be chosen by chance to do an unpleasant task

Little attention paid to something that shows it is not taken seriously

A person who is not very smart or sensible

To keep someone tightly controlled so they have little choice

The final careful stage of a task when you do the small details

To end up by chance with an unpleasant task or in a worse position

To stop wasting time being unhappy and enjoy life

To call someone not smart to insult them

A person who is a little foolish or not very smart

To tell someone to go away in a rude, angry way

A little bit crazy and not thinking clearly

Not very sensible or aware of simple things

A sudden end that causes death or total ruin

Not long enough to reach what is needed

Feeling tired and weak

Not attractive to look at

Stop something earlier than planned

Fail to reach the level people expect

To not reach the level people expect

To have very little of something left

Give someone less money than they should get

To finish something quickly and with little effort

To sell stocks you do not own hoping to buy them back at a lower price

Stop someone suddenly, often during speech or action

Fail to reach what is needed or expected

To stop suddenly before you expect it

To think a person or thing cannot do as much as they really can

To stop something before it finishes

To give good results quickly

A short piece of writing that focuses on one event or idea

A list of chosen people from a larger group for final selection

Lasting for a short time, not long-term

The ability to remember things for a short time

Working only over a small distance

Close control of someone that allows them little freedom

A cut of beef from the ribs near the breastbone often cooked slowly

Selling a house for less than the amount owed on the mortgage with the bank's agreement

A sleeve that goes from the shoulder to just above the elbow

There are too few workers to do the work well

An accidental electrical connection that lets electricity flow the wrong way and can cause damage or fire

Trousers ending above the knee that people wear in warm weather or for sports

A request for a quick simple meal in a diner

Having short hair, usually about people or animals

Getting angry or losing patience very quickly

Meals that cooks make and serve quickly in places like diners

A pair of light brown shorts for casual outdoor wear

A small school bus that carries students who need extra help

Selling shares you do not own to buy them back later at a lower price to make a profit

A short film shown before the main movie in a cinema

A small pile of pancakes or other food for one person

Selling shares you do not own to buy them back later at a lower price

A radio wave that travels long distances and carries international broadcasts

A golf club with a short shaft and angled face used for high, short shots

Grass that stays short and survives with little rain on dry open plains

To buy back shares you sold expecting their price to fall to close that position

A quick way to divide numbers in your head with little writing

A small private train route that connects local towns to main railway lines

A section of beef behind the ribs used to make porterhouse and T-bone steaks

A person who is leaving their job or service soon

A unit of weight used in the United States equal to 2,000 pounds, about 907 kilograms

A vowel sound that you say for a short time

A job that lasts only a few weeks or months

A debt that must be paid within one year

In chess, moving the king two squares toward the kingside rook and placing that rook next to the king

Light shorts for swimming or playing, often worn by children in South Asia

A piece of beef from near the shoulder with short bones and meat for slow cooking

A medium to large hunting dog with short hair from Germany

A bone about as long as it is wide and thick, found in the wrist and ankle

To move the king two squares toward its rook and put that rook beside the king

A chess move where the king moves two squares toward the kingside rook and that rook moves beside the king

An account with a broker that lets you sell stocks you do not own to buy back for less

A small blood vessel that carries blood from the artery near the spleen to the outer curve of the stomach

An American measure of weight equal to 100 pounds, about 45 kilograms

A vein that carries blood from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee

A card game for four people in two teams where you win points by taking tricks, played to five points

An animal with a short beak

A bird with a short beak

A small North American bird with a short bill that lives in wet meadows

Having shorter ears than others of the same kind

Near its expiry date and likely to go bad soon

Hard to believe because it lacks good proof

A large pine tree with short needles that grows in the southern United States

A grasshopper with antennae shorter than its body that often eats plants and can damage crops

An animal or object that has a short, blunt nose

An animal with a nose shorter than others of the same kind

With a short stem, like some plants or flowers

An acidic liquid that stops film or paper from developing before fixing

A liquid used after developing film to stop the chemical reaction

Having a small tube at the base of the petals

A wild flower like the fragrant orchid with smaller flowers, shorter stems, and very short spurs

Having a short stem that keeps leaves or flowers close to the ground

A kind of cotton with short fibers that people use to make coarse cloth

A large bird of prey with short toes that often hunts snakes

Breathing is difficult and you get out of breath after activity

A small North American animal with a tail less than half its body length