Is he taking a long vacation or a short vacation?

他是长假还是短假？

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He finds a ladder. The ladder is very short.

他发现一把梯子，但是这梯子太短。

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He is short of money. He has made a big mistake.

因为缺钱，他犯了个大错。

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But he says the education system is "falling short" and "countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow."

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It's a huge book which is all about this short story by Balzac, "Sarrasine," that he begins this essay by quoting.

这本大部头的书都是在讲巴尔扎克的短篇小说《沙拉辛》的，在文章开头他引用道。

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He is of the same race as the gods, and at the same time his life is short and death is final, and death is bad.

人类和神同祖同宗,然而同时人类的生命是短暂的,死亡就是终点,而死亡是不好的

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What is especially galling for Mr Brown, the arch long-game strategist, is that he is accused of short-termism and of discouraging thrift and self-sufficiency, virtues that Brownism usually extols.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

However, it has since emerged that he is short sighted and on Thursday in court, he admitted needing glasses for reading.

BBC: Constable Stephen Carroll

He is short for a pitcher (5 feet 11) and, more important, he doesn't throw hard, topping out in the high 80s.

WSJ: From Baker U. to the Bronx