I don't believe we are especially short in midfield, I just believe we are short up front.

我相信我们在中场并不是特别缺人，我只是相信我们锋线上差人。

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He had told a friend, "You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up.

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As I say, it's a wonderful irony that this particular difficulty in reading is precisely what Gadamer calls being pulled up short.

如我所说，这是个有趣的讽刺，这个阅读中特别的困难,正是葛达玛说的因某事“突然停住“

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And it's at the height of this vision of our floral decoration of Lycidas' hearse that the speaker is suddenly caught up short.

都到了用鲜花装饰利西达斯的灵车,的时候了读者才突然领会到。

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Over the past two years AIM set up three new funds--the Small, Mid and Large Cap Opportunities Funds--that can short up to 25% of assets.

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"We're a tiny bit short up front, " said Hurst.

BBC: England not good enough to win World Cup - Geoff Hurst

It struck me that before I could reach the oval mirror in the upstairs hall, I had to pass through the front hall, cross the dusky living room with its sagging couch, walk the length of the kitchen, and climb two sets of creaking stairs, the long one up to the landing and the short one up to the hall.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish