cut short

couper court

Réduire fortement la longueur de quelque chose avec des ciseaux ou un autre outil tranchant.

En anglais simple : To use scissors or another sharp tool to make something much shorter.

• He cuts his hair short.
• We cut the grass short yesterday.
• Should I cut these stems short?

Comment l'utiliser : cut something short (She cuts her nails short for work.)

Synonymes : trim, crop

Expressions courantes : cut hair short, cut grass short

écourter, interrompre

Mettre fin à quelque chose avant le moment prévu.

En anglais simple : To end something before it was supposed to finish.

• Rain cut short our picnic.
• She cut her visit short.
• Was the match cut short by the storm?

Comment l'utiliser : cut something short (We cut our holiday short because of the storm.)

Synonymes : curtail, shorten

Contraires : extend, prolong

Expressions courantes : cut short something, cut something short

couper la parole à

Interrompre quelqu’un avant qu’il ait fini de parler.

En anglais simple : To stop someone before they finish speaking.

• Please do not cut me short.
• He cut her short with a sharp question.
• The manager cut us short before we finished explaining.

Comment l'utiliser : cut someone short (The chair cut me short before I could explain.)

Synonymes : interrupt, cut off

Expressions courantes : cut someone short, cut short someone

écourté, raccourci

Rendu plus court ou terminé plus tôt que prévu.

En anglais simple : Made shorter, or ended before the expected time.

• With her hair cut short, she looked younger.
• The visit, cut short by illness, lasted only two days.
• His career, cut short by injury, had begun well.

Synonymes : shortened, curtailed

Expressions courantes : hair cut short, life cut short