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The butcher stared at her. The wicker lady was short of stature and twisted of limb, her face was dark and rough.

屠夫盯着她，柳条女士的身材矮小，四肢扭曲，她的脸很黑而且粗糙。

The DPJ won just 44 seats, ten less than it had hoped for and well short of a majority, even in league with its small coalition partner.

民主党在选举中仅赢得了44席，比原先少了10席，也少于半数席位，甚至加上它的政治联盟成员也依然少于半数席数。

By the way, I would be very grateful if you could cover the cost for me first. I'm running short of cash.

哦。是的。你到了那里可不可以顺便跑照相馆一趟。帮我冲印一下这卷胶卷？。

Short of an implosion to rival that of Bear Stearns in March, however, the rumours are unlikely to become real deals for the time being.

只差一次内部爆炸便足以同三月份的BEARSTEARNS相媲美，不管怎么说，时间不会让流言成真。

But he stopped short of saying how much it could expand output given possible supply limits for hybrid components.

但他并未阐述在当前混合动力车部件供给可能受限的条件下，公司要扩大多少产出。

Even if the size of the IPO surpasses that of ICBC, it still falls short of the bank's goal to raise as much as $30 billion.

即使农行IPO规模超过工商银行，仍没有达到该行筹集至多300亿美元的目标。

A mild discussion may sometimes develop into a set-to. Such a thing is little short of ludicrous.

一次心平气和的讨论有时会发展成一场厮打，这种简直荒唐可笑。

It had taken everything short of magic to make it here so fast with all the necessary connections between cities.

尽快利用两市间的一切必要的通道，魔术般的到达了这里。

The old woman's grandchildren willed her to live until Christmas, but she died just short of the holiday.

老太太的孙辈们希望她能活到圣诞节，但是她在假日来临之际过世了。

While Uefa appears ready to bow to the club's request, it stopped short of confirming yesterday that it would give its consent.

虽然欧足联看上去准备满足俱乐部的这个要求，但昨天却拒绝对此作出肯定的答复。

As you know, we are all facing a falling market, and the banks are short of ready money .

你是知道的，我们大家都面临着一种跌落的行情，银行也缺少现金。

My grandfather lived an active, independent life until the day before he died in 2002, just a few days short of his 96th birthday.

我的外祖父一直过着积极、独立的生活，直到他2002年去世，当时距他的96岁生日只有几天时间。

At this point I was thinking that this lady was crazy, and there was just no way she was getting a ticket short of someone in line dying.

在这个时候我想这位女士是不是有点自信过度或者有点疯了，除非她前面排队的某一位同志挂掉，她才可能得到一张票。

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

我们既蒙留下，有进入他安息的应许，就当畏惧，免得我们（原文是你们）中间或有人似乎是赶不上了。

It had been planned that the tunnel would reach into a nearby forest, but the first man out emerged just short of the tree line.

原本计划是让隧道延伸至附近的一片森林中，但头一个爬出去的人却正好在树林边缘外现身。

HE MAY be a few pixels short of a picture these days, but as an auctioneer North Korea's nuclear-capable Kim Jong Il is without peer.

这些天他的相片上可能是少了一些像素，但是作为一名拍卖师，拥有朝鲜核能力的金正日是无人可比的。

I saw her palms first. My eyes traveled up to her face, and my expression was nothing short of aghast.

我首先看到的是她手掌的颜色，随后目光上移，注意到她的脸，我完全被吓到了。

And its coalition would be just a few senators short of the 60% needed to amend the constitution.

另外，工党的跨党联盟将在参议院取得半数以上席次，距离修正宪法所需的六成席次只差一点。

The OECD harmful tax practices guidance thus seems to fall short of international law in the formal sense of treaty or custom.

经合组织有害的税收做法的指导从而似乎是属于在正式的条约或习惯国际法意义上的短。

The other evident stresses, like the indisputable property bubble, are manageable and far short of what brought down the American economy.

其他明显压力还包括房地产泡沫，但还处于可控范围，远不足以搞垮经济，这点和美国不一样。