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Significados de curt en inglés

Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.

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Abruptly or brusquely short.

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Examples for "short"
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National aspirations were encouraged, within limits; 'autonomy' fell far short of self-determination.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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International rights groups said the vote fell well short of democratic standards.
Reuters
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What are the short and long term health effects of cannabis use?
Radio NZ
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The investing process from there was fairly easy: long Japan, short France.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
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The company needed to address short-term liquidity problems first, the source said.
Reuters
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A brusque order from Ali Bey brought the work to a stop.
A river in the sky
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The Daily Mail's response to a similar request was almost as brusque.
The Guardian
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Something she saw in them excused the brusque command of his tone.
The Rosary
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However, she didn't shy from mentioning that he could be brusque too.
The Guardian
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Julia recognised this and recognised also the kindness of the brusque suggestion.
The Good Comrade
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He was big, brusk, quibbling, insulting, dictatorial, painstaking, considerate and kind.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
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A large, brusk, well-groomed, good-looking woman of fifty was Auntie.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
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In the adjoining room, over the "blotter," snapped the brusk stereotyped nasal reply:
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
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He was just as brusk and as brief of speech as he had been before.
A Little Miss Nobody; Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall
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Ina, being half a foreigner, thought this rather brusk.
A Woman-Hater
Uso de curt en inglés
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Getting up, 'I must go,' she said in her curt, abrupt way.
Eyeless in Gaza
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A curt Nicholas Raskin does appear on camera briefly to answer questions.
Reuters
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Sir Eustace spoke in the same curt tone; his mouth was merciless.
Greatheart
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In an instant there flashed back over the wires the curt reply:
The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873
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Johnny had offered to help, Hagen had given him a curt no.
The Godfather
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The pet animal of a taoog is a curt penny in value.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
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Clarke sees them talking and calls Ben over with a curt: 'Harper.
Breathe
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The 33-year-old had a curt message for David Stern, the NBA commissioner.
The Guardian
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He came in a few minutes; his manner was very curt, business-like.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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Theodore Kullak is curt and pedagogic in his preface to the Preludes.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
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A curt nod from Shool, who was hardly able to stand himself.
Stonewielder
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In the curt alternative of this clean-jawed young officer was cold finality.
Oh, You Tex!
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Bors gave curt orders to his subordinates in the work of record-destruction.
Talents, Incorporated
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Inside were two letters, the first a curt message from her father.
Rakes and radishes
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The reply was delivered in a manner as curt as his own.
The Odds / And Other Stories
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He was curt and to the point without being rude or insulting.
The Godfather
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