Sentence examples of "stop short of" in English
And just like that, Dima's childhood friend hung up, leaving Dima - as he was before - 99 kopeks short of his goal.
Y así, sin más, el amigo de la infancia de Dima colgó el teléfono, dejando a Dima (como estaba antes) a 99 kopeks de su objetivo.
This year's harvest will fall short of that of last year.
La cosecha de este año quedará corta con respecto a la del año pasado.
Everyone seems to be short of money these days.
En estos tiempos todo el mundo parece andar falto de dinero.
The trouble is that I am short of money these days.
El problema es que ando corto de dinero estos días.
It will not be long before the world runs short of food.
No tardará mucho antes de que el mundo se quede sin alimento.
Our country is running short of energy resources.
A nuestro país se le están agotando los recursos energéticos.
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