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knapp |
scanty
narrow
barely
concise
concisely
curt
curtly
lean
scant
scantily
scantly
scrimpy
skimpily
skimpy
terse
tersely
tight
stinted
scarce
scarcely
bare
laconic
meagre
meager
succinct
|
Knappe |
squire
knight's
attendant
qualified
miner
varlet
|
Knappen |
varlets
|
knapper |
more
scanty
scantier
narrower
scrimpier
terser
scarcer
|
am knappsten |
most
scanty
scantiest
narrowest
scrimpiest
tersest
|
ein knappes Entkommen |
a
narrow
escape
|
Er entging knapp dem Tode. |
He
just
escaped
being
killed.
|
Er gewann mit knapper Mehrheit. |
He
won
by
a
close
vote.
|
Er kam mit knapper Not davon. |
He
got
away
by
the
skin
of
his
teeth.
|
Geld ist knapp. |
Money
is
tight.
|
Ich bin diesen Monat knapp bei Kasse. |
I'm
short
of
cash
this
month.
|
knapp an |
short
of
|
knapp an Arbeitskraft |
understaffed
shorthanded
|
knapp bei Kasse sein |
to
be
a
bit
hard
up
|
knapp bemessen |
tight
|
knapp gehalten |
skimped
|
knapp halten |
to
stint
|
knapp haltend |
skimping
|
knapp sein an |
to
be
hard
up
for
|
knapp werden |
to
run
short
|
knappe zehn Minuten |
a
bare
ten
minutes
|
knappe, schneidige Sprechweise |
clipped
speech
|
mit knapper Not davonkommen |
to
have
a
narrow
escape
|
mit knapper Not entkommen |
to
have
a
narrow
escape
|
Unsere Vorräte sind knapp. |
Our
supplies
are
running
low.
|
von jdm. knapp geschlagen werden |
to
run
sb.
close
to
run
sb.
a
close
second
|
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