short spell

collocation in English

meaningsofshortandspell

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short
adjective
uk
/ʃɔːt/us
/ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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spell
noun[C]
uk
/spel/us
/spel/
a period of time for which an activity or condition ...
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(Definition ofshortandspellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Home tuition was never continuous, but usually for a year or two, and it was never available while the patient was experiencing ashortspellof absence-i. e.
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I joined the teaching profession in 1960 after ashortspellin engineering.
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I had ashortspellof attachment there.
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One such change is for those who suffer ashortspellof sickness.
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Those seeking asylum will spend ashortspellin induction centres.
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Surely all this anxiety could be lessened for those patients if they could have ashortspellin a hostel.
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In theshortspellof six months, it has seen the situation collapse at an alarming rate.
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Those sentences do not deter career burglars, for whom the occasionalshortspellin prison has become an acceptable occupational hazard.
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If he thinks that ashortspellin the "house" will be followed by ashortspellin the training centre, let us try it.
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In practice, we have had only ashortspellof cold weather so far this winter.
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That has led to unreasonable restrictions being placed upon consumers whenever there has been ashortspellof fine weather.
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It covered the care of patients released after ashortspellin hospital as well as of those who have received long-term care.
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This covered the care of patients released after ashortspellin hospital, as well as those who have received long-term care.
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It touches their pride, especially when they see much younger men, who have had a comparativelyshortspellof work drawing full benefit.
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The truth of the matter is that far too many career burglars regard ashortspellin prison as nothing more than an occupational hazard.
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Anyone who thinks for a moment that steel workers or blast furnace men have ever been feather-bedded should try ashortspellin the industry.
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There ought to be more encouragement to give people a taster by starting off a suspended sentence with ashortspellin prison.
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Some sentences could start off with ashortspellin prison, with the person coming out on licence for the rest of the sentence, unless he committed further offences.
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Some of these people perhaps need the use of a lorry just for the purpose of taking the test—or perhaps for ashortspellof refresher driving.
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