• shorten life – сокращать жизнь
• shorten the distance – сокращать дистанцию
• shorten the working day – сокращать рабочий день
См. также: shortly thereafter, shop assistant, should, shoot to death
Section 11 of the Act provides a three-year time limit for personal injury claims.
You should pay close attention to any relevant time limits for pursuing your statutory rights.
If a deal is not reached within the time limit, the firms involved will set up an auction.
The National Business Conduct Committee may extend or shorten time limits prescribed by the Code for the filing of any papers.
Any documents submitted after the time limit expires will not be considered valid. (Cambridge Business English Dictionary)
Historians say the cracking of the code may have helped shorten the war by at least two years, potentially saving millions of lives. (ABC)
Next year's Great Bend USD 428 school schedule adds 15 minutes to each school day to shorten the school year by one week. (Great Bend Tribune)
In 2016 the Spanish government even tried to take steps to shorten the working day by up to two hours by putting an end to long lunch breaks. (BBC)
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