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Miss - lack - be short of

Having too little or none...

1) TO LACK: (quite formal when used as a verb)

- He lacked the courage to do what should have been done...

The noun (a lack of) is much more frequently used and very often heard...

- The country is suffering from a real lack of running water...

- We lack / haven't got the latest results...

2) TO MISS:

* "to want or need something" = "regret". Be careful! : I miss you //You'll miss me // I will miss my friends...

- Tom misses his Mum when she's not home...

* TO MISS is also used to express the idea of "missing" (a train, a plane, an appointment...) or "miss" (an opportunity, a target).

- Yesterday, I missed my train by two minutes.

3) TO BE SHORT OF // = to be in need of= Not to have enough of something...

- With Brian at home, I'm sure we'll be short of chocolate before teatime! He's so greedy...

- to run out of= to have used up a product.

There you are... You can see that the different uses are quite easy to understand, after all... You shouldn't be afraid of the test! Go for it!

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