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Miss - lack - be short of - English lesson
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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