Fall short
->부족해지다
[예문]
Matt:The quarterly financial results are back now.
매트: 4분기 재무결과가 이제 나올 거야.
Jack:How did we do this quarter?
잭: 이번 분기 잘한 거 같아?
Matt:Well, I think we would fall short of the profits we expected.
매트: 글쎄, 우리가 기대했던 이익에 손실이 있는 거 같아.
Jack: How bad was it?
잭: 얼마나 나쁜 건데?
Matt: We lost seven percent, rather than gaining seven percent.
매트: 7% 흑자 대신 7% 적자였어.
Jack:I wonder what could have happened?
잭: 무엇 때문에 그런 결과가 나온 건지 궁금해.