1.be short of something （某事）不夠；缺乏（事物）

The hospital is getting short of clean linen.
這醫院現在缺少干凈的被服用品。

How is be short of potassium caused?
缺鉀是怎么引起的？

Otherwise you'll be short of money all term.
否則你整個一學期都將缺錢。

2.as soon as 一……就……

The county should pave it as soon as possible.
縣政府應該趕快把路鋪設起來。

The farmer gets up as soon as he hear the first cockcrow .
一聽到第一聲公雞的啼叫這位農民就起床了。

As soon as she finished speaking, I somehow turned into a dog!
她的話才剛說完，我就真的莫名其妙地變成一只狗了！

3.depend on 取決于；依賴；依靠

The future health of Americans may depend on it.
未來美國人的健康就可能依賴于此了。

I depend on them deeply—to do what they usually do.
我深深地在依靠它們——做通常它們會做的事。

The solution thus must depend on future performance.
因此，解決方案必須基于未來的表現。