We're one baton short for the relay.
You mean you're short on fuck-buddies?
The fireplace, lacking firewood, flames already starting to lose their vigour.
"Ah, a raw egg for me!" "Is one enough?" "Yep, if I need more I'll top it up."
The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.
He who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes.
Careless as she was, she could never pass an examination.
She's too young to get a driver's license.
We cannot overestimate her ability.
They must have failed through lack of enthusiasm.
They don't love their school enough.
He failed due to lack of effort.
He blamed his son for being careless.
What he lacked in wit, he made up for in energy.
He is wanting in common sense.
It is true that he did his best, but he was not careful enough.
Investing all his fortune would not be enough.
They attributed his bad manners to lack of training in childhood.
Talented isn't the word for him.
It seemed that he was short of money.