Her poems had very short lines and sometimes didn't even have a title (a name).

她的诗行很短，有时甚至没有标题（名字）。

Small firms naturally tend to do well in the first category since they have fewer layers of management and thus much shorter communication lines.

自然地，小公司倾向于在第一个指标上表现地很好，因为小公司有更少的管理层，所以沟通更为便捷。

We are playing this game and having a good time now or else there's a chance you'll be taking the short line to jail without passing go or collecting your allowance for the next two weeks.

我们正在玩这个游戏，现在玩得很开心，否则你有可能在接下来的两周内没有通过 go 或领取你的津贴就把短线送进监狱。