VERB + SHORTHAND
- learn
- do, take, take/write sth down in
- Her secretary was taking shorthand. He took the speech down in shorthand
- transcribe
SHORTHAND + NOUN
- typist, writer
- A shorthand writer will make a transcript
- notes
- notation
ADJ
- convenient, useful
VERB + SHORTHAND
- use sth as
PREP
- ~ for
- The term 'machine' is used as a convenient shorthand for the total hardware and software system
