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"roman": "korótše kážučy",
"sense": "as a summary",
"word": "коро́тше ка́жучи"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "iḵtisār ke sāth",
"sense": "as a summary",
"word": "اختصار کے ساتھ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "a klal",
"sense": "as a summary",
"word": "אַ כּלל"
}
],
"word": "in short"
}
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