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"word": "വളരെപ്പെട്ടെന്ന്"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "w mgnieniu oka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "w okamgnieniu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "num piscar de olhos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "em um piscar de olhos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "num abrir e fechar de olhos"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "cât ai clipi din ochi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "cât ai clipi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v mgnovénije óka",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "в мгнове́ние о́ка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "en un abrir y cerrar de ojos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "i ett huj"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "på ett ögonblick"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "i en handvändning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "i ett nafs"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "snabbt som ögat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "sa isang iglap"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "eyder vos, eyder ven",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "איידער וואָס, איידער ווען"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "pi pa po, er iz shoyn nishto",
"sense": "immediately, instantaneously",
"word": "פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ"
}
],
"word": "in the blink of an eye"
}
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