See suffice it to say on Wiktionary
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"text": "Suffice it to say that we will not be buying you any more cars in the future.",
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"text": "There are different theories as to what may have happened precisely. Suffice it to say that we’ve never seen him again.",
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"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
"text": "Suffice it to say, that we did, after incredible hardships and privations, reach the Zambesi, which proved to be about a hundred and seventy miles south of where Billali left us.",
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"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:",
"text": "Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat.",
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"word": "řeknu jen tolik, že"
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"word": "stačí, když řeknu"
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"word": "sanottakoon sen verran"
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"word": "es genügt zu sagen"
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"word": "dosyć"
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"word": "dość"
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