See in a nutshell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "кра́тко"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vkrátce",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "вкра́тце"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v dvux slováx",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "в двух слова́х"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odním slóvom",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "одни́м сло́вом"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "koróče govorjá",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "коро́че говоря́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "en resumen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "en pocas palabras"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "i ett nötskal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "kort sagt"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dooi-yɔ̂ɔ",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "โดยย่อ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in summary",
"word": "tóm lại"
}
],
"word": "in a nutshell"
}
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