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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
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"word": "egy pillanat alatt"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
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"word": "num piscar de olhos"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "saman tien"
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"word": "ruck, zuck"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "in null Komma nichts"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "egy pillanat alatt"
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"word": "egy szempillantás alatt"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "máris"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "nyomban"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "rögtön"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "om nokre få straksar"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "om to straksar"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "om noen få strakser"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "om to strakser"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "raz-dwa"
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"word": "num piscar de olhos"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "сию́ секу́нду"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sijú minútu",
"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "сию́ мину́ту"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "en un santiamén"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "en un periquete"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "en un pispás"
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"sense": "very quickly; without delay",
"word": "på momangen"
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