long story in English

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        "A situation that is too complicated or extensive to talk about."
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuōláihuàcháng",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "說來話長 /说来话长"
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      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "to je na dlouhé povídání"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "dat is een lang verhaal"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "lang verhaal"
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  "word": "long story"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
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        "A situation that is too complicated or extensive to talk about."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuōláihuàcháng",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "說來話長 /说来话长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīyánnánjìn",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "一言難盡 /一言难尽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "to je na dlouhé povídání"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "dat is een lang verhaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
      "word": "lang verhaal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "long story"
}

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"long story" meaning in English

Phrase