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a short period of time ☊ một thời gian ngắn ☊
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OXF3000: một thời gian ngắn briefly
OXF3000: một thời gian ngắn shortly
OXF3000D: một thời gian ngắn briefly kurz








like: một thời gian ngắn → →
Shortly afterwards he met her again. ☊ afterwards ☊
a short/long time ago ☊ ago ☊
They're getting married? It's not that long ago (= it's only a short time ago) that they met! ☊ ago ☊
I don't want to go to the party, but I suppose I'd better put in an appearance (= go there for a short time). ☊ appearance ☊
He had spoken to Emma only briefly. ☊ briefly ☊
She met John briefly on Friday night. ☊ briefly ☊
Let me tell you briefly what happened. ☊ briefly ☊
We broke our journey (= stopped for a short time) in Madrid. ☊ journey ☊
After a little (= a short time) he got up and left. ☊ little ☊
One moment, please (= Please wait a short time). ☊ moment ☊
We're working to a tight schedule (= we have a lot of things to do in a short time). ☊ schedule ☊
We need to give young criminals a short, sharp shock (= a punishment that is very unpleasant for a short time). ☊ sharp ☊
a short book (= taking a short time to read, because it does not have many pages) ☊ short ☊
I'll be back in a little while (= a short time). ☊ while ☊