āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻļā§āĻā§āϰāĻ, āĻ āϞā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝā§
in a very short time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The announcement is expected shortly, so stay tuned.
āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻā§āϰāĻ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āύāĨ¤
1.1
āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§, āĻ āϞā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ
for a short duration
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I stopped by the cafÊ shortly before my meeting began.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ
āϞā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĢā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
1.2
āĻļā§āĻā§āϰāĻ, āĻ āϞā§āĻĒ āĻĒāϰā§
with a brief gap between two events
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train passed by shortly before the scheduled departure time.
āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻ
āϞā§āĻĒ āĻāĻā§ āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§, āĻ āϞā§āĻĒ
in close proximity or just below or above a point
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The path curves shortly before it reaches the river.
āύāĻĻā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻ
āϞā§āĻĒ āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĨāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shortly summarized the entire project in just a few sentences.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āϏāĻŽāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With no interest in continuing, she replied shortly, " I do nât have time. "
āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āύ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻš āύā§āĻ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, "āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤"
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
shortly
short
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