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for short while; for awhile (bookworm); for a little; for a short time; for a little while (Asterite); for a spell (I was up in Atlanta for a spell, wasn’t here to know. (с) 4uzhoj); briefly; for a while (and it cures me for a while Val_Ships); momentarily (suburbian); briefly (The school's foundation stone (...) was laid by His Royal Highness, Edward, Prince of Wales, Sept. 22, 1919, during a visit to Canada. Yes, that Edward – the one who briefly became King of England before abdicating his throne to marry American divorcee Mrs. Wallis Simpson in 1937. (Vancouver Courier) ART Vancouver); for a short period of time (Andrey Truhachev); for a short period (Andrey Truhachev); for a while (Andrey Truhachev); for a bit (NumiTorum); not for a continuance; for a few minutes (DrHesperus); for a moment (suburbian); for a short while (subsequent to the action expressed by the verb); for a brief span of time (What was this thing? The creature was only ever seen in the area of Matsudo and only for a brief span of time, leaving the impression that whatever it was it was probably only a passing visitor. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
