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to cut a long story short stresses
gen.	короче говоря (suburbian); вкратце (suburbian); словом (used to end an account of events quickly: To cut a long story short, I married Stephen. NOED. To cut a long story short, we both spent the night in jail. Alexander Demidov)
Игорь Миг	короче; одним словом; если в двух словах, то
inf.	короче (VLZ_58)
Makarov.	короче говоря
proverb	короче говоря (used as paren.)
saying.	короче говоря (suburbian)