中々使いこなせない単語です
soonって言ってしまう

shortly
【adverb】
1.間もなく、すぐに、近いうちに、近々
soon
:I'll be with you shortly.(英)
:I'm leaving for London shortly. (英)
:Ms Jones will be back shortly.(L)
:shortly before/after something(L)
:he accident happened shortly before midday.(L)
:I'll be ready shortly.(O)
:She arrived shortly after us.(O)
:I saw him shortly before he died.(O)
:I bought a new umbrella but lost it shortly afterwards.(O)
:Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.(C)

●Japan Times:JAN 25, 2013
Victims and survivors return from Algeria
“I’ve had to report to you very lamentable results. I’m feeling truly heartbreaking grief,” JGC President Koichi Kawana told reporters at the company’s head office in Yokohama shortly after he returned from the resource-rich North African country aboard the same plane as the survivors and victims.


●BBC:2 February 2013
Ireland shifts as abortion debate flares
The announcement was made shortly before Christmas and they seem to be going at quite a pace and I think it is because the Irish government doesn't want to give people time to think about it, says Prof Casey.


2.ぶっきらぼうに
(written)
speaking in an impatient and unfriendly way
:'I've explained that already,' Rod said shortly.(L)
:“he said shortly that he didn't like it”(V)


3.手短に、簡潔に、簡単に
in a concise manner; in a few words
:“to put it shortly”(V)

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