Sentence examples of "shortly" in English
Shortly before her fiftieth birthday, she received the news about the birth of her grandchild.
Peu avant son cinquantième anniversaire lui parvint la nouvelle de la naissance de son petit-enfant.
Shortly after the war my father bought a new house, in which I was born.
Peu après la guerre, mon père acheta une nouvelle maison dans laquelle je suis né.
I also think that if the Spanish hadn't discovered Latin America, others would have done it shortly after they did.
Je pense aussi que si les Espagnols n'avaient pas découvert l'Amérique latine, d'autres l'auraient fait peu après.
Shortly after coming back to France, he decided to abandon his career as an economist in order to dedicate himself to his true passion: writing, in Spain.
Il a décidé peu de temps après son retour en France d’abandonner sa carrière comme économiste pour se dédier à sa vraie passion, l’écriture, en Espagne.
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