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bref

adv.

[bʁɛf] BREF

anyway, in short — the word that rescues a rambling story

Bref, on a raté le train et on est rentrés.Anyway, we missed the train and went home.
Bref, la réunion n’a abouti à aucune décision.In short, the meeting reached no decision.
Related words
  • enfin bref — long story short
  • en résumé — to sum up
  • passons — let’s move on

Drop ‘bref’ mid-story and all narrative detours are instantly forgiven — Kyan Khojandi’s cult comedy series ‘Bref’ turned this little word into a national in-joke.

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