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just a second

A short period of time, typically anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes or more.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'just a second':

just a secondOnly one second; a passage of time one-sixtieth of a minute in duration.
just a secondStop; wait. Used to indicate that the speaker wishes the previous speaker or the proceedings to stop so that he or she can comment on what has been said or has happened so far.
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Augenblick

sólo un segundo

juste une seconde

solo un secondo

jeszcze chwila

en sekund

等一下

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