A short note put the matter right.

一封短函把这件事解释清楚了。

youdao

Yes. We usually include a short note with the flowers.

是的，我们都在花中夹一便条的。

youdao

He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.

他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

youdao

They handed Anderson a short note.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

So I thought I'd begin with a short note that one of your classmates sent to me earlier this week.

我从这周早些时候,你们其中一个同学给我的一张字条开始。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.

CNN: Waiting for morning

On a final note, short sellers are also loading up on FLIR positions.

FORBES: Bullish Options Plays On Off-The-Radar Defense Stocks

The author Mark Twain wrote a short story, The Million Pound Bank Note (later made into a film starring Gregory Peck), in which a penniless sailor is given the note, little knowing he is the subject of a bet between two brothers.

BBC: Britain's ?1m and ?100m banknotes