FAST AND RAPID

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cpe ENGLISH VOCABULARY Mind Map on FAST AND RAPID, created by kiejrys on 23/02/2014.
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FAST AND RAPID
  1. AT FULL SPEED/TILT

    Annotations:

    • AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
    1. A MILE A MINUTE

      Annotations:

      • VERY FAST
      1. GO/MOVE/TALK/TRAVEL
      2. AS IF IT IS GOING OUT OF STYLE

        Annotations:

        • very quickly or much more than people normally do
        1. BREAKNECK
          1. dangerously or extremely fast: he drove at breakneck speed
          2. AS FAST AS YOUR LEGS WOULD CARRY YOU
            1. BLISTERING
              1. (of heat) intense: the blistering heat of the desert
                1. extremely fast, forceful, or impressive: Burke set a blistering pace
                  1. (of criticism) expressed with great vehemence: blistering diatribes
                  2. FULL STEAM (SPEED) AHEAD

                    Annotations:

                    • used to indicate that one should proceed with as much speed or energy as possible
                    1. Even though interviews are going full speed ahead, we don't have that many candidates
                    2. LIKE HOT CAKES
                      1. GO/SELL
                      2. BRISK
                        1. active, fast, and energetic: a good brisk walk
                        2. HUSTLE
                          1. force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction: they hustled him into the back of a horse-drawn wagon
                            1. BUNDLE
                              1. informal push or carry forcibly: he was bundled into a van
                                1. send (someone) away hurriedly or unceremoniously: the old man was bundled off into exile
                                  1. a collection of things, or a quantity of material, tied or wrapped up together: a thick bundle of envelopes
                                2. push roughly; jostle: they were hissed and hustled as they went in
                                  1. (hustle someone into) coerce or pressure someone into doing or choosing something: don’t be hustled into anything
                                  2. HOTFOOT
                                    1. in eager haste: he rushed hotfoot to the planning office to object
                                      1. walk or run quickly and eagerly: we hotfooted it after him
                                      2. IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE
                                        1. HEADLONG
                                          1. in a rush; with reckless haste
                                            1. without thinking, without forethought, rashly, recklessly, carelessly, hastily, breakneck, whirlwind; reckless,
                                            2. BEFORE YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON
                                              1. LIKE A SHOT
                                                1. informal without hesitation; willingly: “Would you go back?” “Like a shot.”
                                                2. LIKE A STREAK (OF LIGHTNING)
                                                  1. informal very fast: he is off like a streak
                                                  2. METEORIC
                                                    1. (of the development of something, especially a person’s career) very rapid: her meteoric rise to the top of her profession
                                                    2. PDQ
                                                      1. informal pretty damn quick.
                                                      2. PRECIPITOUS
                                                        1. (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration: precipitous intervention
                                                          1. dangerously high or steep: the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast
                                                          2. SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE
                                                            1. spread with great speed: the news had spread like wildfire
                                                            2. SWIFT
                                                              1. happening quickly or promptly: a remarkably swift recovery
                                                                1. moving or capable of moving at high speed: the water was very swift
                                                                2. WHOOSH
                                                                  1. a sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound: there was a big whoosh of air
                                                                    1. move or cause to move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound: [no object]: a train whooshed by
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