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1 very
['veri] 1. adverb1) (to a great degree: He's very clever; You came very quickly; I'm not feeling very well.)2) (absolutely; in the highest degree: The very first thing you must do is ring the police; She has a car of her very own.)2. adjective1) (exactly or precisely the thing, person etc mentioned: You're the very man I want to see; At that very minute the door opened.)2) (extreme: at the very end of the day; at the very top of the tree.)3) (used for emphasis in other ways: The very suggestion of a sea voyage makes her feel seasick.)• -
2 at the double
(very quickly: He came up the road at the double and rushed into the house.) τροχάδην -
3 in record time
(very quickly.) σε χρόνο ρεκόρ -
4 like a shot
(very quickly; eagerly: He accepted my invitation like a shot.) στο άψε-σβήσε,χωρίς δισταγμό -
5 like hot cakes
(very quickly: These books are selling like hot cakes.) σαν τρελό,ανάρπαστο -
6 like the wind
(very quickly: The horse galloped away like the wind.) σαν αστραπή -
7 gabble
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8 like a house on fire
1) (very well: The two children got on with each other like a house on fire.) μια χαρά2) (very quickly: I'm getting through this job like a house on fire.) στο πι και φι -
9 meteor
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10 accumulate
[ə'kju:mjuleit]((usually of things) to gather or be gathered together in a large quantity: Rubbish accumulates very quickly in our house.) συσσωρεύω/-ομαι- accumulator -
11 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) κάτω2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) κάτω(στο έδαφος)3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) από γενιά σε γενιά4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) προς τα κάτω5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) νότια,στο κέντρο2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) (προς τα)κάτω3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) κατά μήκος3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) κατεβάζω- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) απόλυτος- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) πούπουλα- downie®- downy -
12 gallop
['ɡæləp] 1. noun((a period of riding at) the fastest pace of a horse: He took the horse out for a gallop; The horse went off at a gallop.) καλπασμός2. verb1) ((of a horse) to move at a gallop: The horse galloped round the field.) καλπάζω2) ((with through) to do, say etc (something) very quickly: He galloped through the work.) κάνω επί τροχάδην• -
13 galloping
adjective (increasing very quickly: galloping inflation.) καλπάζων -
14 glance
1. verb(to look very quickly: He glanced at the book; He glanced over the accounts.) ρίχνω μια ματιά2. noun(a brief or quick look: I had a glance at the books last night.) ματιά- glancing- at a glance
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15 go up in smoke
1) (to be completely destroyed by fire: The whole house went up in smoke.) αποτεφρώνομαι,γίνομαι παρανάλωμα του πυρός2) (to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind: All his plans have gone up in smoke.) γίνομαι καπνός, εξανεμίζομαι -
16 hurtle
['hə:tl](to move very quickly and violently: The car hurtled down the hill at top speed.) ορμώ -
17 instantaneous
[instən'teiniəs](done, happening or acting in an instant or very quickly: The effect of this poison is instantaneous.) ακαριαίος -
18 like mad
(wildly, desperately, very quickly etc: struggling/trying/running like mad.) σαν τρελός/παράφρων,φρενοβλαβής -
19 make short work of
(to dispose of very quickly: The children made short work of the ice-cream.) τελειώνω στα γρήγορα -
20 microwave
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