hurrying along

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• along — 1 adverb 1 if someone or something moves along, they move forward: I was driving along, thinking about Christmas. | He showed me the notes he had made as we went along. 2 go/come/be along to go or come to the place where something is happening,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• along — a|long [ ə lɔŋ ] function word *** Along can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): Go along South Street and turn left. as an adverb (without a following noun): Can I bring the children along? 1. ) moving on or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• along */*/*/ — UK [əˈlɒŋ] / US [əˈlɔŋ] adverb, preposition Summary: Along can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): Go along South Street and turn left. as an adverb (without a following noun): Can I bring the children along? 1)… …   English dictionary

• along*/*/*/ — [əˈlɒŋ] grammar word summary: Along can be: ■ a preposition: Go along South Street and turn left. ■ an adverb: Can I bring the children along? 1) moving forwards on a line, path, or near the edge of something Mrs Barnes was hurrying along the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Hurrying — A hurrier and two thrusters heaving a corf full of coal as depicted in the 1853 book The White Slaves of England by J Cobden. A hurrier, also sometimes called a coal drawer or coal thruster, was a child or woman employed by a collier to transport …   Wikipedia

• hurrying — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bustling, scurrying, darting, hastening, speeding, in a hurry, running, rushing, dashing, flying, expediting, propelling, racing, racing against time. Ant. creeping*, crawling, inching along …   English dictionary for students

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• Rapture — Rap ture (r[a^]p t[ u]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum, to carry off by force. See {Rapid}.] 1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With headlong… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scurry — /skerr ee, skur ee/, v., scurried, scurrying, n., pl. scurries. v.i. 1. to go or move quickly or in haste. v.t. 2. to send hurrying along. n. 3. a scurrying rush: the scurry of little feet on the stairs. 4. a short run or race. [1800 10;… …   Universalium

• Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti —     Venerable Vincent Mary Pallotti     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Venerable Vincent Mary Pallotti     The founder of the Pious Society of Missions (q. v.), born at Rome, 21 April, 1798; died there, 22 Jan., 1850. He lies buried in the church of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• brushstroke — noun The stroke of a brush, as in painting. Since moving to the city [Paris], his [<nowiki/>’s] palette had become lighter and more colorful and his brushstrokes more distinct. In this painting [Boulevard de Clichy], the pastel colors… …   Wiktionary