prepare+quickly

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• prepare — verb ADVERB ▪ adequately, properly ▪ fully ▪ carefully, meticulously, painstakingly ▪ The lectures were carefully prepared …   Collocations dictionary

• quickly — adv. Quickly is used with these adjectives: ↑apparent Quickly is used with these verbs: ↑abandon, ↑absorb, ↑accelerate, ↑accumulate, ↑act, ↑adapt, ↑add, ↑adjust, ↑advance, ↑age, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

• whip — [[t](h)wɪp, wɪp[/t]] v. whipped whipt, whip•ping, 1) to beat with a flexible implement, as a strap, lash, or rod, esp. as punishment; flog 2) to spank 3) to urge on with or as if with lashes 4) to castigate with words 5) to train or organize… …   From formal English to slang

• whip — [hwip, wip] vt. whipped or whipt, whipping [ME whippen < MDu wippen, to swing, move up and down < IE * weib , to turn, swing: see VIBRATE] 1. to move, pull, jerk, snatch, throw, etc. suddenly: usually with out, off, up, etc. [to whip out a… …   English World dictionary

• hurry up and wait — to prepare quickly for an activity that is then delayed. Air travel seems to be nothing but hurry up and wait you race to the airport two hours before your flight time, and then depart two hours late …   New idioms dictionary

• whomp — ☆ whomp [hwämp, wämp ] vt. [echoic] Informal 1. to hit or strike heavily and loudly; thump 2. to defeat decisively n. the act or sound of whomping whomp up Informal to prepare quickly; whip up …   English World dictionary

• cobble something together — PREPARE ROUGHLY/HASTILY, make roughly/hastily, throw together; improvise, contrive, rig (up), whip up; informal rustle up; Brit. informal knock up. → cobble * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium