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1 rapidly
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2 blink
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3 boil
I [boil] verb1) (to turn rapidly from liquid to vapour when heated: I'm boiling the water; The water's boiling.) sjóða2) (to cook by boiling in water etc: I've boiled the potatoes.) sjóða•- boiler- boiling-point
- boil down to
- boil over II [boil] noun(an inflamed swelling on the skin: His neck is covered with boils.) graftarkÿli -
4 by leaps and bounds
(extremely rapidly and successfully: improving by leaps and bounds.) mjög hratt, í stökkum -
5 career
[kə'riə] 1. noun1) (a way of making a living (usually professional): a career in publishing.) lífsstarf, ævistarf2) (course; progress (through life): The present government is nearly at the end of its career.) (starfs)ferill2. verb(to move rapidly and dangerously: The brakes failed and the car careered down the hill.) æða, þjóta -
6 diminish
[di'miniʃ](to make or become less: Our supplies are diminishing rapidly.) minnka, rÿra -
7 epidemic
[epi'demik](an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly and attacks very many people: an epidemic of measles/influenza.) farsótt, faraldur -
8 escalate
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9 flutter
1. verb1) (to (cause to) move quickly: A leaf fluttered to the ground.) feykjast; flökta2) ((of a bird, insect etc) to move the wings rapidly and lightly: The moth fluttered round the light.) flögra2. noun1) (a quick irregular movement (of a pulse etc): She felt a flutter in her chest.) titringur2) (nervous excitement: She was in a great flutter.) óróleiki, spenna, uppnám -
10 gain ground
1) (to make progress.) sækja á2) (to become more influential: His views were once unacceptable but are now gaining ground rapidly.) eflast, verða áhrifameiri -
11 jabber
['‹æbə](to talk idly, rapidly and indistinctly: The women are always jabbering with one another.) masa, blaðra -
12 machine-gun
noun (an automatic gun that fires very rapidly.) vélbyssa -
13 multiply
1) (to add a number to itself a given number of times and find the total: 4 + 4 + 4 or 4 multiplied by 3 or 4 × 3 = 12.) margfalda2) (to (cause to) increase in number, especially by breeding: Rabbits multiply very rapidly.) margfaldast, fjölga sér• -
14 mushroom
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15 palpitate
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16 rapid
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17 send
[send]past tense, past participle - sent; verb1) (to cause or order to go or be taken: The teacher sent the disobedient boy to the headmaster; She sent me this book.) senda2) (to move rapidly or with force: He sent the ball right into the goal.) senda, skjóta3) (to cause to go into a certain, usually bad, state: The news sent them into a panic.) koma (e-m) í tiltekið ástand•- sender- send away for
- send down
- send for
- send in
- send off
- send off for
- send out
- send someone packing / send someone about his business
- send packing / send someone about his business
- send someone packing / send about his business
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18 shoot up
(to grow or increase rapidly: Prices have shot up.) þjóta upp -
19 shorthand
noun (a method of writing rapidly, using strokes, dots etc to represent sounds.) hraðritun -
20 skyrocket
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