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  • 1 swift

    I swift adjective
    (fast or quick: a swift horse; Our methods are swift and efficient; a swift-footed animal.) rápido, veloz
    - swiftness
    II swift noun
    (a type of bird rather like a swallow.) vencejo común
    swift adj rápido / veloz
    tr[swɪft]
    1 (runner, horse) rápido,-a, veloz
    2 (reaction, reply) pronto,-a, rápido,-a
    1 (bird) vencejo común
    swift ['swɪft] adj
    1) fast: rápido, veloz
    2) sudden: repentino, súbito
    ♦ swiftly adv
    : vencejo m (pájaro)
    adj.
    • alado, -a adj.
    • andariego, -a adj.
    • pronto, -a adj.
    • raudo, -a adj.
    • recio, -a adj.
    • repentino, -a adj.
    • velero, -a adj.
    • veloz adj.
    • volador adj.
    n.
    • vencejo s.m.

    I swɪft
    adjective -er, -est
    a) <runner/movement/animal> veloz, rápido
    b) <reply/reaction/denial> rápido

    he was swift to anger — (liter) era propenso a arrebatos de ira


    II
    noun vencejo m
    [swɪft]
    1.
    ADJ
    (compar swifter) (superl swiftest) [runner, animal, vehicle, current] rápido, veloz; [reaction] pronto, rápido; [decision, response, journey, victory] rápido; [river] de corriente rápida
    2.
    N (=bird) vencejo m
    * * *

    I [swɪft]
    adjective -er, -est
    a) <runner/movement/animal> veloz, rápido
    b) <reply/reaction/denial> rápido

    he was swift to anger — (liter) era propenso a arrebatos de ira


    II
    noun vencejo m

    English-spanish dictionary > swift

  • 2 be no chicken

    шутл.
    быть не первой молодости [выражение создано Дж. Свифтом; см. цитату]

    Miss: "I swear she's no chicken; she's on the wrong side of thirty..." (J. Swift, ‘Swift's Polite Conversation’, ‘Dialogue I’) — Мисс: "Клянусь, леди Димпл не такая уж молоденькая. Ей перевалило за тридцать..."

    The eldest Miss Larkins is not a chicken, for the youngest Miss Larkins is not that, and the eldest must be three or four years older. (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. XVIII) — Старшая мисс Ларкинс отнюдь не птенчик, ибо и самая младшая мисс Ларкинс уже не птенчик, а она моложе своей сестры года на три, на четыре.

    ‘She was like a marquise in an old French comedy.’ ‘Yes, she was lovely.’ ‘And I'm sure she's lovely still.’ ‘She's no chicken, you know.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Circle’, act I) — - Леди Китти была похожа на маркизу из старинной французской комедии. - Да, она была очаровательна. - А я не сомневаюсь, что она и сейчас очаровательна. - Но она теперь уже не первой молодости.

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