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- accelerated
- breakneck
- brisk
- expeditious
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- ready
- screaming
- agile
- double-time
- expeditive
- fleet of foot
- hurried
- in nothing flat
- light-footed
- like a house on fire
- lively
- mercurial
- nimble
- on the double
- quick as a wink
- quickened
- really rolling
- split-second
- spry
- winged
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WORDS RELATED TO RAPID
- aggressive
- agile
- alert
- alive
- animated
- assiduous
- bold
- brisk
- bustling
- busy
- chipper
- daring
- dashing
- determined
- dexterous
- diligent
- dynamic
- eager
- energetic
- engaged
- enlivened
- enterprising
- enthusiastic
- eventful
- fireball
- forceful
- forcible
- fresh
- frisky
- hard-working
- high-spirited
- hyper
- industrious
- intense
- inventive
- jumping
- keen
- lively
- nimble
- on the move
- perky
- persevering
- purposeful
- pushing
- quick
- rapid
- ready
- resolute
- sharp
- sprightly
- spry
- whiz
- zealous
- active
- acute
- alert
- athletic
- brisk
- buoyant
- bustling
- clever
- dexterous
- easy-moving
- energetic
- fleet
- frisky
- limber
- lithe
- lively
- mercurial
- prompt
- quick
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick-witted
- rapid
- ready
- sharp
- spirited
- sportive
- spright
- sprightly
- spry
- stirring
- supple
- swift
- twinkle toes
- vigorous
- vivacious
- winged
- zippy
- at full tilt
- dangerously fast
- excessive
- flat out
- headlong
- high-speed
- lightning
- precipitate
- rapid
- reckless
- speedy
- whirlwind
- channel
- course
- fall
- gutter
- incline
- rapid
- runway
- slide
- trough
- brief
- careless
- depthless
- desultory
- fast
- half-assed
- half-baked
- haphazard
- hit or miss
- hurried
- offhand
- passing
- perfunctory
- quick
- random
- rapid
- shallow
- short
- sketchy
- slapdash
- slight
- sloppy
- speedy
- summary
- superficial
- swift
- uncritical
- bewildering
- confused
- dizzy
- faint
- fainting
- fast
- fleet
- flying
- lightheaded
- quick
- rapid
- shaky
- speedy
- swift
- swimming
- unsteady
- vertiginous
- woozy
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rapidadjective
a part of a river where the current is very fast
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rapidadjective
done or occurring in a brief period of time
«a rapid rise through the ranks»
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rapid, speedyadjective
characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
«a rapid movement»; «a speedy car»; «a speedy errand boy»
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speedy, quickAntonyms:
slow
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ponting
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very quick
in term of synonyms, the sentence «very quick» stands for it’s synonym «rapid».
i can do it very quickly
i can do it rapidly(synonym)
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List of paraphrases for «rapid»:
quick, fast, speedy, swift, rapidly, prompt, expeditious, quickly, timely, rapids, early, promptly, accelerated, fast-track, highway, high-speed, expeditiously, expedited, rapide, speedily, riffle, speed, rapid-, cursory, fast-paced, sticky, timesaving, urgent, go-fast
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RAPID
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Retaplase-rtPA v Alteplase-tPA Infusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction -
RAPID
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Recombinant plasminogen activator Angiographic Phase II International Dose finding study ((1) Circulation 1995;91:2725-2732; ((2) Eur Heart J 1996;17(suppl E):14-20 www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/trials/trials.htmlSee GLC7 ACRONYMS
RAPID Regional Arizona Pre-hospital Infarction Diagnosis study www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/trials/trials.htmlSee GLC7 ACRONYMS
RAPID Reteplase vs Alteplase Infusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction Circulation 1995;91:2725-2732 www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/trials/trials.htmlSee GLC7 ACRONYMS
RAPID 2 Reteplase vs Alteplase Patency Investigation During myocardial infarction Eur Heart J 1996;17(suppl E):14-20 www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/trials/trials.htmlSee GLC7 ACRONYMS
RAPID 2 Reteplase vs Alteplase Infusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction II Circulation 1996;94:891-898 www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/trials/trials.htmlSee GLC7 ACRONYMS
RAPID YD A trial comparing radiation after patientA is done; sponsor: Radiance Medical Systems [RDX™ coronary radiation delivery catheter]; rapid-acting Parkinson(‘s) drug YD See GLC7 ACRONYMS
RAPID YD A trial comparing radiation after patientA is done; sponsor: Radiance Medical Systems [RDX™ coronary radiation delivery catheter]; rapid-acting Parkinson(‘s) drug YD See GLC7 ACRONYMS
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William Bottke:
We can now apply this technique to study the surfaces of other planets to find out if they might also show more impacts, our findings also have implications for the history of life, which is punctuated by extinction events and rapid evolution of new species. Though the forces driving these events are complicated, asteroid impacts have surely played a role in this ongoing saga.
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Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:
The progress of the rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
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Sara Nelson:
We have immediate concern about our members’ health, this issue is changing at a fairly rapid pace,( and) it’s important that those updates are ongoing.
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Andrew Tabler:
I don’t see a tremendous amount of change out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk of them being tired, but their positions are pretty firm, they think that Assad’s immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn’t go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again.
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Jonathan Pershing:
We used to think… that warming of 2 ° C was a huge problem, but that if we could stay below that, we could avoid the worst of the damage, we’re now seeing the damages starting today and getting much, much worse. And people increasingly think we’ve got to have a greater degree of urgency and rapid action that they might have thought even as little as four years ago.
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- سريعArabic
- шәп, тиҙBashkir
- rychlý, peřejCzech
- Stromschnelle, schnellGerman
- γρήγορος, γοργός, ταχύςGreek
- kataraktoEsperanto
- rabión, rápidoSpanish
- تندابPersian
- ripeä, nopea, koskiFinnish
- rapides, rapideFrench
- gradScottish Gaelic
- gyorsHungarian
- cepatIndonesian
- fljóturIcelandic
- rapidoItalian
- 急流, 急, 迅速, 速いJapanese
- 빠른Korean
- celeriLatin
- krāce, straujums, knašs, žigls, straujtece, ašs, straujš, ātrsLatvian
- tanguru, taihekeMāori
- брзак, брзMacedonian
- strykNorwegian
- snel, snelle, stroomversnellingDutch
- strykNorwegian Nynorsk
- hurtig, raskNorwegian
- bystrzyna, bystrze, szypot, progi, szybkiPolish
- corredeira, rápidoPortuguese
- repede, rapidRomanian
- быстрый, скорый, порог, стремнинаRussian
- snabb, hastig, forsSwedish
- รวดเร็วThai
- vifikVolapük
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rapid [ˈræpɪd] прил
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быстрый, стремительный, скоростной, скорый, скорейший, быстродействующий
(fast, speedy)
- rapid economic growth – быстрый экономический рост
- rapid reaction force – сила быстрого реагирования
- rapid application development – быстрая разработка приложений
- rapid eye movement – быстрое движение глаз
- rapid weight loss – быстрая потеря веса
- rapid diagnostic test – быстрый диагностический тест
- rapid response team – группа быстрого реагирования
- rapid technological progress – быстрый технический прогресс
- rapid expansion – стремительная экспансия
- rapid train – скоростной поезд
- rapid filter – скорый фильтр
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бурный
(turbulent)
- rapid river – бурная река
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оперативный
(operational)
- rapid information – оперативная информация
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резкий
(sharp)
- rapid deterioration – резкое ухудшение
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учащенный, частый
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быстротечный, скоротечный
(fleeting, transient)
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rapid [ˈræpɪd] сущ
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стремнинаж
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порогм
(threshold)
- numerous rapids – многочисленные пороги
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быстротаж
(fast)
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rapid [ˈræpɪd] прич
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ускоренный
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rapid [ˈræpɪd] нареч
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быстро
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| быстрый | fast, quick, prompt, rapid, speedy, swift | |
| скоростной | velocity, rapid, high-speed, fast-moving | |
| скорый | early, fast, swift, rapid, speedy, quick | |
| крутой | steep, abrupt, tough, sharp, precipitous, rapid | |
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| стремнина | rapids, chute, rapid, shoot, riffle | |
| порог реки | rapid |
Предложения со словом «rapid»
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About 55 million years ago, there was a really abrupt warming event, and what happened was a whole bunch of carbon dioxide was released into earth’s atmosphere, and it caused a rapid and pretty extreme global warming event. |
Около 55 миллионов лет назад произошло очень резкое потепление, что привело к большому выходу углекислого газа в атмосферу, что, в свою очередь, вызвало резкое и сильное глобальное потепление. |
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We equipped her with modern medical technology, like this $1 malaria rapid test, and put it in a backpack full of medicines like this to treat infections like pneumonia, and crucially, a smartphone, to help her track and report on epidemics. |
Мы снабдили её современным медицинским оборудованием, например, вот этим экспресс — тестом на малярию стоимостью в 1 доллар, который положили в рюкзак, наполненный медикаментами для лечения таких инфекций, как пневмония, и что самое важное — смартфон, чтобы помочь ей отслеживать и сообщать об эпидемиях. |
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Without technology — without this smartphone, without this rapid test — it would have been impossible for us to be able to employ A.B. and Musu. |
Без технологий — без этого смартфона, без этого экспресс — теста — было бы невозможно нанять А.Б. или Мусу. |
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And Palchinsky repeatedly got in trouble for his radical honesty and willingness to point out major flaws in the Soviets’ mindless pursuit of rapid industrialization. |
Пальчинский постоянно попадал в неприятности из — за своей честности и желания указать на главные ошибки бездумной погони Советов за стремительной индустриализацией. |
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He was a poor boy from the islands who had this rapid and amazing rise to success, and he wanted government to give poor boys and girls like him a chance to succeed, using limited but energetic government to create social mobility. |
Бедный паренёк с Карибских островов, достигший головокружительных высот, хотел, чтобы правительство предоставило шанс на успех похожим на него ребятам, сильное правительство с узким полномочием для социальной мобильности. |
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And so if I’m going to tell people that they should take risks, one of the things we’re seeing is a rapid decline in mobility, the number of people who are moving across state lines, and that’s especially true among millennials. |
И если я уговариваю людей брать на себя риски, первое, с чем мы столкнёмся, — резкое сокращение мобильности и количества людей, пересекающих границы штатов, что особенно характерно для поколения миллениалов. |
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However, algorithms, like viruses, can spread bias on a massive scale at a rapid pace. |
Алгоритмы, как вирусы, способны распространять ошибки в больших масштабах и очень быстро . |
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For the past three years, I’ve been developing technologies that could ultimately aid clinicians with rapid , early-stage cancer diagnostics. |
В течение последних 3 лет я разрабатываю технологии, которые смогут помочь врачам проводить быструю диагностику рака на ранних этапах. |
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We’ve created a technology that we call nano-DLD that is capable of precisely this: automated exosome isolation to aid rapid cancer diagnostics. |
Мы создали технологию, которую называем nano — DLD и которая может делать следующее: автоматизированное выделение экзосом для быстрой диагностики рака. |
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This would make rapid diagnostics virtually painless. |
Это сделает быструю диагностику фактически безболезненной. |
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With the work that my team has already done on separation of nanoscale biomarkers for rapid , early-stage cancer diagnostics, I am optimistic that within the next decade, this type of technology will be available, helping protect our friends, our family and future generations. |
С учётом той работы, которую моя команда уже провела в области разделения биомаркеров в наномасштабах для быстрой ранней диагностики рака, я оптимистично полагаю, что в течение десяти лет технология такого типа станет доступной, помогая защитить наших друзей, наши семьи и будущие поколения. |
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Adjusting to the rapid pace of technological change creates real challenges, seen most clearly in our polarized labor market and the threat that it poses to economic mobility. |
Из — за быстрого темпа технологических изменений возникают серьёзные проблемы, отчётливо видимые на примере поляризованного рынка труда и представляющие угрозу экономической мобильности. |
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So as a great physicist once said, there’s these little upstream eddies of biology that create order in this rapid torrent of entropy. |
Как когда — то сказал один великий физик, существуют биологические водовороты, наводящие порядок в стремительном потоке энтропии. |
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In push duels rapid aiming and firing was essential. |
А в толчковых дуэлях очень важно целиться и стрелять быстро . |
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After years of severe recession, when many Hollywood plots threatened with destruction, today Hollywood is experiencing rapid rebirth in order to increase the urban population. |
После долгих лет серьезного спада, когда многим Голливудским участкам угрожало разрушение, сегодня Голливуд переживает быстрое возрождение с целью уплотнить городское население. |
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In one of his books he said: In rapid current of our life a present-day man from time to time wants to feel he is still himself, and nothing can give him such a pleasant confirmation of it, but four legs mincing behind. |
В одной из своих книг он сказал: В быстротечности нашей жизни современный человек время от времени хочет почувствовать, что он пока еще остается самим собой, и ничто не дает ему более приятного подтверждения этому, чем четыре лапы, которые семенят позади. |
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Neptune rotates Much faster than Earth, And this rapid spin Helps to create violent winds. |
Нептун вращается намного быстрее Земли, и это быстрое вращение приводит к сильным ветрам. |
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She continued her course along the precipitous sides of the river, when suddenly her foot slipped, and she fell into the rapid stream. |
Она побежала дальше по обрывистому берегу, но вдруг поскользнулась и упала в быстрый поток. |
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But with the rapid march of technology it soon became redundant. |
Но с быстрым развитием технологий необходимость в них исчезла. |
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It’s a form of altitude sickness caused by repeated rapid ascents. |
Одна из форм Высотной или Горной болезни, вызванная многократным быстрым восхождением. |
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The child made no answer to my rapid and incoherent questions. |
Девочка не отвечала на мои скорые и беспорядочные вопросы. |
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A devil wind began to scream and I heard the rapid rattle of the rainfall that came with it. |
За окном завывал ветер и слышался дробный стук капель дождя. |
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Progress from medium to senior management level can be remarkably rapid for the talented Executive. |
Талантливый работник может сделать очень быструю карьеру от менеджера среднего звена до руководителя. |
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The Graysons followed her into the car, and LaFollet heaved a sigh of relief once they had her under armor and moving toward Capital Field at a rapid clip. |
Лишь когда бронированный автомобиль двинулся по направлению к взлетной площадке, Лафолле вздохнул с облегчением. |
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During the tumult which attended the retreat of the Templars, Rebecca saw and heard nothing-she was locked in the arms of her aged father, giddy, and almost senseless, with the rapid change of circumstances around her. |
Во время суматохи, сопровождавшей отъезд храмовников, Ревекка ничего не видела и не слышала. |
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Her glum slouch answered his question, even as his white face and rapid breathing finished asking it. |
По ее угрюмому лицу он понял ответ прежде, чем закончил фразу. |
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There is a rapid and complete paralysis of the nerves controlling the diaphragm and the muscles of the chest. |
Быстрый полный паралич нервов, контролирующих работу диафрагмы и мышц груди. |
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Hunter fired twice in rapid succession, though he was certain he killed the mountain cat with his first shot. |
Хантер выстрелил дважды с коротким перерывом, хотя было ясно, что он уложил кошку первым выстрелом. |
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His rapid rise wasn’t due solely to birth or brilliance. |
Своей стремительной карьерой он был обязан не только происхождению и блестящим способностям. |
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Atropine causes dilation of the blood vessels, temperature rises and pulse rate becomes very rapid . |
Атропин вызывает расширение кровеносных сосудов, повышение температуры, ускорение пульса. |
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But in my very best rapid limp I hurried into the shadows and scurried for my car. |
Затем самой быстрой в мире хромающей походкой я нырнул в тень и понесся к машине. |
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He was used to that jealous reaction to his rapid promotion. |
Он привык, что его быстрое продвижение по службе вызывает зависть. |
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They did not pause to rest along the way, but passed through Alundil at a rapid but dignified gait. |
Они не останавливались отдохнуть и прошли через Алондил быстрой , но достойной походкой. |
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Within a year the inhabitants of Earth began a rapid spread throughout the solar system. |
В течение года жители Земли быстро распространились по всей солнечной системе. |
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Richard could hear the sound of Kahlan’s rapid breathing echoing in the confining, dank space. |
Ричард слышал учащенное дыхание Кэлен, повторяемое эхом промозглого, ограниченного пространства. |
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Then it splashed on its back in the water, rolled quickly onto its legs, and began to move its head in rapid scanning motions. |
Затем оно опрокинулось на спину, быстро перевернулось на ноги и принялось осматриваться. |
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A lady’s imagination is very rapid ; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment. |
Оно перескакивает от простого одобрения к любви и от любви к браку в одну минуту. |
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And on the far side of the blazing coils there were three shadows thrashing away at each other, their rapid movements blurred into dim streaks. |
А за пылающими кольцами молотили друг друга три тени, размазанные движением в мутные полосы. |
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He got his effects by a rapid and dramatic change of manner. |
А в суде производил впечатление быстрой и эффектной сменой тона. |
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Savages often kindle wood by means of rapid rubbing. |
Достоверно известно, что дикари зажигают куски дерева посредством быстрого трения. |
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His dismembered body was found within the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is 60 miles south of Rapid city. |
Его расчлененное тело было найдено в индейской резервации Пайн — Ридж, в 60 милях от Рапид — Сити. |
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That would account for the maggots, insects and the rapid decomp. |
Это объясняет наличие личинок, насекомых и быстрое разложение тела. |
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They’re designed for rapid expansion and maximizing tissue damage and blood loss. |
Они разработаны для максимального повреждения тканей и потери крови. |
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The planet was somewhat larger than Earth, attended by a pair of small moons with rapid periods of orbit. |
Планета была немногим больше Земли, но вокруг нее вращались две маленькие луны. |
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At that moment the flowers began whirling again, and the faces faded away and were lost in the rapid revolutions. |
В тот же миг цветки вновь начали вращаться, а лица исчезли. |
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We have population pressure to push us and a rapid turnover of generation to keep us supplied with the young and restless. |
Нас подталкивает рост населения, и быстрый оборот поколений снабжает молодыми беспокойными людьми. |
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His progress had been too rapid and his instructors at the club were growing wary of him. |
Его успехи были столь стремительными, что тренеры в секции стали относиться к нему с подозрением. |
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Their uncanny flight was rapid , yet their passage sent no breeze across the deck. |
Их волшебный полет был стремительным, но ни единое дуновение ветра не коснулось палубы. |
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He relaxed in his massive seat, and listened intently to the rapid question and answer routine that followed. |
Он откинулся в массивном кресле и принялся внимательно слушать быстрый обмен вопросами и ответами. |
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The house lay ahead of him and he set out toward it at a somewhat more rapid rate than he was accustomed in his walking. |
Впереди находился дом, и Джейсон зашагал к нему чуть быстрее , чем обычно. |
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The Huron instantly turned, and commenced a rapid retreat up the ascent. |
Гурон сейчас же отступил и начал быстро подниматься вверх по косогору. |
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All around him, the world was brightening as the sun made its all too rapid passage across the sky. |
Солнце уже полностью взошло, и все вокруг заливал яркий свет. |
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Maybe, if he was lucky, he’d end up working side by side with Rachel in the Rapid City office. |
И Алперту крупно повезет, если его отправят в Рапид — Сити, работать бок о бок с ней. |
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But now the sunflowers suddenly stopped their rapid whirling, and the travelers plainly saw a girl’s face appear in the center of each flower. |
Цветки подсолнухов тотчас же перестали вращаться, зато теперь в сердцевине каждого показалось хорошенькое девичье личико. |
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Mr. Sharpe entered into a rapid exposition of the military and political situation in Central America. |
Мистер Худ быстро обрисовал военное и политическое положение в Центральной Америке. |
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Viktor Krum was over in a corner, conversing with his dark haired mother and father in rapid Bulgarian. |
В углу Виктор Крум оживленно беседовал на болгарском языке со своими черноволосыми мамой и папой. |
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Her recovery was rapid and she was expected to be back any day now, but nevertheless she missed another event of importance. |
Но тем не менее она все — таки опоздала к еще одному важному событию. |
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That rapid change can manifest itself in extreme depression and low self-esteem. |
Эти быстрые колебания уровня могут вызвать сильную депрессию и снижение самооценки. |
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Private ownership of machine guns and rapid-fire automatic weapons is against the law in the United States. |
В Соединенных Штатах запрещено частное владение автоматами и другим скорострельным оружием. |
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Achieving this against a background of rapid organizational and systemic changes requires substantial re-engineering based on suitable change management strategies. |
Для решения этой задачи в условиях стремительных организационных и системных изменений необходима глубокая перестройка, требующая стратегии управления переменами. |
brisk, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurried, pdq (slang) precipitate, prompt, quick, quickie (informal) speedy, swift
Antonyms
deliberate, gradual, leisurely, slow, tardy, unhurried
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
rapid
1 adj A rapid change is one that happens very quickly.
usu ADJ n
…the country’s rapid economic growth in the 1980’s…, …the rapid decline in the birth rate in Western Europe.
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rapidly adv usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
(=fast)
…countries with rapidly growing populations…
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rapidity n-uncount
(=speed)
…the rapidity with which the weather can change.
2 adj A rapid movement is one that is very fast.
usu ADJ n
He walked at a rapid pace along Charles Street., …whether the Tunnel will provide more rapid car transport than ferries…
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rapidly adv ADV with v
(=quickly)
He was moving rapidly around the room…
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rapidity n-uncount
(=speed)
The water rushed through the holes with great rapidity.
rapid-fire
1 adj A rapid-fire gun is one that shoots a lot of bullets very quickly, one after the other.
ADJ n
In the back of the truck was a 12.7 millimeter rapid-fire machine gun.
2 adj A rapid-fire conversation or speech is one in which people talk or reply very quickly.
ADJ n
Yul listened to their sophisticated, rapid-fire conversation.
3 adj A rapid-fire economic activity or development is one that takes place very quickly.
(mainly AM, JOURNALISM) ADJ n
…the rapid-fire buying and selling of stocks…
rapid transit
A rapid transit system is a transport system in a city which allows people to travel quickly, using trains that run underground or above the streets. adj ADJ n
…a rapid transit link with the City and London’s underground system…
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