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17 janv. 2007 · Alabama. English US. Jan 16, 2007. #4. I wouldn't consider them equivalent 'That's fast' isn't a common idiom in the US for shocking. 'That's fast' just means speedy. It is common as an exclamation. 'That's fast!' would mean surprisingly speedy.
10 févr. 2009 · Senior Member. comment dit-on ''growing up too fast'' en francais? Néanmoins, dans notre société actuelle, je crois que la plupart des enfants deviennent adultes trop vîtes et avoir des idées trop mur pour leur âge. Nevertheless, in today's society I think that the majority of children are growing up too fast and thus having ideas that ...
11 sept. 2013 · 1-You have to run faster if you want to get on time. 2-You have to run more fast if you want to get on time. If we analyse the sentence, fast is here acting as an adverb because it is describing how we do the action (run). So far, in my opinion sentece 2- should be correct, and not number 1-. However, I listen quite often to people using the ...
10 août 2007 · He was a fast draw with a six shooter. He was a quick draw with a six shooter. There is no meaningful difference between these sentences and both forms are used. On the other hand, a sprinter would be "fast" and not "quick" for the covered distance. "He was quite fast; he ran the 100 meter sprint in under 10 seconds."
23 mars 2017 · English - England. Mar 23, 2017. #2. The sentences are saying slightly different things. The second sentence means 'She wouldn't make mistakes if she didn't work as fast as she does.'. This might imply that she works too fast, but doesn't actually say it. You could use 'too' instead of 'so':'She wouldn't make mistakes if she didn't work too fast.'.
2 août 2010 · Farsi-English. Aug 2, 2010. #1. Dear all, In the book " The Age of Speed", in each chapter, there is an outlined part called "Fast Fact". This part is most of the time a summary of a fact that has been discussed in the chapter (and it is somehow related to speed, at the same time). I am wondering what does that Fast Fact means in here, exactly.
It's just 'fast' + 'crowd' (a group of people). This is the SOED definition of 'fast': 'dissipated, extravagant, pleasure-loving, studiedly unconventional, immoral'. I don't know where you found this, but to me 'fast crowd' sounds very dated : the sort of thing you might read in Scott Fitzgerald, for example. I certainly can't imagine anyone ...
21 oct. 2016 · Indiana. English - US. Oct 21, 2016. #7. If you are supposed to refrain from eating, but you do eat, you will say "I broke my fast." Did you break your fast today? No, I did not. In this case, I think you could say "No, I kept my fast." However, even in these circumstances it doesn't sound idiomatic.
18 sept. 2024 · He like driving fast. 3. He makes makes a living by doing deals that may not be completely legal. 4. He may not tell the truth if you are buying something from him. 5. He is a man (married or not) who has many girlfriends but only keeps them for only a short while.
30 janv. 2015 · English - Scotland. Jan 30, 2015. #3. They have a large overlap in their application but they are not always synonymous. Combined with "recovery", both are possible, but "fast" is less common than "quick" or "speedy", which are in turn less common that "rapid" (ngram) G.
