QUICK

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quick I. adjectiv

1. iute, repede, rapid, sprinten, agil, activ; prompt;

a quick gallop un galop rapid;

a quick walk un mers iute / rapid;

at a quick pace cu un pas iute; într-un ritm rapid;

quick of foot iute de picior, agil;

a quick sale o vânzare rapidă / uşoară;

(as) quick as thought iute ca gândul;

to be quick about one's work a lucra iute / repede.

2. iute, grăbit, zorit, pripit, rapid;

a quick luncheon o gustare rapidă, un dejun grăbit / pe picior / pe fugă;

be quick! repede! grăbeşte-te!;

to walk with quick steps a merge cu paşi repezi / grăbiţi.

3. vioi, ager, deştept, inteligent; îndemânatic;

a quick mind o minte ageră / vioaie;

a quick wit un spirit ager / vioi;

quick to understand care înţelege uşor / repede, deştept, inteligent;

quick to learn ager / deştept la învăţătură, care învaţă repede;

a quick child un copil deştept / ager / vioi, isteţ.

4. fin, ascuţit; pătrunzător; prompt; ager;

a quick ear o ureche fină / ascuţită;

quick of sight cu privirea ageră / pătrunzătoare;

quick of hearing cu auzul ager / fin / ascuţit;

(mai ales despre câinii de vânătoare, de urmărire) quick of scent cu miros / nas fin;

quick to answer back prompt la răspuns / replică / ripostă.

5. violent, iute, aprig;

a quick temper un temperament iute / violent / irascibil;

he has a quick temper are un temperament violent, se enervează uşor;

quick to anger iute la mânie.

6. (rar, despre culoarea feţei) proaspăt, sănătos.

7. (despre foc) viu, care arde bine.

8. (înv.) viu, în viaţă.

9. (ec.) lichid.

◊ (înv.) (despre femei) quick with child într-un stadiu (mai) avansat al sarcinii, cu copil care a dat semne de viaţă.

quick II. adverb

repede, iute, cu repeziciune;

don't talk too quick nu vorbi prea repede;

ran as quick as you can fugi cât poţi de iute;

as quick as possible cât se poate de repede;

quick forgotten uitat repede, repede dat uitării;

please come quick te rog vino repede.

quick III. substantiv

1. carne vie, viu;

to the quick a) până la carne;

to cut the finger nail to the quick a tăia unghia degetului până la carne; b) adânc; până în străfunduri;

to cut / to sting to the quick a tăia în carne vie;

it cut me to the quick to see them mi se rupea inima să-i văd;

British to the quick englez până în măduva oaselor. c) real, natural; veridic;

to paint smb. to the quick a picta pe cineva aşa cum este în realitate.

2. the quick vii, cei vii;

the quick and the dead viii şi morţii;

quick IV. verb tranzitiv

(înv.) a înviora, a stimula, a trezi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Mean what!” he demanded, quick as a flash.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

As, however, he had pressed me to be quick, I knocked at the door, and on his calling out, "Come in," I entered.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

So I think, and so, too, thinks my little Mary, who has a woman’s quick insight into character.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And quick!—then shrunk into a corner, with one trembling hand before her face, and the other making the former gesture, as if she could not bear a voice.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He slid his head around a corner of rock, where began an unusually large bend in the stream, and his quick eyes made out something that sent him crouching swiftly down.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

"We must move, and move quick!" said Lord John.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a ring in his voice and a flash in his eyes which promised that the blow would follow quick at the heels of the word.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Quick, quick, we must think of some way! Where is the despatch-box?”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If he is quick enough to catch his bird, well and good.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The use of Point-of-Care (POC) devices is increasingly widespread for the quick and simple analysis of clinical samples.

(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)

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