Lecture 8: Basic Concepts 2 Flashcards
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to dash
going somewhere very quickly on foot or in a vehicle
to tear, fly, race
going somewhere very quickly on foot or in a vehicle
to pop into
same as to nip into, going a short distance quickly,
to zip/wizz
a vehicle going quickly
to bolt
fast movement over a short distance, running away
to career
moving rapidly, out of control
to scamper
small rapid steps, like a small animal running
to scurry
small rapid steps, like a small animal running
to scuttle
small rapid steps, like a small animal running
accelerate
to speed up, only about transport
to plunge
downward movement, as well as speed, most used metaphorically
to plummet
downward movement, as well as speed, most used metaphorically
to rocket
fast upward movement, metaphorically, strong associations with financial matters
to soar
fast upward movement, metaphorically, strong associations with financial matters
primary associations with birds
feelings -> happiness and being carefree
slump/tumble
opposite of soar and rocket in a financial context
rapid downward movement
to crawl/creep
slow movement, metaphorically
totter
fairly slow movement, unsteady
sidle
to walk anxiously and nervously
dawdle
to move slower than necessary, to waste time
collocations of to cause
sadness/unhappiness
a lot of trouble/problems
an ilness pneumonia
a disaster/an accident
collocations of to produce
a report
statistics/figures
good resuklts/evidence
collocations of to give
a lot of pleasure/happiness
a reason/motivation for something
a lot of trouble
good results
collocations of to generate
revenue/income/money
somplaints/extra work/controvercy
graphics/documents
interest/enthusiasm/publicity
precipitate/spark
quickly, suddenly caused
to bring about
gradually produce
grounds for doing sth
cause, reason
to have implications for
likely to cause certain results
to be based on
has been developed as a result of
