Describing Things That Happen Very Fast — VOA Learning English
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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
The English language has several expressions that describe things that happen very fast. Today we will talk about several. Some involve body parts. And some involve acts of nature.
Let’s start with our bodies.
There are some things we humans we do very quickly – namely our blinking eyes and beating hearts. Those bodily actions happen incredibly fast. So, we use “in the blink of an eye” and “in a heartbeat” to describe things that happen in no time at all.
Here are some examples:
She accepted the new job in a heartbeat. She didn’t need to think about it at all.
When he hit the lottery, all his money problems disappeared in the blink of…
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