fast car
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffastandcar
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fast
adjective
uk/fɑːst/us/fæst/
moving or happening quickly, or able to move or ...
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car
noun[C]
uk/kɑːr/us/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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(Definition offastandcarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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So the lexical account predicts thatfastcarmeans a car which goes fast, and fast programmer means a programmer who programs fast, via the same entry for fast.
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Motor manufacturers are expected to resist the installation of such systems since they rely largely on the image of the 'fastcar' to sell their products.
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It was once said that economic management is like trying to drive afastcarwith the aid of only a rear view mirror.
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They need to have afastcarto move from polling station to polling station, but that has been known to happen.
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One has to get into afastcarand drive to get out of that infernal city.
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It is almost like haying afastcaron a motorway driven by someone who cannot really drive.
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It is about 67 miles long, and can be covered in about an hour in a fairlyfastcar.
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Those of us who use the roads know the temptation of afastcar.
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A man, with a fairlyfastcar, is going along a comparatively narrow road.
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This is "slight fog" and 1,100 yards when one is driving afastcaror a railway train is not really all that far.
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I am not talking of the policeman who rushes round in afastcarwith a wailing siren.
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I suspect that in the criticism of the people who drive fast there is again a sublimated hate of the man who can afford afastcar.
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We all know what they are: we are on a train or in afastcaror a slow car—presumably not a racing car, in the light of current circumstances.
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It is rather the case where a person is capable of walking and behaving normally on his feet, but his judgment, when driving afastcarhas been somewhat impaired.
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Time and again, thefastcaris presented as the vehicle for virile young men to prove their masculinity on the roads.
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They are a great help, especially to the elderly who can see more of the road to cross and face less risk of being hit by an unseenfastcar.
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He asks for a fancy,fastcar, a really hot car, unlimited gasoline and a driver with a mind of his own.
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This time, it is a veryfastcarthat has a top speed of 254 miles per hour.
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It only makes you a driver with afastcar.
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We had a reallyfastcar, but had a piece of debris and had to do something.
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