| Sammansatta former: |
| Engelska | Svenska |
blazing fast,
blazing-fast adj | US, figurative (rapid) (bildlig) | blixtsnabb adj |
| (bildlig) | med blixtens hastighet uttr |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| The racehorse's pace was blazing fast. |
| fast asleep adj | (sleeping deeply) | som sover djupt adj |
| (bildlig) | som sover som en stock adj |
| I love being awake when everyone else in the house is fast asleep. |
| fast food n | (junk food) | snabbmat s |
| (nedvärderande) | skräpmat s |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen may be used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| We eat fast food occasionally when we don't have time to cook. |
fast food,
fast-food n as adj | (relating to fast food) (förled) | snabbmats- adj |
| Many fast-food items contain unhealthy amounts of sugar and fat. |
fast forward,
fast-forward vi | (advance rapidly) | snabbspola fram, snabbspola framåt vitr partikel |
| Fast forward to the last five minutes of the film clip - that's the funniest bit. |
fast forward through [sth],
fast-forward through [sth] vi + prep | (advance rapidly through) | snabbspola igenom ngt vitr + prep |
| snabbspola sig igenom ngt vbal uttr |
| I often fast forward through the boring parts of movies. |
fast forward [sth],
fast-forward [sth] vtr | (advance rapidly) | snabbspola fram ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| snabbspola ngt framåt vitr + adv |
| I fast-forwarded the recap as I had only recently watched the previous episodes. |
| fast forward n | (button: advance) | knapp för snabbspolning s |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| He hit fast forward, and images in the film sped by. |
| fast forward n | figurative (rapid movement) (framåt) | snabbspolning s |
| Everything was happening so fast that she felt as though her life were on fast forward. |
| fast lane n | (express lane of roadway) | expressfil s |
| omkörningsfil s |
| fast lane n | figurative (competitive, exciting scene or activity) | spännande plats eller förhållningssätt - |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| fast pace n | (brisk or rapid rhythm) | snabb takt, snabb fart adj + s |
| He walked at such a fast pace that it was difficult to keep up with him. |
fast paced,
fast-paced adj | (moving rapidly) | snabb adj |
| hastig adj |
| (vardagligt) | speedad adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| It was such a fast-paced movie that I felt a little dizzy afterward. |
fast paced,
fast-paced adj | (happening rapidly) | snabb adj |
| hastig adj |
| (bildlig) | ryckig adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| Life in the city can be very fast paced. |
| fast track n | figurative (route to rapid advancement) (oftast bildlig) | snabbspår s |
| This course is a fast track to A-level exams that takes one year rather than the usual two. |
| fast-track n as adj | figurative (accelerated or privileged) (förled) | snabbspårs- adj |
| fast-track- adj |
| fast-track [sb]⇒ vtr | (speed the progress of) (vardagligt) | snabba på ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| skynda på ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| jaga på ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| fast-track [sth]⇒ vtr | (speed the progress of) | snabba på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| skynda på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| His father put pressure on them to fast-track his application. |
fast-food restaurant,
fast food restaurant n | (restaurant: rapid service) | snabbmatsrestaurang s |
| Fast-food restaurants tend to serve unhealthy food. |
| fast-moving adj | (quick) (vardagligt) | snabb adj |
| kvick adj |
| rapid adj |
| The fast-moving traffic on this street makes it dangerous to cross. |
| fast-moving adj | (action, plot, novel: fast-paced) | snabb adj |
| (bildlig) | fläktande adj |
| rusande adj |
| Right now I'm reading a fast-moving novel about a man's journey around the world. |
| hard-and-fast rule n | (rule: unbreakable) | regler huggna i sten uttr |
| There's no hard-and-fast rule about what makes good picnic food. |
| holdfast n | ([sth] that holds [sth] in place) | fäste s |
| holdfast n | (botany: fungus part for attaching) | sugskiva s |
| stand fast v expr | figurative (not change one's mind) | stå fast vitr partikel |
| Once I make my mind up, I always stand fast in my decision. |
| stand fast v expr | (not move) | stå stilla vitr + adj |
| I expected the cat to run away but it stood fast. |
| The guards at Buckingham Palace are trained to stand fast, even if tourists provoke them. |
