Instants - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Примеры использования:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Примеры использования:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

verb

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way.

Примеры использования:

Lightning flashed overhead

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright light.

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A flash of lightning

adjective

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive.

Примеры использования:

A flash new car

noun

A period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.

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An extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings

noun

A very short time; a moment.

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I'll have breakfast ready in a jiff

noun

A very short time; a moment.

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We'll be back in a jiffy

noun

A very short time

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I’m on the phone, but i’ll be with you in a jiffy.

noun

A brand name for a thick envelope that protects things that are easily damaged when they are sent in the mail

noun

A particular point in events or time.

Примеры использования:

It is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained

noun

A particular point in time or stage in a series of events

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Negotiations are at a critical juncture.

noun

A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

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We waited for twenty minutes

adjective

Extremely small.

Примеры использования:

Minute particles

verb

Record (the proceedings of a meeting).

Примеры использования:

The secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting

noun

A very brief period of time.

Примеры использования:

She was silent for a moment before replying

phrase

Now

Примеры использования:

I can give no information at this precise moment in time., at this moment in time, it's a major con…

noun

One thousand-millionth of a second.

Примеры использования:

If you do the same math for pc 100, you get eight bytes running parallel every 10 nanoseconds for a…

noun

A measurement equal to one billionth of a second, used to describe the speed at which a computer works on data

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The chip's memory access time of 26 nanoseconds made it highly competitive., following the scandal,…

idiom

Very quickly

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Now that we’re on the highway, we’ll be there in no time.

noun

A distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.

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The final phases of the war

verb

Carry out (something) in gradual stages.

Примеры использования:

The work is being phased over a number of years

noun

Any stage in a series of events or in a process of development

Примеры использования:

The project is only in its first phase of planning, so we haven’t yet established the cost.

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Примеры использования:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

abbreviation

Secant.

noun

A second; a very short space of time.

Примеры использования:

Stay put, i'll be back in a sec

adjective

(of wine) dry.

Примеры использования:

As it was, holder gave us jardin aux lilas, not in an edwardian garden, but perhaps in a penthouse …

verb

Formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion.

Примеры использования:

Bridgeman seconded maxwell's motion calling for the reform

noun

A sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the si unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom.

Примеры использования:

Torrance squeezed the trigger, waited twenty five seconds and fired again.

verb

Transfer (a military officer or other official or worker) temporarily to other employment or another position.

Примеры использования:

I was seconded to a public relations unit

noun

A point, period, or step in a process or development.

Примеры использования:

There is no need at this stage to give explicit details

verb

Present a performance of (a play or other show).

Примеры использования:

The show is being staged at the grand opera house in belfast

noun

A part of an activity, or a period of development

Примеры использования:

The software is in the early stages of development., at that stage of my life, i was married but di…

noun

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

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Travel through space and time

verb

Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

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The first track race is timed for 11.15

noun

The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., in which existence is measured, or the past, present, and future considered as a whole

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I really don’t have time to call her today., the children spent most of their time outdoors., we’d …

noun

In a very short time

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Jim had the wheel mended in a trice.

adjective

Shining with a gleam that changes from bright to faint.

Примеры использования:

Twinkling harbour lights

verb

(of a star or light, or a shiny object) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint.

Примеры использования:

The lights twinkled in the distance

idiom

If something happens in the twinkling of an eye, it happens very quickly

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Microprocessors do the calculations in the twinkling of an eye.