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efficient English

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efficient

If something is efficient, it can do a lot but uses very little time, energy, money, etc. He wastes a lot of time talking, and isn't very efficient at work. Smaller cars are generally more fuel-efficient than big cars.

efficient

being effective without wasting time or effort or expense an efficient production manager efficient engines save gas (= effective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons... — G.B.Shaw effective personnel an efficient secretary the efficient cause of the revolution

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Simple sentences

It is efficient.
Tom was replaced with a more efficient worker.
I am not so efficient as I used to be.
Efficient machinery replaced manual labor.
This smart Mary improvised a leapword play, which was a much more efficient method to move inside sentences. This way she had already jumped over two of them, including a very high first one.
Hong Kong Chinese who know only English as a foreign language never learn the efficient use of the Roman alphabet.
A calculator is more efficient than an abacus.
Tom is efficient.
You're very efficient.
Tom was efficient.
Roundabouts are both safer and more efficient than four-way intersections.
The rapid transit system is modern and efficient.
This is more efficient.
Doing it this way is more efficient.
This house is energy efficient.
Can you guess which cooler is the most efficient?
There is no denying that she is very efficient.
It is more time-efficient to do several tasks sequentially than attempt to do them simultaneously.
The English language is undoubtedly the easiest and at the same time the most efficient means of international communication.
Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.
We're efficient.
I'm efficient.

Movie subtitles

He may implement some efficient systems.
He originally intended for the tea to be removed and brewed traditionally, but I have discovered that it is far more efficient to steep the tea inside the perforated bag.
Brutal, yet efficient.
Yes. I'm very efficient at croquet, Parcheesi and billiards.
Mr. vadas has been in the employ of Matuschek and Company for two years during which time he's been efficient as a stool pigeon, a troublemaker, and a rat.
You boys are getting so efficient you scare me.
An efficient ship, sir.
A happy and efficient ship.
A very happy and a very efficient ship.
A ship can't be happy unless she's efficient, and won't be efficient unless she's happy.
A very happy and a very efficient ship, sir.
And you might have been a little more efficient in this whole matter, Mr. Freeman!
You see, my Gestapo men are very efficient.
It'll be more efficient if we split up.
This is faster and more efficient. All of those devices just get in the way.
Anyway, I'm certain you're very efficient, Lieutenant.
He's very efficient, Your Majesty.
I shall mention your efficient handling of the whole affair. You can depend on that.
I've taken the most efficient steps of keeping in touch with Moriarty.
The nose of a police dog, although long and efficient, points in only one direction at a time.
The building is very friendly, efficient, and quiet.
And you might have been more efficient, Mr. Freeman.
Cooperation is the essence of efficient organization.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation had to be the world's most efficient intelligence and counterespionage service.
Oh, that you were a nice girl- rather ordinary-looking but efficient. like me.
I should think for a person as efficient as you. you'd put your brakes on when you park your car.
The federales are very efficient.
She's loyal and efficient.
I congratulate you on most efficient performance.
Our escrow department is most efficient.
Big, modern, efficient and safeguarding the rights and interests of those who go to sea, but never forgetting that the machines and the files and the figures are there to serve the seafarers and not the other way around.
When I became the little efficient white collared girl. I forgot some things.
He says you're very efficient. Yes, ma'am.
What is it that makes youso efficient, Sergeant?
Amelia's the most efficient girl we have here.

News and current affairs

This approach is straightforward, efficient, accountable, and scientifically sound.
A simplified CAP would encourage cleaner, more productive, and efficient agriculture.
They could make a real contribution to cleaner, more productive, and efficient farming and land use, while addressing social needs.
A deeper and more efficient financial sector would also reduce transaction costs and facilitate risk management.
Many countries require sweeping reforms to make their tax systems more efficient and their entitlement programs - including their pension schemes - more realistic.
For some people, energy-efficient bulbs can trigger epileptic seizures and migraines.
Ireland owes much of this turnaround to its efficient export sector, whose supporters were able to enforce a political U-turn.
Her poor timing made the initiative appear heartless, as thousands of civilians were being uprooted, killed, or maimed by Israel's efficient but ruthless artillery and air force.
Creating a fairer and more efficient tax system, by eliminating the special treatment of capital gains and dividends, is also needed.
When it came to Austria, however, there was a feeling that since this was not a military, but a purely political and moral situation, Brussels - and the Continent-wide political clout signified by it - would be able to prove efficient.
Ensuring that research and development is part of the world's climate change response portfolio would make mitigation efforts more efficient and significantly enhance their ability to reduce carbon emissions over the next century.
As a result, there is not even the pretense of attempting fair and efficient restructurings.
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the United Nations Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System urged that we design an efficient and fair system for the restructuring of sovereign debt.
Prior to 1890, big business was widely regarded as more efficient and generally more modern than small business.
Both have saved millions of lives during the past decade, and have paved the way to a new more efficient and scientifically sound method of development assistance.
And in places where lights are not used very often, a lower-price incandescent bulb can cost less overall than the energy-efficient alternative.
Micro-credits, for example, are much more efficient when women receive and repay them.
The same is true for Germany, which is home to some of the most efficient pulverized coal combustion units in Europe.
Fueled by research, the past few years have witnessed the development of increasingly cleaner and more energy-efficient coal-fired generation plants and the retirement of older technologies, especially in the developed world.
The corollary to this is that institutions and even world orders--no matter how efficient and successful--must be reformed if they are unjust.
Denmark, which houses some of the most efficient coal-fired power plants in the world, equally relies on coal for half of its electricity production.
How many travelers nowadays can fail to note the difference between Asia's new, efficient airports and the aging, clogged antiques in some major US cities?
Then they could converge with the more efficient and prudently managed economies, like Germany.

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