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rush English

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rush

If you rush, you move or work quickly. After the accident, they rushed him to the hospital. I woke up late and rushed through breakfast.

rush

A rush is a fast movement. As the movie finished, there was a rush to the toilets. A rush of air blew the papers off the desk. I was in a rush and knocked the glass onto the floor.

rush

(= race) move fast He rushed down the hall to receive his guests The cars raced down the street (= haste) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner in his haste to leave he forgot his book attack suddenly a sudden forceful flow urge to an unnatural speed Don't rush me, please! (= hurry) act or move at high speed We have to rush! hurry--it's late! grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems a sudden burst of activity come back after the rush (= rushing) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line the linebackers were ready to stop a rush run with the ball, in football (= rushed) done under pressure a rush job (= race) cause to move fast or to rush or race The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze (= first-come-first-serve) not accepting reservations (= induce) cause to occur rapidly the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions (= bang, boot, kick) the swift release of a store of affective force they got a great bang out of it what a boot! he got a quick rush from injecting heroin he does it for kicks

Rush

physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

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Simple sentences

A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
If your child drinks poison, rush him to the hospital.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
He lost his head and fled in a mad rush.
Are you in a rush?
There's no need to rush things.
Don't rush me.
Take your time. There's no rush.
There's no rush.
I usually eat lunch at 11:30 to avoid the rush.
You can't rush this, Tom.
If it's okay with you, I'd like to take it slow. I really don't want to rush into things.
It's rush hour.
I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.
I don't want to rush you, but let's try to catch the next bus.
Unfortunately I hit the morning rush hour.
During the rush hours in Tokyo, traffic is heavy.
No matter how much I rush it, miscellaneous work keeps piling up and I can't catch up with it.
Don't rush into marriage.
As soon as I have written the letter I will rush to the post office.
Yes, I'm in a rush.

Movie subtitles

Don't rush it!
I'm telling you, the Bronx is the next damn Gold Rush.
We had to rush Neal to the emergency room, because he popped a scrotal suture.
This is a rush order.
This one's a rush job.
Don't know what the big rush is. We got a long ride ahead of us.
On account of the rush, the wedding celebration includes only the closest family members.
In the great Gold Rush, Alaska was the hope and dream of men, the ruthless siren of the Far North, beckoning thousands to her icy bosom. Beckoning thousands to her unknown regions.
Hold up! Where's the rush?
I can handle this rush myself.
Say, what's the big idea of the rush anyway?
What's all the rush? You said you weren't on till 10:00.
What's the idea of sending for me in a rush?
They had to rush him off to Florida.
Don't rush it! The information that Kyoto is giving the Crimson Brocade to Zero is not definitive.
Rush it, please.
A little after 6:00. What's all the rush?
No rush, you can sleep on it.
Don't rush me, brother.
I've worked night and day to rush the job, I.
Rush the guards over, and have 'em surround the house.
Rush to Freedonia. 3 men and 1 woman trapped in a building.
We might rush them.
I'm sorry we have to rush.
Rush that along.
Elevator, kiss, boom, rush to the altar.
All cars, please rush to the site immediately!
Don't rush me.
I'm sorry to rush you Bill.
Don't be in such a rush.
As he comes toward you, you rush into his arms and he seizes you in a tight embrace.
How do you do? I'm sorry we have to rush.

News and current affairs

So a rush to the door begins.
The consequences of Europe's rush to austerity will be long-lasting and possibly severe.
It treated the UN Security Council with disdain in its rush to war in Iraq, invoking justifications that have not stood up to scrutiny.
But once investors realized the extent of US financial problems, the rush into treasuries subsided, and the dollar resumed its decline.
China's mad rush toward fuqiang (wealth and power) has given it little chance to develop all the compensatory institutions that any truly developed, not to say enlightened, society needs to achieve equilibrium and social health.
So far, there appears to be no rush to make amends in South Africa, and, as elsewhere, the evidence is meager that the corporate conscience runs very deep.
Neglect of agriculture should, perhaps, have been expected in the government's rush to modernize; what was unexpected was the government's increasing reliance on dubious fiscal strategies.
Advocates of the status quo note that there is no crisis, so why rush?
In its rush to have westerners buy the banks, the IMF forgot one detail: to ensure that South Korea could recapture at least a fraction of those gains through taxation.
With competition weak, entrepreneurs did not rush to hire the unemployed.
But we should not rush to abandon bio-fuels, despite some undoubtedly poor policies in recent years.
In crossing borders, the sharp portfolio reallocations and the rush to safer assets are creating not only financial but also exchange-rate crises.
Western citizens do not rush to emulate the freedom fighters who built their world, despite celebrations, memorials, and the persistence of oppression.
Blair's first response after September 11 th was to rush to Washington; but everything else that he has done since then, has seemed designed to prevent any collective, integrated EU response.
No one should rush to judgment yet, but Thein Sein's decisions, at least so far, are beginning to resemble those of South Africa's de Klerk when he initiated his country's reform process.
As the dollar weakens, America looks even less safe. So a rush to the door begins.
In the rush to concentrate wealth, for example, majority owners of corporations must not be allowed to harm the interests of minority shareholders, who as a rule are honest common citizens.
Because nervous investors don't want to be last in line in case of a run, a disorderly rush to the exits is likely when official resources are insufficient.
The Western world will rush to demand more sanctions and more isolation.
In contrast to last year, when the rush home for the lunar New Year celebration was hampered by freak storms, this year millions of migrant workers have already returned to their rural homes.
That means not only recognizing the vital link between his policies and today's problems, but also ensuring that what should be preserved is not sacrificed in the rush to efface his memory.
Moreover, China's rush to connectivity is far from over.
Meanwhile, Iran's unstoppable rush to develop nuclear weapons could prove to be a monument to the international community's failure to stem the atomic tide in the region.
So, as rumors fly of secret marriage ceremonies either already concluded or in the works, could the trouble brewing in India over the French president's very public love life be behind the rush to have the couple legally wed?
For a nuclear Iran would open the gates to an uncontrolled rush for the bomb across the region.
At the end of the day, the US recognized that any realistic policy needed European support, while Europeans saw preventing a rush to war by the US or Israel as a central policy objective.
Even Britain under the Tory David Cameron has joined the rush to slash defense spending.

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