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briskly

/ˈbɹɪskli/

Meanings
adverb
Fast, quickly, swiftly.

Examples :

"The teacher walked briskly to the whiteboard to start the lesson. "
way action style

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start noun

/stɑːt/ /stɑɹt/

The beginning of an activity.

"The movie was entertaining from start to finish."

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fast noun

/fɑːst/ /fæst/

A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations

"The fast train to town only stops at the main station, not the smaller ones. "

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quickly adverb

/ˈkwɪkli/

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

"The teacher explained the new math concept quickly. "

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teacher noun

/ˈtiːt͡ʃə/ /ˈtit͡ʃɚ/

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

"My daughter's teacher is very kind and helpful. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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whiteboard noun

/ˈwaɪtbɔːd/

A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean.

"The teacher wrote the math problem on the whiteboard so the students could see it clearly. "

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swiftly adverb

/ˈswɪftli/

In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

"The dog swiftly ate his dinner. "

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lesson noun

/ˈlɛsn̩/

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

"In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work."

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walked verb

/wɔːkt/

To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

"To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit."