Meaning of Speed-up | Babel Free
Equivalents
العربية
سرع
Examples
“King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s. 6d. net. [...] "The great European express⟳ trains have⟳ an air of mystery and romance about them. Truth to tell⟳, this is but ill-deserved. Except over the French portion of their journey they have⟳ no right to the title of express⟳"—he was writing of conditions before the great speed-up of the last⟳ decade— [...].”
“By comparison with steam, no big acceleration of the expresses proved possible between Leeds and Manchester and the speed-ups that have⟳ been secured owe⟳ a great deal⟳ to the excision of intermediate stops.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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