Task 2

Dictionary entry

Answer the following questions with reference to the four dictionary entries for the wordfast.

fast 1 /fa:st US: fast/ adj firmly fixed; not easily moved: The post is fast in the ground.
fast 2 /fa:st US: fast/ adj (-er, -est) 1 quick; rapid movement: a fast train / horse; a fast trip 2 (dated) (of a person, his way of living) spending too much time and energy on pleasure and excitement; dissipated: lead a fast life; a fast woman.
fast 3 /fa:st US: fast/ adv 1 (after a verb)quickly: Don't speak so fast, heavily: Her tears fell fast, to ask about the speed of something: How fast can you run?
fast 4 /fa:st US: fast/ vi go without food, or without certain kinds of food, esp as a religious duty: muslims have to fast during their holy month.
1. Is the pronunciation /fast/ English or American?
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2. What part of speech is fast4?
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3. What part of speech is fast2?
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4. Which definition best explains the bolded word in "Take fast hold of the rope!"
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5. In definition 4, we see vi. what does this tell us?
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