zip

CEFRB1

/zɪp/

verb · noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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`Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]
1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 35
Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect.
2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2019
Despite writing that can be confusing — we are not told, for example, how Oishi’s group of 56 ronin ended up just 47, or maybe a supertitle zipped by too quickly — the story moves at a steady clip. And Dachs’s decision to have women play some of the male roles, most prominently Kira, is very effective.
2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022

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