in (great) haste
11Great Lent — Orthodox church in the Czech Republic vested in lenten colors. Liturgical year Western …
12great — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 large in amount, degree, size, etc. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ very ▪ The play was a very great success …
13Great Leap Forward — Failed industrialization campaign undertaken by the Chinese Communists between 1958 and early 1960. Mao Zedong hoped to develop labor intensive methods of industrialization that would emphasize manpower rather than the gradual purchase of heavy… …
14haste — [heɪst] noun [U] formal great speed in doing something because you do not have much time • in haste too quickly, without careful planning or thought[/ex] …
15post|haste — «POHST HAYST», adverb, adjective, noun. –adv. very speedily; in great haste: »This…brought Mr. Beaulieu Plummer posthaste from the estate office up to the house (H. G. Wells). –adj. Archaic. done in great haste; very speedy. –n. Archaic. haste or …
16Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain. The postal history of Great Britain is notable in at least two respects; first, for the introduction of postage stamps in 1840, and secondly for the establishment of an… …
17more haste, less speed — The original meaning of speed in this proverb is ‘quickness in the performance of some action or operation’. c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 86 The more hast, the worse spede. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. ii. A3v Moste tymes he seeth, the more… …
18post-haste — ► ADVERB ▪ with great speed. ORIGIN from the direction ‘haste, post, haste’, formerly given on letters …
19SS Great Britain — was the first ocean going ship to have an iron hull and a screw propeller and, when launched in 1843, was the largest vessel afloat. She originally carried 120 first class passengers (26 of whom were in single cabins), 132 second class passengers …
20post-haste — adverb with great speed or immediacy. Origin C16: from the direction ‘haste, post, haste’, formerly given on letters …
