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breakneck

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break·neck  (brknk)
adj.
1. Dangerously fast: a breakneck pace.
2. Likely to cause an accident: a breakneck curve.
breakneck [ˈbreɪkˌnɛk]
adj
(prenominal) (of speed, pace, etc.) excessive and dangerous
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Adj.1.breakneck - moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace"
dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
breakneck
adjective dangerous, rapid, excessive, rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, express Jack drove to Mayfair at breakneck speed.
Translations
breakneck [ˈbreɪknek] ADJ at breakneck speed → a una velocidad vertiginosa
breakneck [ˈbreɪknɛk] adj
at breakneck speed [develop, happen] → à la vitesse grand V
to drive at breakneck speed → rouler à tombeau ouvert
breakneck [ˈbreɪkˌnɛk] adj at breakneck speed → a rotta di collo
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In two days she had him so stuck after her that she - well, YOU know how he follows her everywhere, and sets on her shoulder often when she rides her breakneck rampages - all of which is the girl-twin to the front, you see - and he does what he pleases, and is up to all kinds of devilment, and is a perfect nuisance in the kitchen.
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A rolling cloud of yellow dust had streamed round the curve of the road, and from the heart of it had emerged a high tandem tricycle flying along at a breakneck pace.
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He didn't hear me call, nor see me flap my parasol in front, and there we were, quite helpless, rattling away, and whirling around corners at a breakneck pace.
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