A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
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Change doesn't happen overnight and in society today people want instant success.
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In an instant you forget; the sky is bright; the blood pounds.
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Again Shy was given a flailing instant aloft to consider the situation.
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In an instant all was in confusion; and the peace had fled.
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After years of preparing moment by moment, everything changed in an instant.
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Cost me thirty dollars, he said with a wink, doubling the price.
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Muzzle flashes wink in the distance: small arms, smaller range, negligible impact.
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The brilliant sunlight in the courtyard made him wink faster than ever.
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Sorry.' She gave a quick wink to Amelie before finishing her call.
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But he had to content himself with the wink for the moment.
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Most practicing scientists, of course, could answer that question in a heartbeat.
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He said nothing, as the sound of his heartbeat made speech impossible.
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The baby has a strong heartbeat, Dr, Westerville said, smiling her way.
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Use the following command to set the heartbeat interval on the slave:
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It only took a heartbeat to be sure the room was clear.
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And the Angel of Death vanished in the twinkling of the bedpost.
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And now in the twinkling of an eye the positions were reversed.
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Paul regarded him suspiciously; but there was kindliness in the twinkling glance.
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The little patch of blue in the doorway was twinkling with heat.
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The lights of home were twinkling their farewells far in the distance.
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And in a jiffy I had cut it loose with my knife.
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Pass the halliards along so that you can hoist in a jiffy.
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I bled him behind the ear, and relieved him in a jiffy.
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Kitty lowered the ladder, and in half a jiffy I was up.
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I'll get the stuff tomorrow and have it made in a jiffy.
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Using Israel for a ladder, in a trice he scaled the wall.
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They had the coffin up in a trice, and examined the mouse.
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With that he was into the cab and off in a trice.
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At six reals each copy they will go off in a trice.
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For in a trice little children would reach the fulness of manhood:
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She'll marry you in a New York minute and we both know it.
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But everything can change in a New York minute.
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I was out of the car in a New York minute, and he was, too.
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Swiping left, swiping right, trying to make important life changing decisions, based on a New York minute.
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"That brought old Will Turner up to scratch in a New York minute."
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For the way governments work, it is a blink of an eye.
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In motoring terms, 20 years is but the blink of an eye.
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And so in the blink of an eye all hope was extinguished.
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Then the race changed complexion almost in the blink of an eye.
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The invaders destroyed our civilization in the blink of an eye, Doctor.
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I sensed violence in the room a split second before it erupted.
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These are knife-edge split second decisions made in moments of grave danger.
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The split second has been growing more and more important to us.
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Her words hurt and they gave him a split second of pause.
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A split second later the rest of the alien horde opened fire.
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flash A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.
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notícia d'última hora 1
Water flowing underground News flash: scientists say there's water in Wellington Harbour.
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The Fiji Met Service said heavy rain may lead to flash flooding.
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They were given a new sense of urgency after the flash crash.
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I picked my way toward the point where I'd seen the flash.
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In another flash of lightning, he saw clearly: the car was gone.
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Soon afterward, a flash and howl spoke eloquently of interesting events outside.
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The powerful cyclone brought widespread disruption to the area including flash flooding.
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Quite frankly, Gender Violence is only ever treated as a flash-point issue.
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Very fierce relationships form and then they're gone; it's almost a flash.
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Of course we're all experts in how this flash of history unfolded.
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Suddenly in the blackness a flash, and in the silence a sound.
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That flash of hope disappeared almost as soon as it arrived, though.
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A flash of the former terror stirred in the depths of him.
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The opening of the roof revealed the whole scheme in a flash.
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We saw the mirror-like flash of the blades in the morning sun.
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Time will tell if structured reality is a flash in the pan.
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