{"id":5656,"date":"2010-09-01T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/2010\/09\/01\/fast-the-word-of-the-month-september-2010\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:51:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:51:03","slug":"fast-the-word-of-the-month-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/de\/2010\/09\/01\/fast-the-word-of-the-month-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"FAST: The Word Of the Month September 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewordofthemonth.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">The Word of the\u00a0Month<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gymglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/6daf6-1teomkoya47bve9mubarbzw.png?w=740&#038;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo {{link=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/karithina\/4063027269\/ target=_blank}}Karithina{{\/link}}<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Definitions:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fast<\/strong> (adjective &amp; adverb): quick, rapid or speedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast<\/strong> (noun): a voluntary abstinence from food or drink and other \u2018vices\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018<strong>breakfast<\/strong>\u2019 literally refers to \u2018breaking\u2019 or ending the night-long \u2018fast\u2019. Coffee and croissants, anyone?<\/p>\n<h3>Fast Examples:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fast food<\/strong>\u00a0: cheap, unhealthy food like burgers and pizzas. Not an issue on Ramadan and Yom Kippur, but you can get fast food while driving a fast car\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast cars<\/strong> Cars that travel at high speeds, often Italian and German. Impressive on dates, especially if you want to pick up a fast man or woman\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast men \/ women<\/strong>: Promiscuous people, that move quickly sexually. Not an issue on Ramadan and Yom Kippur, but often fast people lead a fast lifestyle\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Fun Fasts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ramadan<\/strong>: a month-long Muslim fast from sunrise to sunset every day (in 2010: Aug 11-Sept 10).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yom Kippur<\/strong>: a 25-hour Jewish fast from sunset to nightfall the following day (in 2010: Sept 17\u201318).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lent<\/strong>: a 40-day partial fast in Christian faiths leading up to Easter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Also:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fast lifestyle<\/strong>: a wild, \u2018immoral\u2019 way of living, often involving sex, drugs &amp; rock \u2019n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast forward<\/strong>: a magical button on the remote control that advances the images on a video. Helpful if you have a date with a fast man or woman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast asleep<\/strong>: In a deep, profound sleep. Perfect for Ramadan and Yom Kippur. Sweet dreams!<\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look through our <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewordofthemonth.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Word of the Month<\/em><\/a><em> archives, or improve your English with <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gymglish.com\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>gymglish.com.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at The Word of the\u00a0Month. Photo {{link=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/karithina\/4063027269\/ target=_blank}}Karithina{{\/link}} Definitions: Fast (adjective &amp; adverb): quick, rapid or speedy. Fast (noun): a voluntary abstinence from food or drink and other \u2018vices\u2019. The word \u2018breakfast\u2019 literally refers to \u2018breaking\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/de\/2010\/09\/01\/fast-the-word-of-the-month-september-2010\" class=\"more-link\">Weiterlesen...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":151524248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[670779280,670779281,670779375,670779282,670779284,670779283],"class_list":["post-5656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-english-language-de","tag-english-learning-de","tag-fast-de","tag-language-learning-de","tag-word-of-the-month-de","tag-words-de","col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-4"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FAST: The Word Of the Month September 2010 - The Gymglish blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/de\/2010\/09\/01\/fast-the-word-of-the-month-september-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FAST: The Word Of the Month September 2010 - The Gymglish blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. 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