crash course | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Aquick,intensecourse oflearning, especially one which isinformalorhurried.He got acrash coursein babysitting when his sister dropped off his nephew for the afternoon.2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors,Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page145:Students were essentially given a ‘crash course’ in how to be a lexicographer over a number of tutorial classes, beginning with lexicographical data collection.

Examples:

EN: Arnold took a crash course in the Oriental language.
ES: Arnold recibió un curso intensivo de idioma oriental.
EN: It's a crash course in space preparation.
ES: Es la preparación espacial para las rutas de colisión.
EN: I'll give you a crash course.
ES: Te doy un curso intensivo.
EN: Say, you could give me a crash course in French.
ES: Oye, ¿me podrías dar un curso acelerado de francés.
EN: I did a crash course in how to trip burglar alarm wires.
ES: Tomé un curso intensivo de cómo desarmar alarmas.
EN: Why the crash course?
ES: ¿Por qué el curso intensivo?
EN: Delta 3 cargo vessel on crash course.
ES: Nave de carga Delta 3 en curso intensivo.
EN: Master Computer confirms crash course
ES: Master Computer confirma curso intensivo
EN: The problem is Delta 3 cargo ship with 10 metric tons of RADIC-Q-2 on board on crash course with New Washington.
ES: El problema es la nave de carga Delta 3 con 10 toneladas métricas de RADIC-Q-2 a bordo, en curso intensivo hacia New Washington.
EN: We've just completed the one-month crash course at the Korean Kidney Academy.
ES: Terminamos el curso intensivo de un mes en la Academia Renal Coreana.
EN: They're gonna get a crash course.
ES: Bueno, pues van a tener un curso de accidentes.
EN: I'll go up to Konrad and initiate the crash course!
ES: ¡Voy a subir con Konrad e iniciar el curso intensivo!
EN: Then I suggest you take a crash course in manners.
ES: Entonces, te sugiero que hagas un curso intensivo de modales.
EN: I want you to give 'em a crash course on your turf.
ES: Dadles un curso intensivo de vuestro territorio.
EN: I can. He gave me a crash course in Geordie for foreigners.
ES: Él me dio un curso acelerado de lunfardo para extranjeros.

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