rattle through: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • To complete or deal with a series of tasks, items, or questions quickly and with little deliberation.
    • To move through spoken or written material rapidly, often in a cursory or mechanical manner.

    Examples

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    • We managed to rattle through the entire agenda in under an hour during the team meeting.

      Logramos pasar rápidamente por toda la agenda en menos de una hora durante la reunión del equipo.

    • She rattled through the exam questions so fast that the teacher worried she might have missed some details.

      Ella respondió rápidamente las preguntas del examen tan rápido que el profesor se preocupó de que pudiera haber pasado por alto algunos detalles.

    • If we don’t rattle through these reports soon, we’ll miss the deadline for submission.

      Si no terminamos rápido estos informes pronto, perderemos la fecha límite para la entrega.

Examples:

  • EN: Why do you rattle through the wind with your sister, to give me something?
    ES: ¿Porqué te viniste ajetreado con este viento, con tu hermana para darme algo?
  • EN: So I'm just gonna rattle through all of this.
    ES: Haré una demostración rápida de mi material.
  • EN: Well, if we could just rattle through some of these questions then we know what we're doing if we press more charges.
    ES: Como le he dicho, solo debo hacerle unas preguntas, entonces sabremos qué hacer si presentamos más cargos.
    ID: Jika segera menyelesaikan pertanyaan ini, kami tahu akan apa jika mengajukan tuntutan.
  • EN: And with matchmaking over, we can rattle through the rest of the ingredients.
    ID: Setelah irisan tipis selesai, kami bisa melanjutkan sisa bahannya.

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