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| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | he can read like a blue streak | он глотает книги |
| Makarov. | like a blue streak | эффективно |
| inf. | like a blue streak | со свистом |
| Makarov. | like a blue streak | молниеносно |
| Makarov. | like a blue streak | быстро |
| idiom. | like a streak | в мгновение ока (At this point one of the nurses – whose identity is surprisingly difficult to discern considering how well documented this case is – raced down the corridor and into a lavatory on the other side of the building and watched as the UFO rotated five times, then shot off "like a streak.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | like a streak | как ветром сдуло (When he heard the news, he was out of the room like a streak. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | like a streak of lightning | с быстротою молнии |
| gen. | the building shows from here like a dark streak | отсюда здание кажется тёмной полосой |
| gen. | the motorboat was going like a streak | моторка летела, как стрела |