Technology advanced rapidly.

Meaning: The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes moved forward or made progress quickly.

Choice of Words: Technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Advanced means to move forward or make progress. Rapidly means quickly or at a fast pace.

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The tools we use got better and better, really fast.

Meaning: This means that the tools we use to make our lives easier were getting better very quickly.

Choice of Words: Tools are objects or machines that we use to make tasks easier. Better means to improve or become more useful. Really fast describes how quickly something happens, in this case, very quickly. When you put them together, "The tools we use got better and better, really fast" means that the tools we use to solve problems or make tasks easier improved very quickly.

Science and inventions were making big steps forward, in a hurry.

Meaning: This means that science and inventions were making big improvements very quickly.

Choice of Words: Science refers to the study of the natural world and the use of that knowledge to create new things. Inventions are new devices or products created through scientific research. Big steps forward means to make significant progress or improvement. In a hurry describes how quickly something happens, in this case, very quickly. When you put them together, "Science and inventions were making big steps forward, in a hurry" means that scientific research and the creation of new inventions were progressing very quickly.

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