feverish activity• A lorrysimilar to theirs was parked by the roadside and on the site there was feverish activity.• The next couple of weeks were spent in a whirl of feverish activity.• There were no longer seasonal periods of slack and recovery to offset the periods of feverish activity.• Winter is a necessary counterpart to summer, to concentrate and rest after the months of feverish activity.• He could see the golf-club trolley and the feverish activity round it.• And in the midst of all this feverish activity -- the fast-drying acrylics force him to work quickly -- a picture emerges.