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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 167. The verb phrase today is to leap at.
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Okay. And we we have two meanings today to cover for to leap at. Let's
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look at the note here. If a person or animal leaps at someone or something
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they spring or jump at someone or something. So it's the literal one Where
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they're just kind of diving and jumping. So animals definitely will do it. But
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even a person could do it. You know, trying to attack someone. Or number two
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here. The second meaning. To accept or grab a good opportunity, especially with
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enthusiasm. You know you don't want to let it go by. Don't waste any time. Grab
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it right away. So you leap at it. All right. So let's look at the first example.
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This one covers like you know, the person or animal physically leaping. I once watched a
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video of a bird that was actually repeatedly pestering a cat it was kind
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of strange video. In the first part you're saying what is this bird keep
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bothering this cat ? It just kept coming down and picking at it. It was having fun with
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it. But he paid a price. The cat eventually leaped at the bird and caught
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it with his paws. It was kind of an amazing video to see on YouTube. But it
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surprised you. You said oh! Wow ! look what happened. Anyway let's go on. Let's look at
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number two here. Jane leapt at the chance to accept this task. So this is the
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second one. Like you leap at it. At an opportunity or a chance. So she could
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try to show off her skills to impress the boss. So she very enthusiastically or
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in an a very excited way accepted this. Okay. Number three. Well , this goes
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back again to... you know. the physically leaping at. A rat will usually try to
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flee danger, but if trapped in a corner, it may
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try to leap at its attacker. Yeah. So that's what we say. Sometimes a trap ...a
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trapped rat will try to attack sometimes. If they can't ... if they see a small out
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that they could try to escape, they'll probably take that. But only as a last
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resort , if they feel they have no other choice sometimes they say that a rat may
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try to attack its its attacker or the one that he considers causing danger to
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him. All right. And number four here. When offered that position John had left at
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the offer and quickly accepted it. So maybe it was so good. Oh yeah. Yeah I'll
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take that no doubt about it. Yeah I want that one. So you didn't even have to
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think about it. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was
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clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.