Name: 英語家庭教師ニックP動詞句(150) ダックアウト (English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (150) Duck Out)
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and  this is Verb Phrase 150. The  verb phrase today is to duck

out. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone ducks out,  he or she

様態の副詞

leaves secretly in a ... in a hurried way,  like in a rush. Or we have a second

meaning here.  If someone ducks out,  he tries to avoid

or evade responsibility. So there's two ways that we use it. One to try to sneak

out. Another one to try to get out or skip or evade responsibility or duty. All

right. Let's continue with the note here.  Some say the origin of this phrase

may allude to the way a duck can dive and disappear beneath the surface of the

water while swimming. So that's where it may have come from. If you have ever seen a

duck on the water and he suddenly could just go quickly down. So that's the idea.

He ducks out. Out of sight.  I guess.  That's the idea behind it. All right. Here

we have three examples to cover these two meanings. The first one.  I have a feeling

the boss wants me to work overtime and I want to duck out the door before he can

ask me to stay. Yeah. So this almost covers both at the same time. One they

want to kind of sneak out quickly and quietly,  but you know , maybe they want to

avoid some of their responsibilities. And if the boss wants them to work overtime

or work more. You know,  of course most people don't want to do this , especially

if it's in an office and you're not getting paid extra for doing it. All

right. Let's look at number two. The Opera is a bore.  Let's duck out during the

intermission. Yeah. There's another one to kind of go out quietly. This one doesn't

have anything to do with responsibility.  It's just like you know,  let's leave

quietly.  All right and number three. She's trying

to duck out of her chores. Now this one definitely does

responsibility. So she's trying to find a way that she doesn't have to do them,

to evade them,  to skip them , to get out of the way of them. All right. Good.

I hope you got it. I hope  it was clear.  Thank you for your time.