Concetti Chiave
- 'Spring' refers to a sudden and swift movement or the origin of something, like languages springing from Latin.
- The phrase 'no spring chicken' is a colloquial way to describe someone who is not young anymore.
- 'Hope springs eternal' is used to express persistent hope in the face of unlikely circumstances.
- 'Skip' means to move in a light, joyous manner or to omit something, like a chapter in a book.
- 'Skipping a beat' is a figurative expression for a sudden emotional reaction, often due to surprise or excitement.
Spring
To rise or leap suddenly and swiftly is to spring. You can spring to your feet from a sitting position. It can also mean to arise from a source. For example, Romance languages like French and Spanish spring from Latin.
When the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl for the first time with Tom Brady as quarterback, Kurt sprang from the sofa and danced around the living room.
Much discussion springs from Darwin's ideas about evolution.
One might say about an elderly person, he's no spring chicken meaning he is not young anymore. Someone might say hope springs eternal about another person's belief that something unlikely to happen will occur.
My grandfather was no spring chicken when he married for the third time. He was eighty years old, and his new bride was just thirty.
When Bob assured his mother that he would pass his driver's test despite his past failures, all she could say was, Hope springs eternal.
Skip
To skip is to move in a light, springy way. Skipping can only be done when you're happy. If you skip a chapter in a book, you have omitted reading it.
Grace was so pleased with her report card that she skipped all the way home after school. All of her neighbors could see how happy she was.
Because Tom skipped chapter two of the reading assignment, he was unable to answer half of the questions on the test.
When you are startled in either a good or bad way, your heart might figuratively skip a beat. Avoiding an obligation is skipping out on it.
When Frank caught his first glimpse of his bride walking down the aisle of the church, his heart skipped a beat. She looked so beautiful, and soon she would be his wife.
In the movie, Runaway Bride, Julia Roberts played a young woman who skipped out on her wedding at the last minute several times before finally marrying the right man.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué significa "spring" en el contexto del texto?
- ¿Cómo se utiliza la expresión "hope springs eternal" en el texto?
- ¿Qué implica "skip" según el texto?
"Spring" significa levantarse o saltar repentinamente y con rapidez, y también puede referirse a surgir de una fuente, como los idiomas romances que surgen del latín.
La expresión "hope springs eternal" se utiliza para describir la creencia de una persona de que algo poco probable sucederá, como cuando Bob asegura a su madre que pasará su examen de conducir a pesar de sus fracasos anteriores.
"Skip" implica moverse de manera ligera y alegre, omitir algo como un capítulo de un libro, o evitar una obligación, como se ilustra con el ejemplo de Julia Roberts en la película "Runaway Bride".
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