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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Baited breadth, five-year leap
On Thursday night fans of TV's most popular show Balika Vadhu waited with baited breath for a glimpse of the grown-up Anandi, the show's protagonist.
For those not familiar with the popular show on Colors, the show took a five-year leap which meant that the young protagonist played by teen Avika Gor got replaced by an older actor, Pratyusha Banerjee.
Please explain to me what "baited breath" and "five-year leap" means here.
Source : http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/23/slide-show-1-pratyusha-banerjee-as-new-anandi-in-balika-vadhu.htm
For those not familiar with the popular show on Colors, the show took a five-year leap which meant that the young protagonist played by teen Avika Gor got replaced by an older actor, Pratyusha Banerjee.
Please explain to me what "baited breath" and "five-year leap" means here.
Source : http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/23/slide-show-1-pratyusha-banerjee-as-new-anandi-in-balika-vadhu.htm
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Ok, 'baited breath' is wrong - it should be 'bated breath'. To 'bait' is to try to catch something by offering it something - like you 'bait' a hook for fish, or a trap for animals, etc. 'Bated' is like 'abated' - stopped.
- Ok, 'baited breath' is wrong - it should be 'bated breath'.
- To 'bait' is to try to catch something by offering it something - like you 'bait' a hook for fish, or a trap for animals, etc.
- 'Bated' is like 'abated' - stopped.
- So 'bated breath' means 'stopped breath' - when you are waiting for something and are excited so you hold your breath.
- A 'five year leap' just means missing out five years - so the character suddenly got five years older, so they had to use an older-looking actor
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Ok, 'baited breath' is wrong - it should be 'bated breath'. To 'bait' is to try to catch something by offering it something - like you 'bait' a hook for fish, or a trap for animals, etc. 'Bated' is like 'abated' - stopped. So 'bated breath' means 'stopped breath' - when you are waiting for something and are excited so you hold your breath.
A 'five year leap' just means missing out five y
A 'five year leap' just means missing out five y
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Thanks deborah_d
But I'm still not able to understand what "five year leap" means in this context.
But I'm still not able to understand what "five year leap" means in this context.
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It just means that the show missed out 5 years of story time.
So, for example, the show was about a character called John who was 15 years old and played by actor A.
Then suddenly (for example, in the next series, screened a month later) the character "John" was 20 years old - so the makers had to use a new actor to play the character, because actor A still looked 15. They had
So, for example, the show was about a character called John who was 15 years old and played by actor A.
Then suddenly (for example, in the next series, screened a month later) the character "John" was 20 years old - so the makers had to use a new actor to play the character, because actor A still looked 15. They had
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