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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

leap

What does this sentence mean?

Few people successfully make the leap from television to the movies.
  

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A person works in the television industry but then decides to make a career move and starts working in the film industry. Only few people (not many) are successful in their new job after they make this move. "leap" indicates the transfer from one job to the other.

— Ivanhr

  • A person works in the television industry but then decides to make a career move and starts working in the film industry.
  • Only few people (not many) are successful in their new job after they make this move.
  • "leap" indicates the transfer from one job to the other.
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A person works in the television industry but then decides to make a career move and starts working in the film industry. Only few people (not many) are successful in their new job after they make this move.

"leap" indicates the transfer from one job to the other.
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I agree with Ivanhr.

You could also say '...make the transition from...'

Rover
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