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Pucca Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Spring...?

Hi everybody!!
My English teacher will drive me crazy!!
She told us that "Spring" also means "jump"..is that true??
I mean, when someone says the word "Spring" I would think about the Spring season...
I´m so confused..Emotion: tongue tiedEmotion: tongue tied maybe she has invented it!:P

Thanks in advance!!:D
  

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Yes, it's true. " It's also often used to describe the way a large cat (like a panther) would suddenly move.

— BarbaraPA

  • Yes, it's true.
  • " It's also often used to describe the way a large cat (like a panther) would suddenly move.
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Yes, it's true.

You can "spring into action," for example, to use it figuratively, or "spring up from your chair."

It's also often used to describe the way a large cat (like a panther) would suddenly move.
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Spring, sprang (USE sprung), sprung is a verb.

The spring is either the season or those things in the mattress
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Thanks girls!!:D:D

And..by the way, is it used??I mean if people uses it usually..

Thanks again:P
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Yes, it's used.

To really mean "jump" probably more for animals than humans. But for people to arise suddenly ("He sprang up in alarm"), yes. Even your eyes can spring open if you are awakened suddenly.
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But I think you can't say "my eyes jumped open"! Or can we, GG?
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Thanks!!:D:D
I´ve learned a new word today!!:):)
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Another idiom:
To spring to attention.
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Hi Marius Hancu, what does it mean??:P
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To pay attention?:D
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To jump into the military stance of attention.
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