Welcome back to know your verbs.

My name is Alicia, and in this episode we're going to talk about the verb bite.

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Let's talk about the basic definition of the verb bite.

It means to use your teeth to cut or terror something.

Examples.

I hate it when I bite my tongue.

You shouldn't bite your nails.

Let's look at the congregations for this burg present.

Might mites past bit past participle, MIT progressive fighting Let's talk about some additional meanings for this, for the 1st 1 is one that we use when we go fishing, which means for fish to eat bait.

We use the verb bite for this examples.

The fish aren't biting today.

I think something bit my lure.

So bite refers to fish eating bait.

So Bates, meaning edible things or lure, as in the second example, sentence kind of a shiny metal or plastic object that attracts fish and looks like food but their hooks in it.

So we use bite to talk about the fish trying to eat that thing or actually swallowing that thing.

So the reason I introduced that we'll talk about with the second additional meaning for this burb.

So this leads into the second additional meaning for this for the second additional meaning for this firm is to show interest in something to show interest in something examples.

All right, I'll bite.

What's the secret?

The new clients didn't bite on the deal, so here bite means show interest.

So the reason that I introduced this as the second meaning after the fish bait eating introduction is because we can imagine that when we're showing our interest in something, it's similar to the way fish bite allure.

Fish tried to bite food.

So when we're interested in some information like a secret, as in the first example or a special deal, as in the second example, we want to bite it.

We want to get that thing.

So this means to show interest, yes, but it means we're kind of going after we're trying to chase that thing so we can get it and enjoy it.

Perhaps so to bite can mean to show interest in something The third additional meaning for this firm is to be bad.

Or to be unappealing examples, this lunch bites your boss whites.

So here we're using bites in the first example your lunch bites.

It doesn't mean your lunch like a sandwich, physically bites you.

It means your lunch is not very good.

Your lunch is bad, your lunches unappealing.

In the second example your boss bites.

It doesn't mean your boss is a person who bites people.

It means your boss's bad.

Your boss is not a good person.

Your boss is not a good boss.

For example, this is a slang term that means not good.

Unappealing.

However, the fourth additional meaning for this Ferb is to have a habit of biting.

So someone or something that has a habit of biting things, we can use the verb bite to talk about them.

Examples.

Watch out for that dog, he bites.

Careful, I heard that kid bites.

Generally, this use of the verb bite is used for the animals and for kids, eh?

So, in other words, creatures or small people who have not yet learned or don't know that it's wrong to bite someone.

So this is not used for adults, so you probably won't confuse this meaning with meaning.

Number three like your boss bites because your boss, as an adult, has learned not to bite people.

So this is probably only going to be used with animals and maybe kids.

So people or creatures who don't know no, let's move along to some variations of this burg.

The 1st 1 is to come back to bite somebody to come back to bite somebody.

This refers to a problem that, if not handled now, could cause a bigger problem in the future.

Examples.

I didn't put gas in the car yesterday.

I hope that doesn't come back to bite me.

She didn't stay updated on the project progress and it came back to biter.

So these examples refer to a problem that's not properly handled at the right time.

In the first example sentence a person did not put gas in his or her car yesterday s o the ideas that perhaps they're going to run out of gas in the future.

They should have put gas in the car yesterday, but they did not.

They should have, and it might cause a bigger problem in the future.

In the second example sentence, it's a past tense situation.

Ah, person that she in the situation did not stay updated on the project Progress and thus, there was a negative effect in the future because she did not properly handle the situation.

So for something to come back invite you means you didn't take care at the present time, and in the future it caused a bigger problem to be careful of this one.

Let's go on to the second variation, which is to bite someone's head off.

This is quite a strange expression, but to bite someone's head off means usually too quickly and angrily say something, and it can often be for something very, very small, not necessarily for a huge problem, but maybe just a quick show of anger, sometimes over a small point.

Examples.

My mom bit my head off for coming home 10 minutes late last night.

We made one small mistake.

You don't have to bite his head off.

So, of course, this doesn't literally mean biting someone's head off of their body.

But it just means making a really quick and angry comment or Siri's of comments to somebody because of something small, usually in the first example sentence.

It's a 10 minute delay, so one person is 10 minutes late getting home and the speakers mother bit his or her head off, meaning was very angry at them for a short period of time.

For that mistake.

In the second example sentence, he made one small mistake.

You don't have to bite his head off.

That means that you don't need to be so angry at this person for a small mistake.

So to bite someone's head off is a quick show of anger.

Refers to that the third variation is to bite the bullet to bite.

The bullet refers to doing something that you don't want to do, but maybe you're forced to do it or it's really not appealing.

You don't want to do it, but you decide you have to, or there's some other reason that you're pushed to do it.

You bite the bullet and do it.

So, examples.

I think I have to bite the bullet and take the boring day job.

We bit the bullet and applied for a mortgage.

So these air, maybe examples of things the speakers don't want to dio.

But they decide they need to do for some reason, or they're forced to do for some reason.

So those air a few new ways.

I hope that you can use the verb bite.

There quite a few interesting meanings to this firm for sure.

Of course, if you know a different meaning, if you want to try to make an example sentence or if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments section of this video.

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We should not use our teeth on people, Hannibal, unless you're a cannibal.

So perhaps there are some exceptions in this room, all right, but it's fish.

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