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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 169. The verb phrase today is

  • to leave behind. Okay. We actually have six meanings and six uses of the verb

  • phrase today and we give it either one or two examples for each one of these. So

  • let's look at the first one. All right. So the first meaning that we might have of

  • leave behind is this one. To depart or vanish leaving something as a result. In

  • this case, we really mean like leaving a situation as a result. So let's look at

  • the first one. That CEO was eventually replaced, replaced he left behind a

  • company in chaos and greatly in debt. So this is what he left behind.

  • So probably the investors were not very happy with him if that's what he left

  • behind. That's the situation he left behind. Let's look at number two. When

  • Ronald Reagan finished two terms he left behind a stronger more respected country

  • with a thriving economy. So again they're talking about the situation he left

  • behind when he finished his two terms of office. You know, let's look at number two

  • here. To abandon or neglect. So leave behind could be in a situation where

  • you're abandoning somebody or neglecting to take care of somebody who you should take

  • care of. So let's look at the first example. That deadbeat dad. Yeah,

  • especially a dad that you know doesn't want to pay child support or doesn't

  • want to take care of you know, his responsibility for having children. So

  • that deadbeat dad just walked out on his family and left behind a wife and six

  • children without an income. Maybe that's all she was taking care of the kids and

  • he was working. And he just walked away one day. He just never came back. You know or

  • support. Okay. All right. Let's look at the third example here. To leave a place or

  • situation in order to start a new stage in one's life. So you could kind of like

  • leave behind your old life. That's what we mean. So here's the first example.

  • Both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates dropped out of

  • university and left behind their college life to start new businesses or to

  • start new business ventures. So they both left behind their old life to start a

  • new life. Both of them never actually finished graduating from University. Okay.

  • Good. Let's continue. We have another example for this one. She left behind her

  • old life and started off with a clean slate and a new career in another city,

  • especially if maybe something happened was she involved in a scandal or

  • something. Or maybe she just wanted to get away and you know, start something

  • completely new. You know, so both could apply here. Number four to have someone or

  • something remaining after ones death. Okay. So let's look at the first one here.

  • This one we see in obituaries a lot. Like if they have a little advertisement in

  • the newspaper saying that somebody died His obituary stated that he left behind

  • a wife and three children. So that's another thing that we say. We use it this

  • way. Somebody could leave behind family members after they depart from this

  • world. Okay good. Or number five here. To surpass, especially by a significant

  • amount. Okay. So here, this could be a race of course. That runner left behind

  • all the other competitors in the dust. So maybe he won that race by a wide margin.

  • Nobody was even you know, just a few feet behind him or anything. They were maybe I

  • don't know even a hundred feet behind him or something. He left behind .. he left

  • them behind in the dust. Sometimes we say it that way. All right.

  • And the last one here. Number six. To leave a place without bringing something.

  • This actually might be the most common one , especially something you intended to

  • bring. Okay. So let's look at the example we have here. When she got out of the

  • subway or she got out the train, the metro whatever you take, she realized

  • she left behind her umbrella on the train. Oh

  • my umbrella I forgot it. So she didn't take it. She intended to take it. She

  • maybe ... she got distracted put it down, put her side and she left it behind. Okay.

  • Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. I hope you found it informative.

  • Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 169. The verb phrase today is

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英語家教Nick P動詞短語(169) Leave Behind (English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (169) Leave Behind)

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