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leap: I. intransitive verb II. transitive verb III. noun
leap at: transitive verb
leap out: intransitive verb
leap up: intransitive verb
leap year: noun
quantum leap: noun

I . leap <leapt, leapt [or esp AM -ed, -ed]> [li:p] VB intr

1. leap (jump high):

leap

skakać [perf skoczyć]

to leap with joy

skakać z radości

to leap to sb's defence

stawać [perf stanąć] w czyjejś obronie

2. leap liter heart:

leap

II . leap <leapt, leapt [or esp AM -ed, -ed]> [li:p] VB trans

to leap sth

przeskakiwać [perf przeskoczyć] przez coś

III . leap [li:p] N

1. leap (jump):

leap

skok m

leap

sus m

2. leap fig (increase):

a [sudden] leap in sth

[gwałtowny] skok m czegoś

Phrases:

by [or in] leaps and bounds

w gwałtownym tempie

a leap in the dark

krok w nieznane

leap at VB trans

1. leap at (jump):

to leap at sb/sth

rzucać [perf rzucić] się na kogoś/coś

2. leap at fig (accept):

to leap at the chance [or opportunity] of sth

skwapliwie skorzystać z czegoś

leap out VB intr

rzucać [perf rzucić] się w oczy

leap up VB intr

1. leap up (jump up):

podskakiwać [perf podskoczyć]

2. leap up (rise quickly):

skoczyć na równe nogi

leap year N

rok m przestępny

quantum leap, quantum jump N fig

quantum leap

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Toad was originally a weak, hunchbacked mutant, with a superhuman leaping ability. en.wikipedia.org

And still others displayed a nascent style of his own, contrasting angular, leaping passages and thick harmonic clusters with sudden, unexpected arcs of lyricism. 6. en.wikipedia.org

We propose that birds evolved from predators that specialized in ambush from elevated sites, using their raptorial hindlimbs in a leaping attack. en.wikipedia.org

He has incredible reflexes, which, combined with his leaping powers, enable him to seemingly bounce off walls (ricochet, as it were). en.wikipedia.org

The snow leopard, being a predator of such mountain caprids, also has spectacular balance and leaping abilities; being able to leap up to 17m (50 ft). en.wikipedia.org

My heart nearly bursting; the blood was racing and leaping through my veins; my very brain was whirling. en.wikipedia.org

The leaping fish is a marlin, and the planet in the background is Jupiter. en.wikipedia.org

It also glides while leaping which it does by spreading out its hands and feet when the extensive webbing acts as a parachute. en.wikipedia.org

Brown saves her by leaping over the fissure. en.wikipedia.org

After leaping from the moon, the cats drop back into the bay but are unharmed. en.wikipedia.org

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