Meaning of BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English when we use the phrase "by leaps and bounds" we're usually talking about something
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that is improving or increasing really, really quickly.
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I hope that the total amount of English words you know is increasing by leaps and bounds
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every single day.
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I hope you're doing a lot of work to improve the total number of words you know and I hope
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your ability to understand English is also increasing by leaps and bounds every day.
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You see me doing this like I'm jumping with my hand, leaping is a form of jumping.
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So it is my hope that your total knowledge of the English language, your ability to listen
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and speak and read and write is increasing every day by leaps and bounds and that soon
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you will be completely fluent in English.
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That'd be cool.
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If I was to use this phrase in the past tense I would say, "I hope that last year your knowledge
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of the English language was increasing by leaps and bounds."
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If I was to use it in the present tense I would say, "I hope that today your knowledge
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of the English language is increasing by leaps and bounds."
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And, if I was to talk about the future I would say, "I hope that next year your knowledge
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of the English language will increase by leaps and bounds."
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Or I could say, "I hope next year your knowledge of the English language is going to increase
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by leaps and bounds."
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Either way, I hope that you're just learning more and more every day.
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