Interest in Bảo’s game plan gradually fizzles out.
fizzle out
Interest in the game fizzled out after a few weeks.
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Interest in the game fizzled out after a few weeks.
Their long discussion slowly fizzled out.
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Their long discussion slowly fizzled out.
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Gradually lose strength or interest and stop
something fizzles out
Emphasises gradually losing energy or appeal, often without a clear or impressive ending. It is not a sudden explosion.
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Bảo reuses scrap paper to make a set of handmade cards, showing a clear result.
result in
Reusing the scrap paper resulted in three handmade cards.
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Reusing the scrap paper resulted in three handmade cards.
Clear instructions can result in fewer mistakes.
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Clear instructions can result in fewer mistakes.
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Leads to/produces results
result in somethingresult in someone doing something
The outcome follows “in”. Compare “result from”, which is followed by the cause. Keep cause and outcome in the correct order.
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The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 10, 35, 30, 46, 107. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Bảo banks on Duy to help assemble the group model.
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Heavy rain deters Bảo from drawing with chalk outside.
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Mai
Can we bank on everyone arriving by nine?
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Can we bank on everyone arriving by nine?
Alex
Probably, but another problem could crop up.
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Probably, but another problem could crop up.
Mai
Then we should have a backup plan so the project does not fizzle out.
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Then we should have a backup plan so the project does not fizzle out.
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bank on / crop up
“Bank on” means rely on something happening; “crop up” means appear unexpectedly. A plan distinguishes what it relies on from problems that may arise.
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A situation to apply what you have learned
A festival relies on volunteers arriving early. An unexpected delivery problem may appear.
Describe relying on the promised help.
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We are banking on the volunteers arriving early.
The group relies on early volunteers, so uses “banking on” followed by “the volunteers arriving early”.
Complete: Another problem could crop ___.
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up
“Could crop up” describes a problem possibly appearing unexpectedly; “could” does not assert that it has happened.
Write a sensible contingency message.
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We can bank on the volunteers, but we need a backup if problems crop up.
The message combines reliance on support with a backup for unexpected problems rather than treating the plan as certain.
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