Name: English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (106) Fend Off
Uploaded: 2019-05-21T15:01:54.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick  P and this is Verb hrase 106. The verb phrase today is to

fend off someone or something. Okay.  Let's take a look at the note here. If someone

fends off a person or thing,  he or she tries to stop someone or something from

attacking or harming them. Okay good.  Let's continue here. Let's look at a

couple of examples. That old lady tried to fend off a purse snatcher with her

umbrella. So maybe a person that tried to grab her purse and maybe she had an

umbrella and was hitting him with her umbrella.  I don't know if it'll work. Good

luck. Maybe it'll stop him.  if he didn't completely get the bag away and he's

running away already.  If she was able to still hold on have a

tug-of-war and was hitting him with her umbrella. Maybe he just might give up and

leave. Maybe he doesn't really want to fight her. So she might be able to fend

him off with an umbrella.  Hopefully. Okay. Let's look at number two.

That young girl was able to fend off a rapist. It's a very serious one because

she sprayed him with mace. You know mace is the type of pepper spray. So maybe he...

Yeah. There was stories I've heard about this in Europe where you know maybe some

guy had her down on the ground and he was already attacking her. She pulled it

out and she was able to spray him. All right.  So she was able to fend him off. Then he

you know,  ran away after that. Because you hit somebody with mace. That pepper

spray you get them in their eyes. It  kind of temporarily blinds them.

All right good. Let's continue. All right. So you know we actually have a kind of a

second use of fend off. So let's look at this one. If someone tries to fend off a

difficult or annoying situation, he or she tries to avoid dealing with it

directly.  Let's look at this example. Number one.

here. That politician tried to fend off questions about his scandal by

pretending to be sick. So he tried to get away,  so that he could avoid answering

these questions. So he pretend to be sick and then maybe he has an excuse why they

can't ask him. All right. Good. Or number two. She tried to fend off that mosquito

by tracking it down with an electronic racket. Yeah. Maybe that's another way too.

So we try to fend off either a person or a thing or a situation. Okay. Anyway,  I

hope you got it.  I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.