tremendous leap
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftremendousandleap
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tremendous
adjective
uk/trɪˈmen.dəs/us/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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leap
noun[C]
uk/liːp/us/liːp/
a big change, increase, ...
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(Definition oftremendousandleapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many of them will not want to take thistremendousleapinto the dark, but when that happens there will.
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It is atremendousleapin the right direction.
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However, to try to evolve or to discover an opportunity would be atremendousleapin the dark.
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It takes atremendousleapof imagination to take seriously an order which has been a contributing factor to the events of the past week.
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We demand that you produce atremendousleapforward in housing starts.
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That, therefore, brought about thetremendousleapof 130 in recruitment for that year.
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The number has certainly gone up with atremendousleap.
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In 1926, the last year before the re-imposition, the figure had increased to £493,000, in 1927 to £552,000, in 1928 to £567,000 and last year there was atremendousleapup to £777,000.
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That means that the official rate is about 20 times removed from reality and atremendousleapwill be required to achieve reality and thus convertibility of the rouble.
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That is atremendousleapforward.
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And then when it comes back into the bye-bye-byes it's double the original tempo, atremendousleapto twice the speed.
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Where this helps our invisible exports—as it does in the tremendous leaps and bounds of tourism—it helps our balance of payments and also gives employment.
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