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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 85. The noun phrase today is

  • bragging rights. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If we say that someone

  • has bragging rights, we mean and that he or she is entitled to boast about

  • something or brag about something. They have bragging rights. They did something

  • that was worthy of accomplishment. So they have the right to brag about it.

  • They have bragging rights. Okay. Let's take a look at the notes here. First

  • example. When their school won the championship, all the students took

  • advantage of their bragging rights to boast about how they were the best. You

  • know, we're the best. You guys stink. You couldn't beat us. We beat you so easily.

  • We are great. Something like that. They took advantage of their bragging rights.

  • Okay. All right. Number two. Why do so many people risk the danger of climbing

  • Mount Everest. So of course this is an a/b part. A just said that and B would say,

  • some say they do it for a sense of accomplishment. It could be true , but others

  • think the main reason is to have bragging rights. So this way you know, any

  • other time for the rest of their life They're at a party or they meet somebody

  • you know they can say well you know I climbed Mount Everest. Wow ! Really !

  • So they do it for bragging rights. They could have you know, bragging rights

  • for the rest of their life. That they accomplished this thing. So that's why a

  • lot of people think that there's so many people that are willing to do this. Okay.

  • Good or let's look at number three here. Some spring breakers ... Remember the

  • students you know, in the US. especially. They usually get a spring break and you

  • know some of them may use it for many things. But a lot of them like to go down

  • to Florida or other real holiday resorts. Sometimes overseas you know, just to act

  • wild and crazy you know for a week that's off. So let's continue. So some

  • spring breakers like to act as wild and crazy as

  • possible so they can have bragging rights when they return to school. Yeah.

  • In this sense maybe you know, like if it's .... We had a great time. Oh and I did

  • this and I did that and it was so cool and I acted so nuts. I acted so crazy

  • sometimes maybe you know it might make them feel like somebody might think

  • they're cooler if they if they did something really wild or really daring.

  • You know more daring than most other students would do. They may do it

  • simply for bragging rights. Okay. Let's look at number four here. Well

  • don't be so modest. You might as well take advantage of your

  • bragging rights. You deserve it. Okay that could be a very simple way to use it.

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

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 85. The noun phrase today is

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