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skip in their walk

English translation: Their physical movements show their happiness

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English term or phrase:skip in their walk
Selected answer:Their physical movements show their happiness
Entered by: B D Finch

12:36 Jun 18, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Phrase
English term or phrase: skip in their walk
From day one, you can see people interacting more with one another and they seem to have an extra ‘skip in their walk’ which is great.
Hikmat Gumilar
Indonesia
Local time: 22:42
Their physical movements show their happiness
Explanation:
The fact that they feel happy is visible in their body language and they walk in a bouncier way.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:42
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5Their physical movements show their happiness
B D Finch
4 +2they are more cheerful / alive
DLyons
4energetic lively mode of walking
Stephanie Ezrol


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
they are more cheerful / alive


Explanation:
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
6 mins
  -> Thanks Jenni.
agree  Liz Dexter (was Broomfield): I'd say "they have a spring in their step" rather than a skip in their walk, but the meaning is the same.
12 mins
  -> Thanks Liz.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Their physical movements show their happiness


Explanation:
The fact that they feel happy is visible in their body language and they walk in a bouncier way.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Lawrence: That's the gist of it
49 mins
  -> Thanks Oliver
agree  Sheila Wilson: That's what lies behind the expression. I've heard skip, spring and bounce used, but they all mean the same
1 hr
  -> Thanks Sheila
agree  Colin Rowe: their improved state of mind is reflected in a more jaunty gait
1 hr
  -> Thanks Colin. I like "jaunty gait".
agree  Phong Le
22 hrs
  -> Thanks Phong Le
agree  Kate Collyer
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thanks Kate
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
energetic lively mode of walking


Explanation:
The reference is to "skipping,l a favorite children's type of half walk half run. One dictionary calls it a lively way of moving forward wirh alternate hops on each foot.

The author doesn't mean that they were skipping, more that the walked in a light lively way.

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 11:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19
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