Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 29.The noun phrase today
is man-eater. Okay. Let's take a look at the note. The noun phrase man-eater can
have several meanings. It can also sometimes be found with a hyphen as in
man-eater with a hyphen in between the two words. All right. Let's continue. All right.
this is the first meaning. A man-eater can be an informal name for a cannibal. Well,
of course with humans a cannibal is a person who eats other people. We can use
the word cannibal in other species. If some animal also eats the same kind. But
of course with humans, we use man-eater as a slang name for a cannibal or it's
another name for a cannibal. All right. Let's take a look at number two. A
man-eater can also refer to any animal that is thought to possibly attack or
eat humans. Okay. An example here of course will be shark.
But it could be a tiger , it could be a lion. any ones that are kind of known that, that
in the past they may have done it sometimes. It could be referred to as a
man-eater Okay. Let's look at the third one. A
maneater can also be thought of as a seductive woman. A very sort of sexy
woman. A seductive woman who has many lovers, especially one who just uses a
man like a womanizer will use a women. Remember a womanizer,
That's what you call a man that just kind of uses women. Here you know once he
gets one woman to sleep with him , he'll kind of leave her and just jump to the next
woman. You know from one woman to another woman, to another woman just kind of uses
them, you know, just for his own fun or for his own enjoyment
So if there's a woman like that then she might be referred to as a man-eater. Okay.
Let's go on. Okay. Here's the first example in Western New Guinea, there is a tribe,
Koro Wai that has many man-eaters. Of course, this is in reference to
the cannibals. So this is a cannibalistic tribe. They
have a number of people that will eat other people. So you could refer to them
as man-eater. All right. Let's look at number two.
Sometimes sharks are referred to as man-eaters, especially after all the Jaws
movies. There was a number of Jaws movies and we always see the great white sharks
attacking people. So they are often thought of as a man-eater. Okay. Let's go
on. Number three. The character of Samantha played by actress Kim Cattrall
in the old HBO series of ' Sex and the City 'was a typical example of a man
eater. Yeah. If you ever watched the show, you know, she was very seductive, very
seductive and she enjoyed her relationships with men and, but she kind
of was similar in a way . She kind of used men. Kind of like you know, some men have
the reputation of using women. So she's kind of the opposite of a womanizer. If
we say a man-eater. So she would be a perfect example of that. Anyway, I hope it's
clear. I hope you got it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
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