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snap a photo

take a quick photo

To snap a photo means to take a photograph quickly and casually.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Can you wait a second?

Sure, I just want to snap a photo of this view.

Play the conversation

I stopped to snap a photo of the sunset before it disappeared.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I snapped a photo from the bridge.

Say: I snapped a photo of the bridge.

Use "of" to name the person or thing shown in the photo.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

snap a photo; snap some photos; snapped a photo

Your turn: say it out loud

I stopped to snap a photo of the sunset before it disappeared.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

snap a photo

take a quick photo

“I stopped to snap a photo of the sunset before it disappeared.”

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