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Using a dictionary, find the difference between the following pairs of phrases. Make sentences of your own with each of them.

  Phrases Meaning Own Sentences
1. cut in    
cut out    
2. be held by    
be held up    
3. run away    
run for    
4. be known as    
be known for    
5. go with    
go after    
6. put fire into    
put fire out    
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  Phrases Meaning Own Sentences
1. cut in Interrupt The teacher asked Rohan not to cut in when she was teaching.
cut out reduce or stop something

Planting a line of trees along the road will cut out the noise from vehicles.

2. be held by before The mayor wanted the elections to be held by the end of the month
be held up Delayed The marriage party was held up in the traffic jam.
3. run away escape; go off The kind king allowed the captured deer to run away.
run for to compete in an election The film star wanted to run for the post of Mayor.
4. be known as to be called as The new boss wanted to be known as a good and kind person.
be known for to be famous for

Nagpur is known for its oranges.

5. go with suit each other

Don't you think these shoes go with this dress?

go after pursue; follow You will never be happy if you go after money all the time.
6. put fire into inspire, motivate The Chief Guest's words put fire into the young students.
put fire out extinguish Seeing trouble brewing, the minister advised his team to put the fire out before it spread everywhere.
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अध्याय 1.5: Joan of Arc - English workshop [पृष्ठ ३५]

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अध्याय 1.5 Joan of Arc
English workshop | Q 5 | पृष्ठ ३५

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Idioms

Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.)

  1. Our entire class is quaking in its boots. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Mr Keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Mr Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him.____________________________.


Colours are used to describe feelings, moods and emotions. Match the following ‘colour expressions’ with a suggested paraphrase.

(i) the Monday morning blues feel embarrassed / angry / ashamed
(ii) go red in the face feel very sick, as if about to vomit
(iii) look green sadness or depression after a weekend of fun
(iv) the red carpet the sign or permission to begin an action
(v) blue-blooded a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting
(vi) a green belt in an unlawful act; while doing something wrong
(vii) a blackguard a photographic print of building plans; a detailed plan or scheme
(viii) a grey area land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law
(ix) a white flag an area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear
(x) a blueprint a dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong
(xi) red-handed a special welcome
(xii the green light of noble birth or from a royal family

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

Macaques, Malabar squirrels observe you carefully from the tree canopy. (para 7)


books / them / only / read / those who / will / love 


Guess the meaning of the following idioms and phrases and use them in sentences of your own. One is done for you.

One-size-fits-all – suitable for or used in all circumstances

Statement: The wrist watches have adjustable belts, so one- size- fits- all.

'One up on'


Find out expressions/phrases which denote, ‘going away’, from each stanza. One is given below. “Vanish in the throng”.


Find out the meaning of the phrase given below and use them in your own sentence.

be in the money


Fill in the blank a word or a phrase given in the brackets in their appropriate form.

“I never____________ my stomach”, she said


Fill in the blank a word or a phrase given in the brackets in their appropriate form.

The author____________ the guest at the play.


Fill in the blank a word or a phrase given in the brackets in their appropriate form.

I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often____________ at the sight of them.


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