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प्रश्न
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 |
उत्तर
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. |
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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. |
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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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संबंधित प्रश्न
Make a sentence of your own using the following phrase:
‘In search of’
Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.
- caught my eye
- laugh ourselves silly
- he’d had enough
- can’t bring myself to
Match, the italicised phrases in Column A with the phrase nearest meaning in Column B.
(Hint: First look for the sentence in the text which the phrase in column A occurs.)
A | B |
1. I was not unmindful of the fact. |
(i) had not forgotten : was aware of the fact (ii) was not careful about the fact (iii) forgot or was not aware of the fact |
2. When my comrades and I were pushed to our limits |
(i) pushed by the guards to the wall (ii) took more than our share of beatings (iii) felt that we could not endure the suffering any longer |
3. To reassure me and keep me going |
(i) make me go on walking (ii) help me continue to live in hope in this very difficult situation (iii) make me remain without complaining |
4. The basic and honourable freedoms of… earning my keep… |
(i) earning enough money to live on (ii) keeping what I earned (iii) getting a good salary |
Find words or phrases from the passage that mean the same as the following.
(a) to renovate, redo, or revise (paragraph 1)
(b) trying to win the favor, preference, or goodwill of (paragraph 1)
(c) come in small numbers (paragraph 4)
(d) well-off; rich (paragraph 5)
(e) friendly (paragraph 6)
(f) wanting or enjoying expensive pleasures (paragraph 6)
books / them / only / read / those who / will / love
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follow.
The crime went ______ for 11 years.
Replace the underline word/phrase with the appropriate one, to retain the proper meaning.
After the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth took over the control of Scotland.
Match the phrases in table A with lines of the poem given in table B.
Phrases | Lines |
(1) Toil hard | (a) If you want a thing bad enough... |
(2) Get rid of all | (b) If neither cold nor poverty, famished... |
(3) Extremely poor condition | (c) To work day and night for it. |
(4) Need desperately | (d) Lose all your terror of the opposition for it. |
When different Prepositions are added to the same action verb meaning of the phrase, thus formed changes.
For example,
call out - announce
call at - visit
call for - summon
call up - make a telephone call
Try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrase and write them down.
- She has to carry out her duty regularly.
- You must carry on trying for success
Make a meaningful sentence by using the phrase “to belong to”.