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Colours Are Used to Describe Feelings, Moods and Emotions. Match the Following ‘Colour Expressions’ with a Suggested Paraphrase.

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

Even people who normally lead an easy and slow life get smitten by the high-energy adventure sports of Coorg. (para 6)


Look at the italic words in the following examples.
a. We bought their biggest basket, then set off toward town.
b. One night we came upon them in the windy and deserted square.
c. He bit his lip, then in a rather put out tone he said, 'Very well.'
d. I shook my head and turned away.

Here are a few more. Match the phrases to their meanings.

Phrases Meanings
set up to start on a journey
break down to tolerate a situation or a person
set off to lose control of your feelings and start crying
put up with to enter
put off to be faced with or opposed by
put on to start/ establish a company
come in to refuse/ reject
come across to postpone
come up against to try to get help/advice/ sympathy from someone
turn down to wear
turn in to meet or find by chance
turn to to inform on or deliver up

Now use the phrases given above to complete the following sentences.

1. The landlord was suspicious of the two men staying in his flat so he called the police and ……………. them …………….
2. Early in the morning we packed our bags and …………… for a hike over the mountain.
3. Janvi ……………………. some photographs of her grandfather in the old trunk.
4. My father ……………….. his own business 10 years ago.
5. The Bank …………………………….. Paul's request for a loan.
6. The Corporation's decision to reduce the leave of the employees …………………… a lot of opposition.


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


good / is/ for / it / substitute / a / watching TV 


Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase: 
to get out of. 


Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.

a black eye


Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.

knock someone down


Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.

knock someone down


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

for my money


Read the following incident.

Lokesh had always been a class-topper in tests and examinations. However, invariably, he used foul means during exams to gain those high marks.

Once, on the day of History examination, Lokesh realized that his classmate and friend Farhan came all prepared for Maths instead of History. Farhan had become desperate. So Lokesh offered to let him copy from his answer-sheet, since Farhan sat just behind him.

Farhan refused. He said, ‘‘It’s all right even if I get a zero, but I can call it my own zero. I do not want to score a single mark, unearned. Cheating in exams is for cowards. Not me!’’

These words were a turning point in Lokesh’s life. He gave up cheating for ever. He worked hard for what he desired and never, ever used false measures to acquire anything.

(a) In the given story, which words/phrases can be replaced by the following ones?

  1. became aware ......................
  2. always ......................
  3. very upset and helpless ......................
  4. cheating ......................
  5. without working for it ......................
  6. a sudden change ......................
  7. gain/achieve ......................

(b) Summarize the incident in 6 to 8 lines making Lokesh, the narrator:

Begin with: ‘I was always a class topper.

.....................................................


Replace the underline word/phrase with the appropriate one, to retain the proper meaning.

(be the epitome of, gear up, a brief stint, play a major role, in recognition of, take over reins)

Our class monitor is a perfect symbol of duty and discipline.


Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

Those who aspire for success should always ______ to learn more.


Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

The siren of the ambulance ______ all other traffic noise.


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.


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

The author’s guest was____________ through Paris.


Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

in the pursuit of


Discuss with your partner and find proverbs, idioms, or phrases of similar meaning to the one given and fill them in the stars given below:


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