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प्रश्न
Find out the meaning of the phrase given below and use them in your own sentence.
be in the money
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उत्तर
Meaning: to be wealthy or to win a lot of money
Sentence: My friend wants to be in the money by placing bets.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences :
(a) coloured bus / children / we saw / full of / a yellow / excited /
(b) they were / we guessed / on the / planetarium / way / to the /
(c) part / this / study tour / of their / was /
Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) your destiny / it / right hand / is said / your / that / is in /
(b) problems / determines / how / our personalities / with / in life / we deal /
(c) than others / can cope / some people / better / hardships / with /
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) one of / that of reading / known to / is / greatest / the / pleasures / man /
(b) a rich variety / adventure and wisdom / the / world of books / has / of /
(c) own / you / book / convenience / can enjoy / a / at your /
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.)
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Our entire class is quaking in its boots. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Mr Keeping was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Mr Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him.____________________________.
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
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)
During monsoons it rains so heavily that tourists do not visit Coorg. (para 2)
Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)
Some people say that Alexander’s army moved south along the coast and settled there. (para 3)
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)
This text is written in an old-fashioned style, for it reports an incident more than two millennia old. Look for the following words and phrases in the text, and try to rephrase them in more current language, based on how you understand them.
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give thee medicine for thy child
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Pray tell me
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Kisa repaired to the Buddha
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there was no house but someone had died in it
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kinsmen
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Mark!
1. This play has been translated into English from the Russian original. Are there any expressions or ways of speaking that strike you as more Russian than English? For example, would an adult man be addressed by an older man as my darling or my treasure in an English play?
Read through the play carefully, and find expressions that you think are not used in contemporary English, and contrast these with idiomatic modern English expressions that also occur in the play.
3. Look up the following phrases in a dictionary to find out their meaning, and then use each in a sentence of your own.
(i) You may take it that
(ii) He seems to be coming round
(iii) My foot’s gone to sleep
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 |
The writer carefully builds up an atmosphere of loneliness and grief in the story. Working in groups, pick out words/ phrases from the story that build up the atmosphere. Copy the following table in your notebook and complete it.
| Loneliness | Grief |
| • An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered clothes tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind • his lonely way |
• the whole town was wrapped in deathly silence |
Complete the table by explaining the following phrases/ sentences in your own
words:
| Phrases | Meanings |
| happy memories light up a life that is nearing its close |
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| the sounds helped him along his lonely way | |
| the cold used sleep to extend its sway over all things even as a false friend lulls his chosen victim with caressing smiles |
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| when the evening of his life was drawing in, he left his old ways and suddenly took a new turn |
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| the whole universe is built up through love and that the grief of separation is inescapable |
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| the post-master, a man with a face as sad and as inexpressive as a pumpkin, would be seen sitting on his chair inside |
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| And so the clerk, like a worshipper of Lord Vishnu, repeated his customary thousand names |
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| The haughty temper of the official had quite left him in his sorrow and anxiety, and had laid bare his human heart |
Match the phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) break out | (i) to try to find somebody or something |
| (b) to look for | (ii) as a rule or in general taking all relevant factors into account |
| (c) to take over | (iii) start suddenly and strongly |
| (d) to go into | (iv) to obtain or assume control of something, or gain control of something from somebody else |
| (e) on the whole | (v) to begin a job or career in a particular area of activity |
Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the following phrase.
"to look into”
long term / on / reading / impact / has / a / one’s personality
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase:
to get out of.
There are some phrases where the word crown is used with different shades of meaning. Use the following phrases to complete the sentences meaningfully.
Amitabh has given us awesome movies throughout five decades. But his _______ is his performance in the movie ‘Black’.
There are some phrases where the word crown is used with different shades of meaning. Use the following phrases to complete the sentences meaningfully.
They threw a wonderful party for me with costumes, games and _______ my favourite kind of ice cream.
Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.
give and take
Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.
Lower than the angels
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
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.
'Once in a blue moon'
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 man army'
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 the meaning of the phrase given below and use them in your own sentence.
win lots of money
Find out the meaning of the phrase given below and use them in your own sentence.
for my money
Find out the meaning of the phrase given below and use them in your own sentence.
put one’s money where one’s mouth is
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follow.
I ______ the school gate when I heard the school bell ring.
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follow.
Do not stoop to ______ just to gain something from someone.
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follow.
The crime went ______ for 11 years.
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follow.
When the baby saw its mother it gave an ______ smile.
Rewrite the following sentence inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form.
(to get out of, to come up, to turn on, to give in, to get into, to come down, to work out, to turn off, to give off, to give out, to work in)
To enjoy the music and relax, he _____________ the music and ___________ the lights.
Rewrite the following sentence inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form.
(to get out of, to come up, to turn on, to give in, to get into, to come down, to work out, to turn off, to give off, to give out, to work in)
You should ________________ Mathematics so that you can __________ problem.
Replace the underline word/phrase with the appropriate one, to retain the proper meaning.
Accepting the great value of his research; they awarded him with a Ph.D. (degree)
Write as many phrases as you can using ‘enough’ and use them in your sentences.
Example: good enough
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 |
Use the following idiom/phrase in a sentence of your own.
drop it
Use the following idiom/phrase in sentences of your own.
drop out
Use the following idiom/phrase in sentences of your own.
look forward
Use the following idiom/phrase in sentences of your own.
let (someone) down
Use the following idiom/phrase in sentences of your own.
begin a new
Fill the gap in choosing the appropriate idioms.
The wealthy landlord made a will __________ before he could die.
Fill the gap in choosing the appropriate idioms.
Those who aspire for success should always ___________ learn more.
Fill the gap in choosing the appropriate idioms.
On reading exactly the same essays in both answer sheets, it _________________ the examiner, that the students had cheated during exams.
Fill in the blank a word or a phrase given in the brackets in their appropriate form.
I was____________ when the menu was brought.
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.
The author’s guest was____________ through Paris.
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase, in your notebook.
in the pursuit of
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase, in your notebook.
give up
Read the text again. You will find that the text contains many phrases. Match the phrases in ‘A’ and their meanings in ‘B’. After matching their meanings, make sentences of your own.
| ‘A’ Phrases | ‘B’ Meanings |
| 1. run of terrible bad luck | a. hit on a topic |
| 2. draws heavily on | b. without being affected by a particular factor |
| 3. struck a chord | c. endure in difficult circumstances |
| 4. in spite of | d. a period of time when bad things happen |
| 5. holding on | e. makes use 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:
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”.
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase:
'pitched in to help'
Make a meaningful sentence by using the phrase 'to run away'.
Make a meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to look after’.
