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प्रश्न
Pick out one line that contains the following Figure of Speech.
Tautology
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उत्तर
To a chasm, deep and vast and wide. The words vast and wide have a similar meaning.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Find the antonym of the following from the passage.
Defenceless × ______
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
We travelled to Mumbai by train.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
This detergent is highly concentrated and ____________ you will need to dilute it.
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
Very pretty ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
affect - effect
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
“What’s it about?”
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Manner: I love my country like a true Indian should.
I love my country ____________.
Given below are some idiomatic comparisons with ‘like’. Can you guess their meaning? Look them up in a good dictionary. You won’t find them under ‘like’. Which words will you look up to find these comparisons?
- Like a bull in a china shop (Here, china means delicate articles of porcelain)
- Like a cat on a hot tin roof.
- Like a red rag to a bull.
- Like a cat that stole the cream.
- Like water off a duck’s back.
- Memory like a sieve.
Using your imagination write more comparisons using ‘like’
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
I had to pull over a tough situation to meet the project deadline.
