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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 | ........................... | ........................... |
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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
You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own.
- break somebody’s heart
- close/dear to heart
- from the (bottom of your) heart
- have a heart
- have a heart of stone
- your heart goes out to somebody
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 |
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)
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.
knock someone down
Choose appropriate phrases/expressions from the extract given in the options and fill in the blank appropriately.
Raj ran at a _______ to catch the train.
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follows.
(flattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)
After the death of my pet dog, my ______ when dad got me a new pup.
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
