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प्रश्न
Write as many phrases as you can using ‘enough’ and use them in your sentences.
Example: good enough
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उत्तर
- Close enough: When Meena saw that the house was close enough, she ran towards it.
- Man enough: He was not man enough to stand by his wife. even though he was aware of the truth.
- Strangely enough: Strangely enough, the blind woman moved aside as a speeding motorbike sped past her.
- Fair enough: “Fair enough, I’ll repay the entire amount by this evening.”
- Old enough: Sam is old enough to ride the roller-coaster at ·the amusement park now.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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
Complete the following phrases from the text. For each phrase, can you find at least one other word that would fit into the blank?
(i) tales of _______________
(ii) coastal _______________
(iii) a piece of ______________
(iv) evergreen ______________
(v) _____________ plantations
(vi) _____________bridge
(vii) wild __________________
You may add your own examples to this list.
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!
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)
Find out expressions/phrases which denote, ‘going away’, from each stanza. One is given below. “Vanish in the throng”.
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)
He ______ bed and ______ the living room, to see if the door was closed.
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)
Smita ______ to her desire and ______ her favourite toys to the poor.
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)
Accepting the great value of his research; they awarded him with a Ph.D. (degree)
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.
give up
