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प्रश्न
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
............. intently
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उत्तर
Gazing
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संबंधित प्रश्न
- He committed the crime in broad daylight (not bright daylight or narrow darkness).
- I had a cup of strong tea (not rich tea).
- The fast train is coming (not quick train).
Such words or group of words which habitually occur together and thereby convey meaning by association are called collocations. A collocation is a combination of words in a language that often go together.
Learning collocations is essential for making your English sound fluent and natural. Make collocations and use in your own sentences.
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Father’s food
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| Figures of speech | Lines |
| 1. Simile | |
| 2. Alliteration | |
| 3. Onomatopoeia |
I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati.
Here ‘stale chapati’ stands for stale food/non-nourishing food or diet, where the part symbolizes the whole, i.e. food. Guess the name of the figure of speech.
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
.......... asleep
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
without making a difference
Discuss the meanings of the following idioms/phrases and use them in your own sentence.
To be taken by surprise.
Find more such idioms using the following key word.
colours
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.
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