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 is / reading / tea / not / books / cup of/ everybody’s.

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Reading is not everybody’s cup of tea. 

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2018-2019 (March) 1/3/1

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

detective I below / go / written / through the / story
Go through the detective story written below.

(a) can be / two / blamed I persons / the murder / for

(b) to the/ there are / culprit / may clues / real / pointing ,

(c) - the / find / murderer / who / real I out / is cy


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
 
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
 
when the evening of his life was drawing in, he
left his old ways and suddenly took a new
turn
 
the whole universe is built up through love and
that the grief of separation is inescapable
 
the post-master, a man with a face as sad and
as inexpressive as a pumpkin, would be seen
sitting on his chair inside
 
And so the clerk, like a worshipper of Lord Vishnu,
repeated his customary thousand names
 
The haughty temper of the official had quite left
him in his sorrow and anxiety, and had laid bare
his human heart
 

Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.

a black eye


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 bitten twice shy'


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.


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


Adding different prepositions to the same action verb changes the meaning of the phrases, thus formed.

For example,
call out - announce
call at - visit
call for - summon
call up - make a telephonic call
call off - cancel

Guess the difference in meanings of the underlined phrases.

  • a. He promised to look into the matter.
    b. He asked me to look for his lost book.
    c. I shall look forward to your arrival.
  • a. An epidemic of cholera broke out in the village.
    b. The thieves broke into the locked house.
    c. They broke up their friendship.
  • a. You must carry out your duty faithfully.
    b. Please carry on with your work.
    c. They carried off the trophy in the football matches.
    d. Carry forward the remaining balance to the next page.

Use the following idiom/phrase in sentences of your own.

sign off


Fill in the blank a word or a phrase given in the brackets in their appropriate form.

I was____________ when the menu was brought.


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