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Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook. in the pursuit of

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Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

in the pursuit of

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In the pursuit of knowledge, Sonia was led away from her loved ones.

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पाठ 2.5: Let’s March - English Workshop [पृष्ठ ८६]

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बालभारती English Kumarbharati Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 2.5 Let’s March
English Workshop | Q 8. (C) (a) | पृष्ठ ८६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences:

(a) more than / are child workers / the Indian population / five per cent of /

(b) engaged / in agriculture / tens of thousands / are chiefly /

(c) work / in urban areas / many / of industries / in a variety /


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

knock someone down


Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below in the sentence that follows.

(flattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)

I ______ the school gate when I heard the school-bell ring.


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.


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)

After the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth took over the control of Scotland.


Match the phrases in table A with lines of the poem given in table B.

Phrases Lines
(1) Toil hard (a) If you want a thing bad enough...
(2) Get rid of all (b) If neither cold nor poverty, famished...
(3) Extremely poor condition (c) To work day and night for it.
(4) Need desperately (d) Lose all your terror of the opposition for it.

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.

  1. He promised to look into the matter.
  2. He asked me to look for his lost book.
  3. I shall look forward to your arrival.

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

begin a new


Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

When the father learned about his son’s misdeeds, it ______.


Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.

(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass)

I was ______ when the menu was brought.


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