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प्रश्न
Use the following idiom/phrase in sentence of your own.
begin a new
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उत्तर
Let’s forget what’s over and begin a new life together.
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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 /
This play has been translated into English from the Russian original. Are there any expressions or ways of speaking that strike you as more Russian than English? For example, would an adult man be addressed by an older man as my darling or my treasure in an English play?
Read through the play carefully, and find expressions that you think are not used in contemporary English, and contrast these with idiomatic modern English expressions that also occur in the play.
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 |
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| 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 |
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| when the evening of his life was drawing in, he left his old ways and suddenly took a new turn |
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| the whole universe is built up through love and that the grief of separation is inescapable |
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| the post-master, a man with a face as sad and as inexpressive as a pumpkin, would be seen sitting on his chair inside |
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| And so the clerk, like a worshipper of Lord Vishnu, repeated his customary thousand names |
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| The haughty temper of the official had quite left him in his sorrow and anxiety, and had laid bare his human heart |
is / the / it / hobbies / one / best / of
There are some phrases where the word crown is used with different shades of meaning. Use the following phrases to complete the sentences meaningfully.
The works of Shakespeare are the __________ of English drama.
There are some phrases where the word crown is used with different shades of meaning. Use the following phrases to complete the sentences meaningfully.
Medical science has great inventions, but organ transplantation is definitely a ______ for human beings.
Find out the meaning of the phrase given below and use them in your own sentence.
be in the money
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.
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.
Make a meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to run away’.
