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Using a dictionary, find the difference between the following pairs of phrases. Make sentences of your own with each of them. - English

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Using a dictionary, find the difference between the following pairs of phrases. Make sentences of your own with each of them.

  Phrases Meaning Own Sentences
1. cut in    
cut out    
2. be held by    
be held up    
3. run away    
run for    
4. be known as    
be known for    
5. go with    
go after    
6. put fire into    
put fire out    
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  Phrases Meaning Own Sentences
1. cut in Interrupt The teacher asked Rohan not to cut in when she was teaching.
cut out reduce or stop something

Planting a line of trees along the road will cut out the noise from vehicles.

2. be held by before The mayor wanted the elections to be held by the end of the month
be held up Delayed The marriage party was held up in the traffic jam.
3. run away escape; go off The kind king allowed the captured deer to run away.
run for to compete in an election The film star wanted to run for the post of Mayor.
4. be known as to be called as The new boss wanted to be known as a good and kind person.
be known for to be famous for

Nagpur is known for its oranges.

5. go with suit each other

Don't you think these shoes go with this dress?

go after pursue; follow You will never be happy if you go after money all the time.
6. put fire into inspire, motivate The Chief Guest's words put fire into the young students.
put fire out extinguish Seeing trouble brewing, the minister advised his team to put the fire out before it spread everywhere.
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पाठ 1.5: Joan of Arc - English workshop [पृष्ठ ३५]

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बालभारती English Kumarbharati [English] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.5 Joan of Arc
English workshop | Q 5 | पृष्ठ ३५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

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Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

Macaques, Malabar squirrels observe you carefully from the tree canopy. (para 7)


1. 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.

3. Look up the following phrases in a dictionary to find out their meaning, and then use each in a sentence of your own.

(i) You may take it that

(ii) He seems to be coming round

(iii) My foot’s gone to sleep


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
 

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 in a blue moon'


Fill the gap in choosing the appropriate idioms.

Those who aspire for success should always ___________ learn more.


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

I was____________ when the menu was brought.


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

I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often____________ at the sight of them.


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

in the pursuit of


Discuss with your partner and find proverbs, idioms, or phrases of similar meaning to the one given and fill them in the stars given below:


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