अंग्रेजी एक लिंगुआ फ्रेंका के साथ विभिन्न परीक्षाओं में सफलता का गोल्डन पासपोर्ट भी हैI आईये, हम भी अंग्रेजी के अपने ज्ञान को बढ़ायें –
Choose the closest meaning of the words given in the capital letters –
1. THRIVE
(A) to provoke (B) to prosper (C) to contain
2. THROTTLE
(A) to repeat (B) to estimate (C) to suffocate
3. PULSATE
(A) to throb (B) to flourish (C) to awaken
4. THWART
(A) to inspire (B) to baffle, to impede (C) to verify
5. ENDURE
(A) to endure (B) to labour hard (C) to deplete
6. QUAVER
(A) to totter, to shake (B) to touch (C) to imply
7. AFFLICT
(A) to deny (B) to torture (C) to prohibit
8. TRADUCE
(A) to chase (B) to slander, to defame (C) to speak loudly
9. TRANSCEND
(A) to surpass (B) to build (C) to beat
10. TRANSMOGRIFY
(A) to transform (B) to react (C) to entertain
Answers 1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.A
LET US KNOW THESE PHRASAL VERBS
To read something into something – to think that some action or remark has a particular meaning which is usually not reasonable (ये विश्वास करना कि किसी वाक्य या कार्य में कोई विशेष अर्थ निहित है जो प्रायः सत्य नहीं होता है) She offered a lunch with her in my first meeting. However I am suspicious of her motive but I need not read anything into it. You must not read too much into her remarks about your handsome personality.
To go into – to start discussing something in details (किसी चीज पर गहराई से विचार –विमर्श करना) I went into the problems of her personal life and sympathized with her miserable marital life.
To throw oneself into – to start doing something enthusiastically and energetically (किसी कार्य को उत्साह और ऊर्जा के साथ करना शुरू करना) She got a job In the government office after long wait. Now she has thrown herself into this job.
To enter into – to start to get involved in something (किसी कार्य में शामिल होना) I clearly told her that I was not interested in her and so I would not enter into her private life.
To hang out – to spend a lot to time with someone in a place (किसी के साथ बहुत सारा व्यक्त बिताना) She used to hang out with her boy friends until she got married last year. He has been hanging out with his English lecturer these days.
To knock around together – to spend a lot of time with one another (एक दूसरे के साथ बहुत सारा वक्त बिताना) She has been knocking around with her fiancé these days.
WORD OF THE WEEK
METAMORPHOSE – verb, to change completely, to change into a very different form, to transform (पूरी तरह से बदलना, किसी दूसरे रूप में रूपांतरित होना) The boy had metamorphosed into a tall and handsome youth in the last 25 years. She had come to this city five years ago and now her life style has metamorphosed. The paradigm of education continues to metamorphose in India. Synonyms – to transmogrify, to transmute, to transfigure
