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. EFFECT
(A) to develop (B) to unite (C) to accomplish
2. EJECT
(A) to doubt (B) to oust (C) to cry bitterly
3. ELIMINATE
(A) to exclude (B) revolt (C) to move fast
4. EMEND
(A) to rectify (B) to confuse (C) to use
5. EMBELLISH
(A) to beautify (B) to enter (C) to board
6. EMULATE
(A) to suggest (B) to consider (C) to compete, to imitate
7. PLAGUE
(A) to predict (B) to harass (C) to determine
8. INDURATE
(A) to accustom (B) to reveal (C) to harden
9. HARRY
(A) to annoy (B) to define (C) to dislike
10. HAZARD
(A) to delight (B) to jeopardize, to risk (C) to define
Answers 1.C 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.B
LET US KNOW THESE PHRASAL VERBS
To hang on – to wait (प्रतीक्षा करना) Can you hang on for five minutes? I will get ready soon and then we will go to college. Hang on a few moments. I will relate you the entire story.
To be pressed for – to be in a difficult situation due to reasons of not having more time, money, space, etc. (पर्याप्त समय, पैसे, स्थान इत्यादि नहीं होने के कारण कठिन परिस्थति में होना) She was a bit pressed for cash yesterday and that is why I lent her rupees five thousand. I would not be able to go to the USA in vacation. I would be very pressed for time during that period.
To fit in – to have sufficient time to do something or to see someone (किसी काम को करने या किसी से मिलने के लिए पर्याप्त समय का होना) My wife is a bureaucrat. She is so much occupied with her job that sometimes she finds it impossible to fit in time even to speak to me and her children.
To run out – to expire, to come to an end (खत्म होना, समाप्त होना) Time is running out fast and so we need to plan for the next course of action very immediately. When the rent lease ran out, the family had to vacate the house. The workers have to leave the job when their work permits run out. The passengers panicked when the plane ran out of fuel.
To brush somebody aside – to refuse to listen to somebody (किसी से बात करने के लिए मना कर देना) She came to the principal to request for waiving her college fees but he brushed her aside.
WORD OF THE WEEK
HIDEOUS – adjective, ugly, ill – favoured, repulsive, obnoxious (कुरूप, अप्रिय, घृणास्पद, घिनौना) She wears the dresses which always appear to be very hideous. The way she behaved with her mother was really hideous.
