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. DAZE
(A) to exploit (B) to stun (C) to start
2. BUNGLE
(A) to mishandle, to botch (B) to avoid (C) to appeal
3. CEDE
(A) to relinquish (B) to select (C) to include
4. ABASH
(A) to decorate (B) to defeat (C) to embarrass, to affront
5. ABASE
(A) to belittle (B) to clarify (C) to desire
6. BASH
(A) to assault or to attack (B) to irritate (C) to examine
7. DEBAUCH
(A) to count (B) to corrupt (C) to test
8. DETEST
(A) to abhor (B) to achieve (C) to exclude
9. ABOUND
(A) to be in large numbers (B) to agree (C) to resist
10. ABRADE
(A) to refrain (B) to erase (C) to order
Answers 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.A 10.B
LET US KNOW THESE IDIOMS
To billow out – to spread and flow outward (फैलना और ऊपर की ओर जाना) Ash clouds billowed out from the chimneys of the factories in the city. Smoke was billowing out from the cinema hall.
The black sheep of the family – the worst member of the family (किसी परिवार का सबसे खराब सदस्य) Rosy always keeps making a nuisance of herself. She is the black sheep of the family.
To blaze a trail – to be the first to do something (किसी कार्य को सबसे पहले करनेवाला) The institute blazed a trail with the usage of artificial intelligence in the teaching process. She donated her half of the properties for the cause of the service of the poor people in the city. She has really blazed a trail for the generations to come.
To bleed for someone – to have a lot of sympathy for the people who are suffering or struggling with problems (किसी को समस्या में देखकर सहानुभूति का भाव रखना) My heart bleeds for those urchins who have to struggle hard to get a square meal. She bled for her friends who could not qualify the medical entrance examination.
To bleed to death – to die due to having lost too much blood (बहुत अधिक रक्त के बहने से मृत्यु होना) Many passengers bled to death in the last night road accident. If some emergency remedies are not provided to her, she will bleed to death. She bled to death on the surgery table.
To blink one’s tears back – to try to prevent oneself from crying (न रोने की कोशिश करना) She blinked her tears back and courageously endured the injury pain. She blinked her tears back and continued to work in her office.
WORD OF THE WEEK
DEBAUCH – verb, to corrupt, to demoralize, to debase the moral purity or chastity (भ्रष्ट करना, नैतिकता बरवाद या हरण करना) The modern education system has debauched the moral and ethical values in the adolescents. He was found to be accused of debauching the young women.
