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. APOSTATIZE
(A) to desert or abandon one’s belief (B) to rely (C) to
allure
2. BRAG
(A) to confuse (B) to boast (C) to abduct
3. EASE
(A) to abate (B) to apply (C) to adore
4. HARROW
(A) to hasten (B) to agonize, to distress (C) to alter
5. HASSLE
(A) to annoy (B) to contradict (C) to develop
6. KINDLE
(A) to transform (B) to add (C) to ignite
7. SHACKLE
(A) to reflect (B) to fetter (C) to twinkle
8. SHROUD
(A) to conceal (B) to arrest (C) to break
9. REVAMP
(A) to renovate, to repair (B) to throw (C) to produce
10. SHRIVEL
(A) to announce (B) to dry up (C) to appreciate
Answers 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.A 10.B
LET US KNOW THESE PHRASAL VERBS
To bristle with something – to be full or covered with something (किसी चीज से पूरी तरह से भरा हुआ होना या ढका होना) The bushes in the garden were bristled with sharp thorns. The movie that we saw yesterday was bristled with violence. She always bristles with confidence.
To broaden out – to become wider (चौड़ा होना) This is the longest river which broadens out in the plain area. The road broadens out in the main market of the city.
To brush against somebody or something – to touch someone or something very quickly and lightly (किसी आदमी या वस्तु को तेजी से और हल्के से छूना) The girl brushed against me as she came out of the meeting. I heard a strange noise behind me and something brushed against my back. The youth brushed against the lady and fled away.
To brush something or somebody aside – to push or remove somebody or something to one side, to refuse to listen to something or somebody (किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को एक तरफ हटाना, किसी की सुनने से मना कर देना) The boy brushed the table aside and sat on the ground. The director always brushes my complain aside. The manager brushed his complaints aside and left the office.
To drown somebody or something out – if a sound drowns somebody or something out it means that the sound is so loud that they cannot be heard (तेज ध्वनि में कुछ भी नहीं सुनाई पड़ना) The parliament proceedings were drowned out by the pandemonium.
To drum something into somebody – to make somebody remember something by repeating it (किसी को कुछ चीजें बार बार दुहराकर याद कराना) The moral values need to be drummed into the children.
WORD OF THE WEEK
ESTRANGE – verb, to arouse enmity or indifference, to cause someone to be no longer on friendly terms, to alienate (शत्रुता या उदासीनता उत्पन्न करना, मित्रता का नहीं होना) She became estranged from her husband soon after her marriage. A misunderstanding estranged the two old friends of the childhood.
