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Part- 84
Word of the day– “Sight”
• The word is a Noun as well as a verb
• Meaning:
o To see

• Derived words:
o Insight = Clear perception or understanding
o Oversight = Supervision
o Foresight = Carefulness
o Hindsight = Understanding of a past even
o Short-sighted = Lacking foresight, careless
o Far-sighted = Very careful for future
o Near-sighted = Unable to see distant objects, Myopic

Usage
▪ With hindsight, I should have worked hard.
▪ The movie “Slumdog Millionaire” offers an insight into
the everyday lives of the poor.
▪ Your decision to leave the company was short-
sighted.
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▪ The supervisor has the overall oversight of the

production.
▪ The CM had to resign owing to his lack of foresight.
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Part- 83
Word of the day– “Stand”
• The word is a verb
• Meaning:
o To be upright on two feet
o To tolerate/ bear something
o (Stand + to) To be in a situation where you are
likely to do something
o Stand + to + reason = To be understandable
Usage
▪ After the illness, the old woman was too weak to stand
▪ I can’t stand (tolerate) this loud noise anymore
▪ Nobody can stand (tolerate) discrimination at
workplace
▪ Many small businesses stand to (to be in a position)
lose from the lock-down
With this new technology, the company stands to (to be
in a position) make huge profits in coming years
▪ It stands to reason (to be understandable) that
nobody will work without pay
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Part- 82
Word of the day– “smack/reek of”
• Both the words are verbs
• Meaning: To characterize (Ehsas/feel hona)

Usage
• The air of the area smacked/reeked of stale cigarette
smoke
• Her attitude smacks/reeks of self-confidence
• The new law smacks/reeks of discrimination against
• the small businessmen
• The whole deal smacks/reeks of corruption

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Tumhari bato se be-imani ka ehsas hota hai
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Part- 81
Word of the day– “Short-change”

• It is a Verb
• Meaning: To cheat someone by not giving them
what they deserve (Thagna)

Usage
▪ The shopkeeper short-changed the child Rs. 10
▪ When I reached home, I found out that I had been
short-changed at the vegetable store
▪ Many fans believed that they had been short-changed
when the musicians played only for half an hour
▪ The author short-changed many experts by not giving
them credits in his latest book
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Part- 80

Phrase of the day– “None the worse”

• It is a phrase
• Meaning: To be unharmed even after something

Usage

• My car is none the worse for (unharmed even after)

this accident

• Shares of our company seem none the worse for

(unharmed even after) market crash

• Shalini is none the worse for (unharmed even after)

slipping in the bathroom

• Our holiday remained none the worse for (unharmed

even after) heavy snowfall as everyone enjoyed it
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Part- 79

Phrase of the day– “Of your own accord”

• It is a phrase
• Meaning: Apni man marji se (Voluntaily)

Usage

• The fugitive surrendered of his own accord

• The door moved of its own accord
• Gautam Budhha renounced his claim to the throne of his
own accord
• Many people believe that Covid will disappear of its own
accord

Make a sentence

Agar ham 100% literacy achieve kar le to poverty apne

ap end ho jaegi
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Part- 78

Word of the day– “Partake”

• It is a verb
• Meaning: To take part

a) Partake + of
o To accept food/ drinks when offered
o To exhibit a specific quality

b) Partake + in = To take part in an activity

Usage

✓ Indian army partook in (participated in) the WW-I

alongside the British troops
✓ My neighbour has invited the whole neighborhood to
partake of (Eat/drink) the dinner on Christmas eve
✓ The works of Premchand partake of (exhibit a quality)
a conservative Indian mindset
✓ The American President’s speeches often partake of
(exhibit a quality) right-wing ideas
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Part- 77

Phrase of the day– “All the more”

Meaning: Even more
Usage

✓ The job was easy and the salary made it attractive all the
more (even more)

✓ The silence of the thief made the judge all the more
(even more) angry

✓ The international prices of petrol and diesel are already

high and high rates of tax make them all the more (even
more) expensive
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Part- 75 + 76
Word of the day– “Figure”
Meaning (Noun)
1. A shape of someone’s body
2. A number
3. A personality

Meaning (Verb)
1. To be a part of something
2. To estimate/ guess
Usage
✓ Maria has an attractive figure (shape)

✓ In the mist of the dawn, I couldn’t see anything except for a

human-like figure (shape) approaching towards the house
✓ She has a six-figure figure (number)

✓ Arun Jaitley, a political figure (personality), died last year

✓ The Kashmir issue is likely to figure (be a part of) in the G-
20 meeting this year
✓ I can’t figure (guess) why she is angry with me
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Phrasal Verbs and Idioms with the word Figure

✓ To become a figure of fun – To become a laughing stock

✓ To cut a sorry figure – To appear sad

o After the loss, the captain of the team cut a sorry
figure (appears sad)

✓ To cut a striking figure – To appear striking/sharp

o She cut a striking figure (appears striking) in that
black saree

✓ Put a figure on something – To decide the price/number

of something
o It is difficult to put a figure on (decide the number)
employed people in India after the lockdowns

✓ Figure something out – To successfully understand

something that seems confusing to you
o I am not able to figure out (can’t understand) her
intention
o I have figured out (understand)what my boss wants
from me
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Part- 74
Phrase of the day– “Up to”
Meaning:
1. Requiring the necessary qualities
2. Busy or occupied with
3. Dependent upon
Usage
1. This book is not up to (requiring the necessary
qualities) the needs of the course. You shouldn’t buy it
2. The services of this inexpensive restaurant are up to
(requiring the necessary qualities) the industry
standards
3. What have you been up to (busy or occupied with)
lately?
4. I don’t know what this little girl is up to (busy or
occupied with) now?
5. The decision on salary hike is up to (dependent upon)
the management
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6. Farmers have conveyed their demands but the

cancellation of farm laws is up to (dependent upon) the
Government
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Part- 73
Word of the day– “Execute”
It is a Verb
Meaning:
1. To kill/punish someone
2. To perform/accomplish a task
3. To finalize a document or contract and make it legal
Usage
1. The rape-accused of Nirbhaya were executed (killed) by
hanging
2. The play was beautifully executed (performed/
accomplished) in front of a live audience
3. The company executed (finalized a document) a
contract with the famous actor and made him its brand
ambassador
4. The prisoners were executed (killed) without a fair trial
5. The committee advised that a new law be executed
(finalized a document) to make the mask compulsory
outdoors
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6. They had a great plan but it ended up being a failure

because of being poorly executed (accomplish a task)
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Part- 72
Words of the day– “Verbal and Oral”
Meaning:
Verbal – Relating to words
Oral – Delivered by word of mouth (not written)
Usage
1. The commander gave an oral/verbal instruction to
the soldiers
2. There was a/an oral/verbal difference between the
two statements
3. Photos are good at expressing a thought than a/an
oral/verbal message
4. His written statements are different from his
oral/verbal statements
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Part- 71
Phrase of the day– “What with”
Meaning: Because of
Usage
1. I am tired today what with back-to-back meetings
2. The world economy has suffered a lot this year what with
the Covid-19 pandemic
3. What with a deadly accident, the boy lost his memory.
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Part- 70
Phrase of the day– “The likes of”

Meaning: के जैसे
1. The likes of you = तुम्हारे जैसे
2. The likes of me = मेरे जैसे
3. The likes of him/her = उसके जैसे
4. The likes of them = उनके जैसे
5. The likes of us = हमारे जैसे
6. The likes of Manish/ Shalini = Manish/ Shalini के जैसे

Usage
1. I don’t like to spend time with the likes of him
2. You should stay away from the likes of Raghu
3. The rich man is very proud of his wealth. He never
talks properly with the likes of us
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Part- 69
Word of the day– “Implicit”
Meaning
1. Indirect – Implied, Unspoken, Unspoken, Tacit

2. Inherent (अंतर्निहित) – Intrinsic, Deep-rooted, Built-in

3. Absolute, Without doubt

Usage
1. Her words contained an implicit (hidden/ indirect)
threat
2. Violence is implicit (deep-rooted) in our society
3. We should have implicit (absolute) faith in ourselves
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Part- 68
Words of the day–
“Counter and Encounter”
Meaning
1. Counter
✓ Noun - An office or kitchen table
✓ Verb – To give reply or fight back

2. Encounter-
✓ Noun – An incident of police shoot-out
✓ Noun – A sudden meeting or match
✓ Verb – To meet/face something unexpectedly

Usage
1. The clerk was standing by the counter (An office table)
2. Indian has countered (give a reply) the allegations of
China in a UN meeting
3. Only education can counter (fight back) the problem of
poverty
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4. The infamous gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in a police

encounter (A shoot- out)
5. During our project we encountered (face unexpectedly)
many difficulties
6. Nadal has beaten Federer in all of their previous
encounters (match, meeting)
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Part- 67
Words of the day–
“Delusion, Illusion and Hallucination”
Meaning

1. Illusion- Something that fools your mind (भ्रम, दे खने सुनने का

धोखा)

2. Delusion- A false belief that is contrary to reasoning/

evidence (ग़लतफहमी, भुलावा)

3. Hallucination- A profound/ intense illusion of reality

(Seeing, Hearing, Feeling or smelling things that are actually
not there)- A real dream with eyes open

Usage
1. Mirrors in a room often give an illusion (mind-trick) of
space
2. He could no longer distinguish between illusion (mind-
trick) and reality
3. Absolute freedom is nothing but a delusion (A false
belief)
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4. Your hopes of promotion are a mere delusion (A false

belief)
5. This drug can cause hallucinations (False dream) at
high doses
6. Extreme thirst and hunger can cause hallucinations
(False dream)
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Part- 66
Word of the day– “Disposition”
Meaning
1. Your usual mood
2. Distribution arrangement
3. Act of getting rid of something

Usage
1. My friend Shalini has a cheerful disposition (mood)
2. The two friends are similar in disposition (mood)
3. An officer will oversee the disposition (distribution
arrangement) of funds to the charities
4. The Municipal Corporations have the responsibility for
disposition (Act of getting rid of something) of waste
in the city

Phrasal Verb:
A) Dispose of: To get rid of something
✓ Vaccines help us get rid of the virus
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Part- 65
Word of the day– “Thrash”
Meaning
1. To beat someone up
2. To defeat someone
3. To crush

Phrasal Verb:
A) Thrash out: Discuss something with enthusiasm
✓ To reach a final decision
✓ To settle an issue
Synonym: Hammer out
B) Thrash about: To move in a violent manner
Usage
1. The boy thrashed (beat) the stray dog with a stick
2. The management thrashed out (Hammer out/ Settle)
all the problems in the meeting
3. The patient thrashed about (move violently) with pain
in his bed
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Part- 64

Phrase of the day– “So as to”

Meaning

1. So as to = इस मकसद से

Syn:
A) In order to
B) With a view to

Usage
1. One should exercise every day so as to live a healthy life
2. Alternative way 1) One should exercise every day in order
to live a healthy life
3. Alternative way 2) One should exercise every day with a
view to living a healthy life

4. Manavi leaves early for office so as to avoid the traffic jams

5. Alternative way 1) Manavi leaves early for office in order
to avoid the traffic jams
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6. Alternative way 2) Manavi leaves early for office with a

view to avoiding the traffic jams

Task: Make one sentence using “So as to” and post in

comments
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Part- 63
Word of the day– “Strap”
The word is a noun as well as a verb
Meaning

1. A strip or bandage (Noun) [एक तरि की पट्टी]

2. To fasten something with a strap (Verb) [ककसी चीज़ को पट्टी

से बांधना]

3. Strap (Verb) → Strapped (Adjective) = पैसे से तंग

Usage
1. My watch has a leather-strap (Noun)
2. The doctor strapped (Verb) my fractured leg
3. We should always use the seatbelt to strap (Verb)
ourselves to the car seat
4. The I’m a bit strapped (Adjective) for cash
5. The world bank helps financially-strapped (Adjective)
Governments
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Word of the day– “Forbear”

The word is a verb

Forbear (Verb) → Forbearance (Noun)
Meaning
For + bear = To keep bearing/tolerating absence of
something
1. To show self-control
2. To refrain from doing something

Usage
1. I can’t forbear (refrain) to hide this secret from you
2. You should forbear (refrain) from exploiting your poor
employees
3. You must treat the child with forbearance (patience)
4. She pressed me beyond my limits of forbearance
(patience)
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Part- 61
Phrase of the day– “For want of”

The phrase is a prepositional phrase

For want of = Because + Without (Because of not
having)

Usage
1. Our car is useless for want of petrol
2. The plants in my garden died for want of water
3. Many poor Covid-19 patients have died for want of
proper healthcare

Question of the day

Prisoner abhi bhi jail me hai bail na hone ki vajah se

Translation: Prisoner is still in jail for want of bail

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Part- 60
Word of the day– “Exposure”
The word is a Noun
Meaning:
1. To be without protection against something, Vulnerability
2. Revelation (Khulasa), Disclosure
3. Publicity
4. Experience
Usage
1. Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer
2. The exposure of minister’s love affairs caused him to
resign
3. The latest movie of Tiger Shroff has a great exposure in
media
4. As a journalist, you get an exposure to the real world
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Part- 59
Phrase of the day– “Deal with”
It is a Phrasal Verb
Meaning:
1. To solve or tackle a problem
2. To be about something

Usage
1. The Covid-19 virus is difficult to deal with (Tackle)
2. We must deal with (Tackle) the situation before it gets
out of hand
3. This research paper deals with (is about) effects of
social media on youth
4. The author’s latest book deals with (is about) the issue
of live-in relationships

What is the other phrasal verb with “Deal” that means

to sell something?
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Part- 58
Word of the day– “Caveat”
The word is a Noun
Meaning:
1. A Special condition
2. A warning

Usage
1. They helped us in the time of difficulty but with the
caveat that we will support them whenever they ask for
it
2. Three parties made a coalition government with a caveat
that the seats would be distributed among them evenly

Important Foreign word from Exam prespective

Caveat Emptor = Caveat (Warning) + Emptor (Buyer) =

Buyer should be aware of the product before buying it
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Part- 57
Word of the day– “Stagger”
The word is a Verb
Meaning:

1. To walk with difficulty (लड़खड़ाना)

2. To surprise someone
3. To arrange events in order so that they happen one after
another

Usage

1. After he was attacked, he managed to stagger (लड़खड़ाना)

to the phone and call for help

2. The news of Chinese aggression on LAC has staggered
(shocked) the Indian Government
3. Our management has decided to stagger (arrange in
order) our working hour
4. Alisha and her husband stagger (arrange in order) their
work hours so one of them can be at home with their kid
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Part- 56
Word of the day– “Project”
The word is a Noun as well as a Verb
Meaning:
1. A mission, task or plan (Noun)
2. To plan something (Verb)
3. To estimate something (Verb)
4. To throw a beam of light (Verb) → Projector
5. To present, communicate something in a special way
(Verb)

Usage
1. We have been working on this project (mission/plan)
for a long time
2. The PM’s projected (planned) visit to the neighbouring
country has been cancelled now.
3. A sequel to this movie is projected (planned) to release
this week
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4. Inflation is projected (estimated) to rise by 5% this year

5. The images are projected (throw light beam) on the

screen
6. The actress is trying to project (present) a positive
image after the scandal
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Part- 55

Word of the day– “Exploit”

The word is a Noun as well as a Verb

Meaning:

1. To take advantage of something – Positive way (Verb)

2. To take advantage of something – Negative way (Verb)

3. A brave, exciting or interesting act- कारनामे (Noun)

Usage

1. We should exploit (Positive way) the power of

technology to make our life better

2. No employer should exploit (Negative way) his/her

employee

3. The courage and exploits (brave acts) of Maharana

Pratap will always be remembered in history

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4. He performed many daring exploits (brave, exciting

acts)
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Part- 54
Word of the day– “Compact”
The word is a Noun, Adjective as well as a Verb
Meaning:
1. Small in size, requiring less space (Adjective)
2. A small sized car (Noun)
3. A small Make-up box/ kit of a woman (Noun)
3. A formal agreement (Noun)
4. To make something compact (Verb)
Usage
1. We live in a compact house
2. The compact design of the machine allows it to be stored
easily
3. The recently established compact (agreement) between
India and the USA will strengthen the defense ties
4. Finally, a compact (agreement) was negotiated between
the workers and the management of the factory
5. This article was compacted (Verb) into a passage
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Part- 53
Word of the day– “Flag”
The word is a Noun as well as a Verb
Meaning:
1. A piece of cloth working as a symbol or signal (Noun)
2. To draw attention of everyone to an important piece of
information (verb)
3. To become tired, weak or less enthusiastic (verb)

Usage
1. The US flag has fifty stars on it
2. I've flagged the paragraphs that we need to look at in
more detail
3. The WHO did not flag the rising infections of the
“Corona Virus” in time
4. Her confidence never flagged
5. Japan's economic growth was beginning to flag
6. This movie is intended to revive her flagging career
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Idiom and Phrases

Flag down something: To signal a vehicle to stop

# I flagged down a taxi

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Part- 52
Word of the day– “Incumbent”
The word is a Noun as well as an Adjective
Meaning:
1. A person who holds a position (Noun)
2. A person who holds a position (Adj)
Usage
✓ The incumbent President Donald Trump is refusing to step
down even after losing the elections
✓ The incumbent in the Ministry of Finance will have a task
cut out for him

Idiom To have a task cut out = To face a huge challenge

Phrases
• Incumbent on/ upon = Necessary as a part of duty
✓ It is incumbent on/ upon parents to control what their
children watch on TV
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✓ The police officer felt it was incumbent on/upon him to

ignore the political pressure and arrest the influential
businessman
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Part- 51
Word of the day– “Weight”
The word is a Noun
Meaning:
1. Vajan
2. Influence
3. Burden
Usage
✓ The students were regrouped according to their weight
(Vajan)
✓ A poor man’s words have little weight (Influence)
✓ She is working round the clock to lose the weight
(Burden) of the huge debt
Phrases
• Take the weight off your feet: To sit down
• Weight of numbers: Combined power of a group
✓ The rebels were defeated by sheer weight of numbers
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• Throw your weight behind someone: To use your

influence to help/ support someone
• Throw your weight around: Gundagardi karna/ Misuse
your influence
✓ The new boss used to throw his weight around
(Gundagardi karna/ misuse your influence) in the
office
• To punch above your weight: to outperform your
competitor
✓ She is an outperformer can punch above her weight
(Outperform)
• Pull your weight: To work hard as everyone else
around you
✓ The boss told the employee to pull her weight (work
as hard as everyone) or leave
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Part- 50
Word of the day– “Derail”
The word is a Verb
Meaning:
1. Train ka patri se utrana (Literal)
2. Train ko patri se utarana (Literal)
3. Figurative- To cause something to fail
Usage
✓ The express train derailed (Patri se utar gyi) and
plunged into a nearby river
✓ A stone derailed (Patri se utar diya) the express train

✓ COVID- 19 derailed (Caused to fail) our Goa plans this

year
✓ Government’s plan to build an airport in the mountains
was derailed (were caused to fail) by the tribal
protests
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Part- 49
Word of the day– “Air”
The word is a Noun
Meaning: Wind
Phrases
✓ Clear the air = To remove doubts/ to bring solution to a
problem
• The government hopes that CBI investigation into the
SSR case will clear the air around the controversy
✓ Walk/ Float on the air = to be extremely happy (ecstatic)
✓ Up in the air = Hava havai, to have something undecided
• All our plans are still up in the air
✓ In the air = All over, in the surroundings
• Love/ Romance is in the air
• Business/ money is in the air
✓ Assume airs = To show extreme pride, (Vanity)
• Rich people assume airs at the sight of poor people
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Part- 48
Word of the day– “Ironically”
The word is an Adverb
Meaning:
1. An amusing or strange aspect of a situation that is different
from what is expected (Vyangya)
Synonym: Paradox, Humour, Satire, Sarcasm

Irony (Noun) → Ironical (Adj) → Ironically (Adverb)

Usage
✓ It is a nice irony that the Minister of Railways missed the
meeting because his train was delayed
✓ Ironically, the Minister of Railways missed the meeting
because his train was delayed

✓ The irony is that the new tax system will burden those it
was intended to help
✓ Ironically, the new tax system will burden those it was
intended to help

✓ There was a touch of irony in her voice

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✓ He thanked us all with a touch of irony

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Part- 47
Word of the day– “Clock”

The word is a Noun as well as a Verb

Meaning:
1. Wall-clock (Noun)
2. To achieve a particular speed, amount
3. To measure the speed of something
4. To notice or recognize

Usage
✓ This clock is five minutes behind

✓ This race car can clock (achieve the speed) a distance

of 500-meter in 9 seconds
✓ She has clocked (achieved the amount) a lot of debt
✓ Our company has clocked (achieved the amount)
record exports this year
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✓ The traffic police clocked (measure the speed of) his

car running at 100 Km/h

✓ When I saw her, I clocked (noticed, recognized) her in

a second
✓ The students clocked (noticed, recognized) that the
teacher was in a bad mood during the class

Phrases:
1. Against the clock: To do something fast before a deadline
2. Round/ Around the clock: 24 hours continuously
3. Put the clock back: To return to the past
• These new laws on freedom of media will put the clock
back 50 years
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Word of the day– “Outstanding”

Out + Standing = Something that stands out

The word is an adjective

Meaning:
1. Unpaid payment, Unsettled issues
2. Extremely good, exceptional

Usage
✓ The company promised to pay outstanding (Pending)
salaries of the workers
✓ India and Pak are planning to discuss the outstanding
(Pending) issue of Kashmir
✓ Sikkim is a hill station of outstanding (Exceptionally
good) beauty
✓ The actor got an Oscar for his outstanding
(Exceptionally good) performance
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Part- 45
Word of the day– “Cow”

The word is a Noun as well as a verb

Meaning
1. A four-legged milk producing creature (Noun)
2. A pejorative/ offensive word for a woman (Noun)
3. To intimidate/ frighten someone so he/she surrenders in
front of you (To subdue, restrain someone)
Usage
✓ Cows (Animal) are sacred to Hindus
✓ She is a stupid cow (Woman)
✓ He cowed (Intimidated/ frightened) the boy into
doing illegal things
✓ The teacher cowed (Intimidated) the pupils with his
hard eyes
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Phrase
• Till the cows come home = For a very long time,
forever
If you're waiting for a bus, you'll have to wait till the
cows come home. They're on strike.

Part- 44
Word of the day– “Essay”
The word is a Noun as well as a verb
Meaning
1. A writeup (Noun)
2. An attempt to do something (Noun)

3. To try to accomplish something (Verb)

Usage
✓ There are too many mistakes in this essay (Written
text)
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✓ The singer’s first essay (Attempt) in acting has been a

huge success
✓ This year he will essay (will try) to scale the Mt.
Everest once again
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Part- 43
Word of the day– “Wherein” and “Therein”

Both the words are adverbs as well as conjunctions

Meaning
1. Where + in = Jiske andar, Jahan
2. There + in = Usike andar, Vahin

Usage
✓ Insomnia is a condition, wherein you find it difficult to
have a good night’s sleep
✓ The kids were playing a game wherein they ran towards
a goal and the faster kid used to win
✓ He works extremely hard and therein lies the key to his
success
✓ He thought all danger was passed and therein he made
a mistake
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Part- 42
Word of the day– Radical

The word is a Noun as well as an adjective

Meaning
1. Complete (Adjective)
2. New/ Creative (Adjective)
3. A person with extreme beliefs/ opinions (Noun)

Usage
✓ They are proposing radical changes to the way the
company is run
✓ They suggested a radical solution to the problem
✓ His opinions are very radical
✓ She was a radical all her life
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Part- 41
Word of the day– Depart

The word is a Verb

Meaning:
1. To leave a place
2. To leave a job
Depart (Verb) → Departure (Noun) [Ravanagi]
Usage
✓ The last train has departed the station
✓ He will depart his job next week
✓ Her sudden departure has disarranged my plans
Phrase
Depart from/ Departure from: To move away from usual
✓ There can be no departure from the rules
✓ In a departure from tradition, the bride wore a red dress
✓ I see no reason for us to depart from our usual practice
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Part- 40
Word of the day– Presume
The word is a verb
Meaning:
1. To suppose something is true without actual proof, but with
a slight possibility or reasoning
Adverb form→ Presumably (With sufficient reason/ logic)

2. Dare to do something that you are not supposed to do

3. Presume on something (Phrasal Verb) = Najayaj fayda
uthana (Exploit)
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Usage
✓ Ten passengers missing in the plane crash can be
presumed dead or [Are presumably dead]
✓ I wouldn't presume to question your judgment
✓ I know my place and I wouldn't presume to tell an
expert how to do his job
✓ I will not presume (exploit) upon your friendship any
further
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Part- 39
Word of the day– Assume
The word is a Verb
Meaning:
1. To accept something is true without any proof or reasoning
(Aise hi man lena)
2. To take charge of a responsible or powerful position
3. To take up a new appearance/ Form
4. To pretend
Usage
✓ I assumed that she would agree, but I was wrong
✓ After a promotion, Mohan assumed the role of Branch
manager in the bank where he had worked for 12 years
✓ The enemy armies have assumed the control of the city
✓ The matter has assumed significant importance
✓ Country’s financial condition has assumed a dangerous
form
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✓ She assumed an innocent look

✓ The cashier assumed a courageous character in front of
the bank robbers
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Part- 38
Word of the day– Stir
The word is a Noun as well as a verb

Meaning:
1. To move a liquid using a spoon (Verb)
2. To move something (Verb)
3. To excite, shock (Verb)
4. To cause trouble (Verb)

5. Excitement, shock, anger (Noun)

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Usage
✓ I need a teaspoon to stir my tea
✓ The winds are stirring the bushes
✓ Come on, stir yourself. You're late!
✓ This story can stir your imagination
✓ Stop stirring it!
✓ His film has caused a stir in America

Phrases
✓ Stir the blood: To make somebody excited

✓ Stir your stumps: To move your body

✓ Stir someone up: To encourage someone

✓ Stir something up: To incite/ cause something

Do not stir up trouble

Politicians stir up hatred
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Part- 37
Word of the day– Couch
The word is a Noun as well as a verb
Meaning:
1. Sofa (Noun)
2. Express in a special way (Verb)

Usage
✓ She came from the office and sat on her new couch
✓ Her refusal was couched in friendly language
✓ A demand couched in polite terms is still a demand
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Part- 36
Word of the day– Render
The word is a Verb (Render → Rendered → Rendered)
Meaning:

1. To cause something to someone (बना दे ना)

2. To give/ present something

3. Translate

Usage
✓ The lockdown has rendered many people unemployed
✓ The severe storms rendered many people homeless

✓ They render the best consultancy services in the town

✓ Several NGOs render their support to the slum dwellers
✓ The CBI team will render its report tomorrow

✓ Namaskar can be rendered as “Hello” in English

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Part- 35
Word of the day– Relegate
The word is a Verb
Meaning:
1. To assign someone to a lower rank (demote, downgrade)
2. To exile someone officially
3. To refer, assign

Usage
✓ Many opposition leaders were relegated from their own
country during the Civil War
✓ She resigned when she was relegated to a desk job
✓ The story was relegated to the middle pages of the
paper
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Part- 34
Word of the day– Contravention
The word seam is a Noun
Always used as: in contravention of

Meaning: उल्लंघन, विरोध, Violation, Breach,

Contradiction

Verb Form: Contravene

Meaning: उल्लंघन/ विरोध करना, खखलाफ जाना, To contradict,

To oppose

Usage
✓ Her actions are in contravention of the rules
✓ Her actions contravene the rules
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✓ The firing on the border is in contravention of the

peace agreement between the two countries
✓ The firing on the border contravenes the peace
agreement between the two countries
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Part- 33

Word of the day– Seamy/ Seamless

The word seam is a Noun

Meaning

1. A joint, Wrinkle (टांका, जोड़)

2. A thin layer of something

Seam (Noun) → Seamy (Adj)

Meaning: Unpleasant, Disturbing
Usage
✓ The seamy side of life includes crime and other evils
✓ The poor live on the seamy side of the city

➢ Antonym: Seamless = Smooth, plain

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Part- 32

Word of the day– Stake

The word is a Noun as well as a verb
Meaning
1. A wooden post
2. A Share
3. To bet, Take risk (Verb)

Usage
✓ The witch was burned by the villagers
✓ We have a stake in this company
✓ The veteran actor staked his entire career on the young
actress
Phrases

✓ Stake the claim: दावा ठोकना

✓ At stake: दांव पर
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Part- 31

Word of the day– Regime and Regimen

The word Regime is a Noun
Meaning
1. Administration/ Government (Mostly
undemocratic)
2. System
3. A systematic way to heal from a disease
(Regimen)

Usage
✓ The regime (Administration) finally collapsed after 25
years of misrule

✓ The GST Tax regime favors small businessmen

✓ Under the new regime in our office, all of us get paid
extra for overtime

✓ The doctor advised the patient to follow a strict

regime/regimen
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Part- 30

Word of the day– Sheer

It is an ”adjective” as well as an “adverb”

Meaning = बिोत ज्यादा

4. बिोत ज्यादा in number, size, quantity

5. बिोत ज्यादा in purity

6. बिोत ज्यादा ऊँचा या नीचा

Usage
✓ This bridge is famous for its sheer size
✓ Leaving food in your plate is sheer wastage of food
✓ Her selection for the job was sheer luck
✓ This suggestion is sheer non-sense
✓ The plane went into a sheer dive
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Part-28 & 29

Word of the day– Hold (Held, Held)

It is a ”Noun” as well as a “Verb”
Meaning
7. To have something in your hands, arms
8. To possess something
9. To sit on a position/ post
10. To have a particular view about something
11. To make someone a prisoner
12. To have a meeting/ conference/ event
13. To hold a telephone line
14. To tell someone not to do something
Usage
✓ She was holding her baby in her arms
✓ Can you hold this for a second?
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✓ This train holds 1000 passengers

✓ We hold 75% shares of this company

✓ The enemy held him for 2 years

✓ He held the post of President for two consecutive terms

✓ The government held that the new taxation system was

beneficial to the general public

✓ The conference will be held next week in Delhi

✓ The elections will be held in November

✓ She told me to hold the phone for five minutes

✓ Hold your fire. Don’t shoot.

Phrases with the verb Hold
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• Hold someone back: To stop someone from progressing

(ककसी आदमी को Progress करने से रोकना)

• Hold something back: To keep a thought to yourself

(ककसी बात को अपने मन में दबाये रखना)

Syn: Hold in

• Hold someone down: To control someone using force

(Force के दम पर ककसी को दबाना)

• Hold up: To remain strong under pressure (तनाव भरे

हालातो में मजबूत बने रहना)

Syn: Hold out: To survive in difficult situation

• Hold on: To wait

• Hold on to something: To keep something with you

deliberately (ककसी चीज़ को अपने पास बनाये रखना, हाथ से न जाने
दे ना)
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• Hold something against someone: ककसी के बारे में बुरी सोच

बना लेना

• Hold off: Not to start doing something (रुके रहना)

• Hold together: To remain united/Consistent

• Hold with: Agree with something/ Approve

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Part-27

Word of the day– Contract

It is a ”Noun” as well as a “Verb”
Meaning

• Agreement (करार)

• To Shrink (ससकुड़ना, कम िोना)

• To get an illness (ककसी बीमारी से बीमार पड़ना)

✓ Our company’s market is contracting (ससकुड़ना, कम िोना)

because of the stiff competition
✓ The Government has contacted (करार)with Infosys to
implement GST platform
✓ Many people in the rural villages have contracted (ककसी
बीमारी से बीमार पड़ना) the COVID-19 in India
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Part-26

Word of the day– Aggravate

It is a ”Verb” Noun form→ Aggravation
• Meaning

• चीज़ो को बदतर बनाना (To make the matters worse)

• चचढ़ाना (Annoy, Bother)

Syn: Exasperated, Exacerbate

✓ The bad weather aggravated (Verb) his illness

✓ The bad weather may cause aggravation (Noun) in his
illness
✓ Her money problems were further aggravated after she
lost her job

✓ If he aggravates (Verb) me anymore, I will slap him

✓ I cannot bear this aggravation (Noun) at work
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Part-25

Word of the day– Alleged or Purported

Both the words are “adjectives”
• Meaning

कचित, आरोवपत (Can and can not be true)

• Alleged: By someone (Allegedly)

• Purported: In general (Purportedly)

✓ The girl gave evidence in court against her alleged

attacker
✓ He is the purported author of the story
✓ The purported benefits of this medicines are under
scrutiny

✓ The army allegedly shot dead over 300 unarmed

civilians during the WW-II

✓ This is purportedly the oldest tree in the world

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Part-24

Word of the day– Recalibrate

The word is an “Verb”
• Meaning
o Adjust/ Change the way something works

Calibrate → Make fine adjustment to something

Calibrate → Re + calibrate

✓ The Government launched a new Rs. 2,000/- currency

note and then recalibrated the ATM machines

✓ We all need to recalibrate our strategy to win this

match against a strong opponent

✓ People need to recalibrate their expenses when they

lose their job during the lockdown
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Part-23

Word of the day– Indeed

The word is an “Adverb”

Deed: कमि → In + deed

• Meaning

o Really/ Actually (सच में )

Usage 1: To emphasize a positive statement/ Answer

✓ “She is very talented”
o “Indeed, she is”
✓ “Will you help me when I need your help?”
o Yes, Indeed

Usage 2: To add an additional supporting information to a

sentence (Actually)
✓ “The court has given a just sentence to the criminal.
Indeed, it was necessary”
✓ It will be great if you join us. Indeed, we will learn a lot
from you.
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Usage 3: Used after “very + adjective” combo to emphasize

✓ “I was very confused indeed on my first day of the job”
✓ She was very happy indeed after seeing her child safe

Usage 4: Han sach me kyu? To repeat someone else’s

question
✓ “Why did he betray us?”
o “Why indeed?”
✓ “Why was the luck not on our side during the match?”
o “Why indeed?”
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Part-22

Word of the day– Exploit

The word is a Noun as well as a Verb

• Meaning

o Verb: To utilize something in a negative way (नाजायज

फायदा उठाना)
o Noun: A brave, exciting or interesting act

✓ The company exploits its employees badly

✓ He performed many daring exploits
✓ His courage and exploits were legendary
✓ He exploited his father's name to get himself a job
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Part-21

Word of the day– Tap/ Exploit

• Both the words are Noun as well as Verb
• Meaning (Tap)
Noun:

o नल

Verb:

o थपकी दे ना
o Phone Tapping
o Utilize

✓ This tap (नल) is leaking

✓ Someone tapped on my door
✓ The Government has tapped the phones of many
opposition leaders
✓ We need to tap the Solar Energy for making electricity
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Part-20

Word of the day– Betray

• It is as a verb
• Meaning:

✓ धोखा दे ना
✓ गलती से मन की बात ददखा दे ना (reveal something
unintentionally)

✓ She betrayed (धोखा दे ना) over and over again

✓ His accent betrayed (गलती से मन की बात हदखा दे ना ) the fact

that he was a foreigner

✓ He betrayed (धोखा दे ना) all his friends

✓ The officer betrayed (गलती से मन की बात हदखा दे ना ) the

governmental secrets to his friends
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Part-19

Word of the day– Account

• It is as a verb
• Meaning:

✓ Noun: दहसाब, खाता, ब्यौरा

✓ Verb: Consider करना

✓ My bank account is with SBI

✓ His diary contained a full account of his life
✓ The twitter campaign was accounted a huge success

Phrase 1: By all accounts: सबके हिसाब से

The world economy is in a really bad shape, by all accounts

Phrase 2: On account of something/ Someone: Because of

We delayed our departure on account of the bad weather

Phrase 3: To take something into account: To consider

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We left for the station a bit earlier by taking the traffic in

account

Phrase 4: Account for: To explain, दहसाब दे ना

He has to account for (हिसाब दे ना) his foolishness

Exports account for 72% of overall business

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Part-18

Phrase of the day– Seek

• It is as verb [Seek, Sought, Sought]
• Meaning:
✓ Try to get or reach
✓ Try to find/ locate/ discover
✓ Inquire
✓ Chase
Synonyms: Chase, Try, Search

✓ Both the countries India and China are seeking (trying

to get) to find a peaceful solution
✓ Highly qualified youth of the country are unemployed and
are seeking (trying to find) employment restlessly
✓ I lost my way to hotel and then sought (inquire)
directions from a passerby
✓ The sadhus always seek (chase) the enlightenment
✓ The police are seeking (chase) the criminal
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Phrase of the day– Flabbergasted

• It is an adjective
• Meaning: Extremely shocked, surprised
Synonyms: Surprised, Amazed, Startled, dumb-stricken,
stupefied

✓ Everyone was flabbergasted at the news of India’s defeat

in the World-cup
✓ Every cricket fan was flabbergasted at the sudden
retirement of M S Dhoni
✓ I was flabbergasted (instead of Surprised)
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Part-16

Phrase of the day– On Tenterhooks

Meaning: In a painful suspense, Anxiety

Tenterhook was a hook used for drying newly woven

clothes. Clothes were stretched on these tenterhooks so
they could be dried. The phrase “On tenterhooks” uses this
analogy

✓ I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results

✓ We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges
chose the winner
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Part-15

Phrase of the day– Tentacles

Meaning: Influence, Grip, Network (प्रभाि, पकड़)

• It is a noun and used generally in a negative way

• Generally used in plural

✓ The tentacles of the COVID have spread all over the world
✓ The company's tentacles spread from banking services to
software services
✓ By 1800, the East India Company had entire India in its
tentacles
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Part-14

Phrase of the day– Amount to

Meaning: To be equal (बराबर िोना)

• Noun: Amount

Meaning: Sum, Quantity (रकम)

• Verb: Amount to

Meaning: To be equal (बराबर िोना)

o He lost a huge amount of money in gambling

o The total amount of the bill was Rs. 10,000/-

o The bill amounts to Rs. 10,000

o Your mistake amounted to a huge loss for me
o His strong words amounted to a direct threat
o His behaviour amounted to serious professional misconduct
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Part-13

Word of the day– Apprehend

Meaning: Understanding, Fear/Doubt, and Arrest

• Noun: Apprehension
• Verb: Apprehend
• Adj: Apprehensive

✓ The apprehension (Arrest) of the murderer came as

soothing news to the family members of the victim

✓ I have apprehensions (Fear/Doubts) about my future

✓ You have a weak apprehension (understanding) of

social relationships

✓ He could not apprehend (understand) the dangers of

rash driving

✓ The police apprehended (arrested) the criminal

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✓ I apprehend (fear) for my future

Part-12
Word of the day– Succumb
• It is a verb
Meaning: Bhent chadh jana (Die, Agree)

✓ After dieting for 3 hours, Manisha succumbed to the

temptation of vanilla Ice-cream

✓ We may succumb to flattery because it makes us feel

good

✓ The patient succumbed to his injuries

✓ About 400,000 Indians succumb to smoking-related

illnesses each year
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Part-11
Word of the day– Comprise and Consist
• Both are verbs
Meaning: To be made of small parts

✓ This book consists of 100 chapters (Correct)

✓ This book comprises 100 chapters (Correct)
✓ This book comprises of 100 chapters (Incorrect)
✓ The book/books is/are/was/were/ comprised of 100
chapters (Correct)

• Use the verb- comprise without “of”

• Use the verb- consist with “of”
• Use the adjective- comprised with “of”
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Part-10
Word of the day– Provide
• Provide is a verb
Meaning: To give someone something
• They provided their support to us
• The provided us with their support

• This college provides good education to its students

• This college provides its students with good education
Phrasal verbs with “provide”

1. Provide for someone: To raise someone (पालना पोसना)

• The poor man has to provide for his three children

2. Provide for something: ककसी चीज़ का इंतजाम करना

• The law provides for safety of the women

3. Provide against: ककसी चीज़ से बचने का इंतजाम करना

• The law provides against crimes against women on roads

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• We all should have insurance to provide against accidents

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Part-9
Word of the day– Thereby
• Thereby is an adverb
Meaning

1. इस प्रकार से

2. जजसके चलते

✓ He stopped smoking and thereby became healthier

✓ The YouTube has also launched a short-video streaming app,
thereby increasing the competition for the Tik-Tok
✓ She topped the University Examination and thereby won a
scholarship.
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Part-8
Word of the day– Thereafter
• Thereafter is an adverb
Meaning

1. ठीक उसके बाद

✓ He was born in Kolkata, but shortly thereafter his family moved

to Mumbai
✓ The COVID-19 originated in China and infected the whole world
thereafter
✓ Initially it was drizzling and thereafter heavy rains started
✓ India opened its market in 1992 and thereafter started to grow at
an enormous pace
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Part-7
Word of the day– Subject to
• It is a noun, verb as well as Adjective
Meaning

1. ववषय (As a noun)

2. चेला (As a noun)

2. ककसी के नीचे (अधीन) होना

✓ My syllabus includes 6 subjects

✓ Plato was the subject of Socrates
✓ Mutual funds are subject to market risk
✓ Indian rails are subject to delays
✓ All objects are subject to gravity
✓ These rules are subject to change without notice
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Part-6
Word of the day– Pursue
• It is a verb
Meaning

1. पीछा करना

2. पाने की कोशिि करना (Career, Degree etc)

✓ I am pursuing a career in journalism

✓ She is pursuing her PhD. from a reputed college
✓ Salman has been pursuing Katrina for 20 years
✓ They decided to stop pursuing the matter
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Part-4
Word of the day– Notwithstanding
✓ Not + with + standing
✓ Meaning: बावजूद इस चीज़ के
✓ It is an adverb as well as a preposition
✓ Synonyms: Despite, In-spite of

• She went home alone, notwithstanding the midnight

(Prepositional use)
1. Alternative Form= Despite the midnight, she went home alone
2. Alternative Form = In-spite of the midnight, she went home alone

• It was midnight, but she went home notwithstanding (Adverbial

use)
No alternative form

Quiz- Make a sentence using Notwithstanding

Hindi- मुझे ये film पसंद नहीं, कफर भी मैं तुम्हारे साथ Movie-hall चलूंगी

English- I don’t like this movie, but I will accompany you

notwithstanding
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Part-3
Word of the day– Moreover

✓ More + over
✓ Meaning: और यही नहीं
✓ It is an adverb
Synonyms: Besides, additionally

• She saw that there was indeed a man immediately behind her.
Moreover, he was observing her strangely
• This novel is factually incorrect, moreover, a waste of time
• The rent of this flat is reasonable, moreover, the location is perfect
Make a sentence using moreover

Hindi- ये खाना सेहतमंद है और यही नहीं स्वाददस्ट भी है

English- The food is healthful, moreover, quite tasty

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Part-2
Word of the day– Nevertheless

✓ It is an adverb
✓ Means: बावजूद इस बात के

Synonyms: Nonetheless, Howbeit

• This car is very expensive. Nevertheless, I will buy it because it
is my dream car
• The news of her accident is unexpected; Nevertheless, it is true
• India has never bullied China; Nevertheless, China remains
aggressive on the border
• His face is very serious, nevertheless very friendly
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Part-1
Word of the day– Walk

V1 V2 V3 V4 We are walking
Verb She walks her dog every
Walk Walked Walked Walking
morning
Noun Walk I am going for a walk
Adjective Walking She is a Walking calculator

• Run before you walk = To do the difficult things first

• Walk free = To become free of a charge/blame without
punishment
• Walk away = Run away from a difficult situation
• Walk off = To leave a person/ relationship in anger
• Walk off the job = To go on strike
• Walk out = To go on strike
• Walk off with something = To win or steal something
• Walk tall = To be proud of something
• Walk the walk = To prove that you are good at your work to
others by taking an action instead of talking about it
• Walk someone through something = To help someone learn
something
• Walk on thin ice = To take risk
• Walk a thin line = To take risk
• Walk a tightrope = To be in a very difficult situation
• Walk down the aisle = To get married
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1. He walked me through the process

2. The worker walked off the job
3. The manager told the employee to walk the walk
4. With all her careless spending, she is walking a thing line
5. The thief walked off with my cellphone