í∫’®Ω’-¢√®Ωç 29 -¢Ë’ 2008
Samuchitha: Hi Nirupama, can you even think
of it? My walking all the 5 km last
night home from the party?
(†’´yC ņ’-éÓ-ØÁjØ√ ņ’-éÓ-í∫-©¢√?
Party †’ç* ÉçöÀéÀ 5 éÀ™ -O’-ô®Ω÷x
؈’ †úÕ-*-®√-´úøç?)
Nirupama: I was in the same position as well.
I thought of walking home, but I
didn't feel up to it. Fortunately
Nikhila gave me a lift and dropped
me home.
(Ø√D ÅüË °æJ-ÆœnA. ÉçöÀéÀ †úÕ* ®√¢√-
©-†’-èπ◊-Ø√o†’, é¬F Åçûª îËߪ’-í∫-©-†-E-°œç-
îª-™‰ü¿’. Åü¿%-≠d-´æ -¨»ûª’h E"© lift É*a
´÷ Éçöx †ØÌo-C-L-°-öÀdçC.)
Samuchitha: What a bore Kumar was last
night! ´’†ç É°æ¤púø’ ´’J-éÌEo phrasal verbs í∫’Jç*
(èπ◊´÷®˝ áçûª NÆœ-Tç-î √úÓ E†o ûÁ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊çü∆ç. Phrasal verbs á°æ¤púø÷ ´’† prac-
tice °j Çüµ∆-®Ω-°æúÕ Öçö«®·. ´’†ç áçûª áèπ◊\-´í¬
®√vA!)
Nirupama: He always is! He talks shop when- ´’† conversation ™ ¢√öÀE
ever we meet him. He tires us with ¢√úÕûË Åçûª ¶«í¬ í∫’®Ω’hç-ö«®·.
his work as a software man all the
time.
(Åûª-ØÁ-°æ¤púø÷ NÆœ-T-≤ƒhúø’! á°æ¤púø’
´’†ç ÅûªúÕE éπL-
Would you stop talking shop?
ÆœØ√ ûª† ÖüÓuí∫ç
í∫’JçîË ´÷ö«x-úø-
û√úø’. Software
´’E-≠œí¬ ûª† ņ’-
¶µº-¢√Lo îÁ•’ûª÷
NÆœ-T-≤ƒhúø’.)
Samuchitha: Nischaya is his exact opposite.
She claims that once. She is out
of office she doesn't talk about it
and she is as good as her word.
(E¨¡aߪ’ èπ◊´÷®˝èπ◊ °æ‹Jh ´uA-Í®éπç.
Office •ßª ’ô office N≠æ-ߪ ÷©’
´÷ö«x-úø-†ç-ô’çC. Ç ´÷ô E©-¶„-ô’d-
èπ◊ç-ô’çC.)
Nirupama: Yea. In fact you rub her up the
wrong side if you even just refer to
it.
(Å´¤†’. ÅÆæ©’ ´’†-´÷-v°æ-ÆæéÀh ûÁÊÆhØË
ûª†èπ◊ éÓ°æç ´Ææ’hçC.)
Samuchitha: How good your relations with oth-
ers are depends on how and what
you talk about to them.
(Éûª-®Ω’-©ûÓ F Ææç•ç-üµ∆©’ ᙫ Öçö«-
ߪ’-ØËC †’´¤y ¢√∞¡xûÓ á™« ´÷ö«x-úø-
û√´¤, àç ´÷ö«x-úø-û√-´-ØË-ü∆-Eo-•öÀd
Öçö«®·.)
Nirupama: You are right on the nail. I agree
with you there completely. The
less you talk of yourself, the bet-
ter, always.
(†’´¤y îÁ°œpçC correct. FûÓ Øˆ’
°æ‹Jhí¬ àéÃ-¶µº-N-Ææ’hØ√o. ´’† í∫’Jç*
´’†ç áçûª ûªèπ◊\-´í¬ ´÷ö«x-úÕûË Åçûª
´’ç*C.)
Q.
1. The boys - (finish) the game by five.
1. will finish, 2. will have fin-
-Ñ -¢√éπuç-™–
ished, 3. finished –
-à-C ÆæÈ®j† Ææ´÷-üµ∆†ç
-Å-´¤-ûª’ç-C?
2. The car (stop) when the police signalled
1. was stopped, 2. stopped,
-Ñ -¢√éπuç-™–
3. had stopped – -à-C ÆæÈ®j† Ææ´÷-üµ∆†ç
Å-´¤-ûª’ç-C?
– P. Venkateswara, Madanapalle
A. 1. a) The boys will finish the game at 5 =
(future)
Å®·CçöÀéÀ °œ©x©’ Çô ´·T-≤ƒh®Ω’.
Spoken English -§ƒ-ûª -¢√u≤ƒ-©éÓÆæç -éÀxé˙ -îË-ߪ’ç-úÕ.. URL: http://www.eenadu.net/spoken/spoken.htm
Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛
Samuchitha: By the way, some thing very sur-
prising. I saw Nikhila and Akhila
together last evening. Are they
friends again?
(ÅC-ÆæÍ®. î√™« Ǩ¡a-®Ωu-éπ-®Ω-¢Á’i†
N≠æߪ’ç. E"©, Å"© ´’Sx éπL-Ææ’ç-
úøôç îª÷¨»†’ E†o. ´’Sx ¢√∞¡Ÿx ÊÆo£œ«-
ûª’-©-ߪ÷u®√?)
Nirupama: Don't you know? They have
kissed and made up. They are
friends like never before.
(Fèπ◊ ûÁL-ߪ’ü∆? ¢√∞¡Ÿx ´’Sx äéπ-õ„j-§Ú-
ߪ÷®Ω’. Éçûª-èπ◊-´·ç-üÁ-°æ¤púø÷ ™‰†çûª
ÊÆo£œ«-ûª’-™„j-§Ú-ߪ÷-J-°æ¤púø’.)
Samuchitha: Happy to hear that.
(NØËç-ü¿’èπ◊ ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬ ÖçC.)
Look at the following sen-
tences from the conversa-
tion above:
1) ... I didn't feel up to it
2) He always talks shop whenever
we meet him
3) She is as good as her word ( ÉC
phrasal verb é¬ü¿’)
4) In fact you rub her up the wrong
way/ wrong side if you even refer
to it. M.SURESAN
5) You are right on the nail
6) They have kissed and made it up
3) As good as one's word = á´-È®jØ√ ņo-´÷ô
1) Feel up to it/ feel up to something = äéπ °æE
îËÊÆ ã°œéπ/ Öû√q£æ«ç Öçúøôç.
a) I do jog for about 4 to 5 km everyday, but
yesterday, some how I didn't feel up to it.=
v°æA-®ÓV ؈’ 4, 5 éÀ.O’. jog (¢√uߪ÷-´’ç™
¶µ«í∫çí¬ Eü∆-†çí¬ °æ®Ω’-Èí-ûªhúøç) îË≤ƒh†’. é¬E b) The officer promised immediate action, but
E†o ´÷vûªç Ø√é¬ ã°œé𠙉éπ-§Ú®·çC.
b) Because of her age aunt Prameela didn't
feel up to visiting my sister in the hospital
and seeing her baby =
(°ü¿l´ßª’Ææ’´©x v°æO’© Åûªhߪ’uèπ◊ ÇÆæ’-°æ-vAéÀ ¢ÁRx 4) Rub somebody up the wrong side/ way=
´÷ îÁ™„xLo, §ƒ°æ†’ îª÷ÊÆ ã°œé𠙉éπ-§Ú-®·çC.)
c) You look weak. Do you feel up to walking
the distance? = F®Ω-Ææçí¬ éπE-°œ-Ææ’h-Ø√o´¤. Åçûª
ü¿÷®Ωç †úø-´-í∫-©¢√?/ †úÕîË ã°œéπ Öçü∆?
í∫´’-Eç-îªçúÕ: 1) Feel up to ûª®√yûª noun é¬F
...ing form é¬F ´Ææ’hçC. 2) feel up to á°æ¤púø÷
not ûÓ, ã°œé¬, ¨¡éÀh ™‰ü¿E îÁÊ°pç-ü¿’èπÿ, question
™†÷ ¢√úøû√ç.
b) The boys finished the game at 5 =
Å®·CçöÀéÀ (í∫ûªç™) °œ©x©’ Çô ´·Tç-îË-
¨»®Ω’.
c) The boys will have finished the game by
5=
Å®·ü¿’ ™°æ-©-í¬F Å®·CçöÀ-éÀ-í¬F °œ©x©’
Çô ´·Tç-îË-Ææ’ç-ö«®Ω’. (Å°æpöÀ ™°æ© Å®·-
§Ú-ûª’çC)
2. The car stopped and the boys jumped out
of it =
鬮Ω’ ÇTçC, °œ©x-©ç-ü¿’-™ç* •ßª’-öèπ◊
car stopped correct
Èíçû√®Ω’ – Ééπ\úø ÅØËC
éπü∆?
The car was stopped ÅE á°æ¤p-úøç-ö«®Ω’?
car ™°æ© Ö†o ¢√∞¡Ÿx é¬èπ◊çú≈ car •ßª’ô Ö†o
¢√∞¡Ÿx ü∆EéÀ Åúø’f-ûª-TL ÅC ¢Á∞¡x-èπ◊çú≈ îËÆœ-†-°æ¤púø’
éπü∆?
2) talk shop =
-´’-† ´%Ah, ¢√u°æ-é¬-©†’ í∫’Jç*
´÷ö«x-úøôç.
a) Well, we are at a marriage. Would you stop
talking shop? Remember, not all of us are
doctors = ´’†ç °Rx-éÌî√aç. O’ ´%Ah ¢√u°æ-鬩
N≠æߪ÷©’ ´÷ö«x-úøôç Ç°æ¤-û√®√? Ééπ\-úø’†o
¢√∞¡xç-ü¿®Ωç doctors é¬ç. í∫’®Ω’hç--éÓçúÕ. (Åçõ‰
°RxéÌ*a† Éü¿l®Ω’ ņúøç™ †’´¤y î√™« correct.
doctors
N≠æߪ’ç ´÷ö«x-úø’-
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù 460 ´÷ô.)
èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√o-®Ω-†o-
b) We are here to enjoy the party. No
talking shop please = ´’†ç party
džç-Cç-îËç-ü¿’èπ◊ ´î√aç. ü¿ßª’-îËÆ œ
≤Òçûª/ ´%Ah N≠æ-ߪ÷© Ææçí∫A ´ü¿’l.
c) If you talk shop, others find you a
bore = F ´%Ah/ ÖüÓu-í¬© N≠æ-ߪ’¢Ë’
´÷ö«xúø’ûª’çõ‰ Éûª-®Ω’©èπ◊ †’´¤y bore ´’®Ω*§Ú®· ®√@-°æ-úøôç.
ÅE-°œ-≤ƒh´¤.
Eïç îËߪ’úøç/ ņo-´÷ô v°æ鬮Ωç †úø’--éÓ-´úøç.
a) He said he would help me and he was as
good as his word= Åûªúø’ Ø√èπ◊ ≤ƒßª’ç îË≤ƒh-†-
Ø√oúø’, Ç ´÷ô Åûªúø’ E©-¶„-ô’d-èπ◊-Ø√oúø’.
I doubt if she is going to as good as her
word= Ç ÅCµ-é¬J ¢ÁçôØË îª®Ωu BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«-†çC
é¬F Ç¢Á’ ûª† ´÷ô†’ E©-¶„-ô’d-èπ◊ç-ô’çü∆ ÅØËC
Ø√èπ◊ ÆæçüË-£æ«¢Ë’.
éÓ°æç ûÁ°œpç-îªúøç
a) Talk to him of the present day cinema and
you are sure to rub him up the wrong side=
†’´¤y Çߪ’-†ûÓ É°æpöÀ ÆœE´÷ §Úéπ-úø-©†’ í∫’Jç*
´÷ö«x-úÕûË Çߪ’-†èπ◊ ûª°æp-èπ◊çú≈ éÓ°æç ûÁ°œp-≤ƒh´¤/ Ñ ´‚úø’ English ™ famous proverbs.
É°æpöÀ ÆœE´÷ §Úéπ-úø-©†’ í∫’Jç* ´÷ö«x-úøôç
Çߪ’-†èπ◊ éÓ°æç ûÁ°œpç-îª-úø¢Ë’.
The car was stopped by the protesters =
car car
E®Ω-Ææ-†-é¬-®Ω’©’ †’ ÇÊ°-¨»®Ω’ – ¢√∞¡x îËûª
was stopped
Ç°æ-•-úÕçC. É™«çöÀ Ææçü¿-®√s¥™x
correct
Å-´îª’a.
The car stopped when the police signalled;
The car had stopped when the police sig-
nalled - sentences
Ñ È®çúø’ ¢ËÍ®y®Ω’ Å®√n™-ûÓ
correct.
1) The car stopped when the police sig-
nalled = Police signal
¢Ëߪ’í¬ØË/ ¢Ëߪ’úøçûÓ
car ÇTçC – È®çúø÷ äÍé-≤ƒJ ïJ-í¬®·.
2) The car had stopped when the police sig-
nalled= Police signal car
Éî√aúø’. Å°æp-öÀÍé
ÇTçC. Car Çí∫úøç signal ÉîËa ´·çüË ïJ-
Tç-ü¿E– Å™« ïJÍí Å´-é¬-¨»©÷ Öçö«®· éπü∆.
2
b) Why do you rub him up the wrong side by
rising that issue = Ç N≠æߪ’ç í∫’Jç* ´÷ö«x-
úø-ô-¢Á ’çü¿’èπ◊, Çߪ ’†èπ◊ éÓ°æç ûÁ°œpç-îª-úø-¢Á’ç-ü¿’èπ◊?
5) Be right on the nail = correct í¬ îÁ°æpúøç/
Ü£œ«ç-îªúøç, etc.
a) You are right on the nail when you say he is
not the man for the job = Åûªúø’ Ç °æEéÀ ûªí∫úø’
¢Ájü¿uç b) The newspaper was right on the nail when
it wrote that the government would certain-
ly gag the press if only it had an opportuni-
ty = Å´-鬨¡ç üÌJ-éÀûË v°æ¶µº’ûªyç °ævA-éπ© ØÓ∞¡Ÿx
ØÌÍé\-Ææ’hçC ÅE Ç
°ævAéπ ®√ߪ’úøç éπ*a-
ûªçí¬ correct.
c) You are right on
the nail there. No
government is for
transparency =
†’´¤y correct. à v°æ¶µº’-ûªy´‚ §ƒ®Ω-ü¿®Ωzéπûªèπ◊
ņ’èπÿ-©ç-é¬ü¿’. Ç N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ †’´¤y correct.
transparency = §ƒ®Ω-ü¿-®Ωz-éπûª– ®Ω£æ«-≤ƒu©’/ íÓ°æuç
™‰èπ◊çú≈ v°æï©èπ◊ ÅEo N≠æ-ߪ÷©’ ûÁ©-°æúøç.-
6) Kiss and make it up = §ƒûª éπéπ~©÷, §Úö«x-ô©÷
a) You expect YSR and NCB to kiss and make
it up! That'd never happen. = YSR, îªçvü¿-
¶«•’ ®√@-°æ-úø-û√-®Ωç-ö«¢√?/ YSR, NCB ´’üµ¿u
ÆæßÁ÷üµ¿u Öçô’ç-ü¿ç-ö«¢√? ÅC ÅÆæç-¶µº´ç.
b) Politics make strange bed fellows = ®√ï-éÃ-
ߪ÷™x N*vûª ≤ƒçí∫-û√u-™‰-®Ωp-úø-û√®·.
You can find irreconcilable foes kissing and
making it up = ®√@-°æ-úøE v°æûªu-®Ω’n©’ §ƒûª-éπ-éπ~©’
´’®Ω-*-§Ú®· ÊÆo£œ«-ûª’-©-´úøç Å≤ƒ-üµ¿u-¢Ë’-O’-é¬ü¿’
1) Politics make strange bed fellows =
®√ï-éÃ-ߪ÷™x Nçûª Nçûª ≤ƒçí∫-û√u-™‰-®Ωp-úø-û√®·.
2) There is no permanent friendship or enmity
in politics =
®√ï-éÃ-ߪ÷™x ¨»¨¡yûª ÊÆo£æ…©’, ¨¡vûª’-û√y©’ Öçúø´¤.
3) Politics is the last refuge of the scoundrel =
FA-´÷-L†¢√∞¡x *´J ¨¡®Ωù’ (Çv¨¡ßª’ç) ®√ï-éÃ-
ߪ÷©’.
3) The Police has signalled and the car
Ç
stopped = Police signal
Éî√aúø’. 鬮Ω’
ÇTçC– ÉC ´÷´‚-©’í¬ ïJ-ÍíüË.
Subordinate clause Past Perfect ™ ≤ƒüµ∆-®Ω-
ùçí¬ Öçúøü¿’.
The car was stopped when the police sig-
nalled = Police, signal car
É´y-í¬ØË †’
á´®Ó Ç§ƒ®Ω’.
The car stopped --- . Car police
ÇTçC
signal
É´y-í¬ØË.
The car had stopped --- . = signal É´y-éπ-
car
´·çüË ÇTçC.
Before, after ©’ ¢√úÕ†°æ¤púø’ ´·çü¿’ ïJ-T†
°æEéÀ, past perfect Åçûª °æöÀdç°æ¤ ™‰ü¿’.