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Vocabulary
1. Sacred = Holy (N-v-i)
Eg:1) Every hindu wishes to
have a bath in the sacred
waters of the Ganga.
2) A temple is a sacred place.
Sacred Unholy / Profane
Ep-i)
Eg: His attempts to become a
minister were futile.
Futile Fruitful / Profitable
(L-* / ---i)
5. Malice = The idea of harming
others. ( L-T y)
Eg: Pakistan is full of malice
towards India.
Malicious = Harmful ( L-T)
Eg: He came here with the malicious purpose of
killing her.
Malice Harmless ( E)
(N-v-i)
2. Zeal = Enthusiasm (q)
Eg: They participated with zeal in the competition.
( q- _-o).
Zeal Apathy / Indifference (q, vl --)
3. Obey = Comply (N- / P---)
- M. Suresan
- T. Krishna Kanth
Here we go again..!
Writer
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- K. Murali
Q: Sir please explain usage of these words.
1) Here we go
2) There we go
3) There you go
4) Here you go
A: 1) Here we go again (Sx J-TC)Said when something bad happens.
Eg: 'Here we go. He has failed again'.
2) There we go = Avoid / don't do something.
Eg: There we go - With the fever on; you
are not taking the medicines. (-
)
3) There you go - Said when giving something to somebody after they request for it.
Eg: There you go (C) - Here is the hundred rupees you have asked for.
4) Here you go - Giving somebody something they have asked for.
Eg: Here you go. Here's the book you have asked for. (C y--T h).
- A. Rama Ratnam
Q: Sir, kindly explain the difference among the below words with examples.
a) Probably
b) Usually
c) Eventually
d) Actually
A: a) Probably = Likely to happen (J -
o) - The sky is cloudy. It will probably
rain today.
b) Usually = Ordinarily (-). He usually returns home from office at 6.
c) Eventually = Finally, especially after a lot of
effort (*-J, u v-f y).
He eventually succeeded in marrying the girl he had loved. (*-J
Q: Sir, would you explain causative verbs in English and their usage in detail?
A: Causative verbs are verbs which say that some
person makes another person do something /
j J -- ,
something happen (
j J- , j -- -E - -
, Fo causative verbs).
The following are causative verbs: make,
-Eo \ -
- .
2) -u- - E
J* l-B--J - (= as far as)
x.
(- ---E )
3) The teacher had the students do the homework (
-x
4) He allowed me to go ( o x-E- a).
So is the case with other causative verbs given above.
\ -*C)
- S. Radha Krishna
Q: Sir please tell the question tag for below
sentence.
'Nobody was hurt'
A: Nobody was hurt, were they? Here we are
not sure that nobody refers to man or
woman so in the question tag, we use 'they'.
This is the modern way of referring to
nobody, everybody, none, each person,
every person, etc.
Q: Sir, please explain the below sentences in
Telugu.
1) What extend does the advantage outweigh disadvantage.
2) What extend does the disadvantages outweigh advantages.
A: It is not extend, but 'extent'. To what extent
= ? Outweigh = \ -C. O
u n, 1) E v--,
d-- C- ? 2) E
d, v-- C- ?
- Amarnadh
Q: Sir please explain the use of "TO BE" with
examples.
A: To be = Being = (). Be has a number of different forms - am, is, are (p /
p / v p- ), was, were
( ) all verbs ending in be like
will be, should be, etc., and forms ending in
'been' - have been, has been, should have
been, etc. See the first lessons of Spoken
English on the net.
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2) Eo-- o , v , p
x.
3) d p C. * E hC O.
4) Ot, u? --?
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- M. Suresan
- Saikiran Sutari
-i E/ -- -.)
Ex: Most 'Public schools' cherry-pick the
richest and best students.
2) Go through = i) Read (-). Ex: Have
you gone through the newspaper today?
ii) Experience
something
(-
). Ex: Sita had to go through a
lot of difficulties in her life.
3) Contemporary = Belonging to the same
period (--M--i).
- K. Murali.
Q: Sir, please explain the difference among the sentences in
Telugu.
1) "Who is he","who he is"
2) "Where is he","where he is"
A: 'Who is he?' and 'Where is he?' are correct questions.
'Who he is', and 'where he is' are not questions. They are
not even sentences. They are parts of sentences.
Examples:
i) I do not know who he is.
ii) The police do not know where he is.
In a question the verb is always before the subject, or in
between the helping verb and the main verb. (Tx
vox p, verb , subject y F, helping
verb , main verb u F subject hC.)
- Shaik Sana
Q: If you become the Chief Minister of A.P. what would be your immediate priority? - Is this correct?
A: If you become the Chief Minister of AP what will you do? - Correct.
Q: I am pursuing M.B.A. - Is this sentence correct?
A: Correct. But 'pursuing' is bookish (h u/ vC). A simpler way of saying it is, 'I am doing MBA'.
Q: In letter writing which one of the following is write & why?
I request you to do my favour. (or) I am requesting you to do my
favour - Please give me clarification.
A: The correct sentence is: I request you to do me (not my) a favour. (In
such sentences am / is / are requesting is avoided).
- Amarnadh
Q: Sir, please explain the difference between
'INDICATE' and 'REFER' with examples
in Telugu.
A: Indicate = Point out / show. Ex: He postpones doing things. This indicates (shows)
his laziness.
Refer = Mention (p / vh-N-) /
talk about / consult (v-C-).
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Examples:
(Rx-l --M-).
- Ravi Teja
Q: Sir, please explain the following words in Telugu.
1) Vigilance 2) Promulgated 3) Accuses
4) Collusion
A: 1) Vigilance = Watching for any danger or difficulty (v--h/
v-h )
2) Promulgated = Announce (v---) / enforce a law by official declaration (dEo ---J v-)
3) Accuses = Blame (EC)
4) Collusion = Secret or illegal cooperation for doing something
bad (v--o).
- Ashok Reddy
- Moka Ganesh
Vocabulary
(| LT
--).
Examples:
i) He deserves to be the Prime Minister.
ii) The murderer deserves death sentence
(- P~ |).
2. Inanimate = Lifeless / having no movement or life (EKb--i/ v E/ ---
i).
Ex: A table is an inanimate object.
Inanimate Lively / living / animates
(@ o/ q- o)
3. Firm = Strong and steady about something
(d--d).
Ex: He is firm that we should finish the work
by tomorrow evening.
Firm Unsteady (E- E)
4. Prejudice = Bias (baseless wrong opinion)
- E -G-v.
Ex: He is full of prejudices about India and
Indians.
Prejudice Favour (j G-
)
5. Incite = Rouse someone to hate others / bad
actions (y--, -f - a--d/
J--p)
Incite Calm down (
-)
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3) Ploys = Tricks (h-)
4) Plethora = A large number / amount of
something (\ u)
5) Pliable = Easily bent / flexible (j
- Oj) / easily influenced / agreeable to anything. ( p N, uA-
---.)
6) Pursue = i) Chase (- -)
ii) Continue to proceed or study
(ho EE --T- / )
7) Reverberate = (a sound) repeated several
times as an echo / have continuous effect.
(--.)
8) Retaliate = Hit back (--s B)
9) Reciprocate = Share the same feelings as
someone (- x -
, .)
10) Sway = v-N .
Eg: His speech swayed the feelings of the
listeners ( n o.)
Vocabulary
1. Concur = Agree with someone / be of the
same opinion with someone (--N-/
U--J-).
Eg: My views on the subject concur with
yours.
Concur Disagree / differ (N-C-)
2. Banal = Commonplace / Heard or seen a
number of times, so of lit- The jokes in
tle interest (NE, NE , banal.
N-T- h
L-T--EC).
Eg: The jokes in the
movie are banal ( E-E jokes Fo x No - jokes)
Some more examples: a
banal song /a banal story,
etc.
Banal fresh / original
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- M. Suresan
- Somi Naidu Dadi
Q: Is it correct to say that 'They have gone to
Chennai'; 'He has gone to Hyderabad'?
Please explain with the reason and example.
A: The two sentences are correct. The two sentences indicate that they have / he has left
for Chennai.
The point is, 'have gone' is NOT used with I
/ we / you.
I / We / You have gone to Chennai - this is
wrong. These sentences mean that I am / We
/You are either on your way to Chennai or
have reached Chennai. When you are either
on your way to Chennai or being in Chennai
how can you say that you have gone to
Chennai? Only after returning from Chennai,
we say, I / we / you had been to Chennai.
Q: He had participated in the meeting - Is it
correct to use had + V3 for past perfect single action in the above sentence?
A: This sentence is wrong. We don't use 'had
+ V3' for a single past action. We use it for
the first of two past actions.
Examples:
a) The bus had left before I reached the bus
station.
b) He told me that he had seen the movie.
3. Omen = An indication of good / evil
() = Portent.
Eg: Somebody sneezing (t) when
you are starting on some important
work is a bad omen.
4. Astute = Clever / sharp (L-j, -j).
Eg: The Chief Minister of the state is an
astute politician
Astute Dull / obtuse/ slow to understand.
Eg: The student was obtuse
(y n --E) and
the movie are
had to discontinue his
studies.
5. Inimical = Unfriendly /
unfavourable (vy o)
Eg: Pakisthan is always inimical to India.
friendly
/
Inimical
favourable.
Eg: We have friendly relations
with Afghanistan.
- --E--o u--?)
c) It expresses a choice ():
Eg: I would rather read a book at home,
than go to the movie (E- x
x h - d .)
d) Would express a past habit:
Examples:
i) When he was young, he would go for a
walk every morning. ( *o--
o-p W l --.)
ii) Those days he would smoke a lot (
Vx - -.)
e) In a conditional clause:
Eg: If I were there now, I would help him.
ux v-i, u
--T, u past perfect
continuous .)
Eg: She had been dancing for an hour
when the lights went out.
-- o?)
2) ( * wj ?)
Have been you reading ..? and Has been not
he driving? - these two are wrong, because
they are not in the proper word order.
In a Non-wh question, the subject is in
between the helping verb (here, have and
has are helping verbs), and the main verb
(here, been reading, been driving, are main
verbs). We don't ask questions like that.
x l
yD - (u
vy)
4) Unearth = L B
5) At the outset = d--
3) Confiscate =
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Vocabulary
1. Whereabouts = The place where someone or something is (-j \--o- N).
Eg: I am sorry I don't know his whereabouts.
Whereabouts Location / position (o )
2. Humorous = Funny (u---i / - o)
Eg: The leader's speech yesterday was very humorous,
and was full of jokes.
Humorous Serious (H- o)
3. Grateful = Showing gratitude (%-c o)
Eg: Karna was very grateful to Duryodhana for treating him as his equal.
Grateful Ungrateful / unappreciative (%-o)
Writer
- M. Suresan
- P.S. Nivritee Sreelekha, Secunderabad.
Q: That athlete is compared to a Deer in running - Is this an example of METAPHOR
or SIMILE, even though extra words
"compared to" "in running" are present?
Please explain.
A: It is a simile because the athlete is directly
compared to a deer.
Q: Jawaharlal Nehru was born with a silver
spoon in his mouth - Is this an example of
IDIOM, since "born with silver spoon"
words are given?
A: It is an idiom, because the meaning of the
whole phrase is different from the meaning
of every word in the phrase.
Q: Sir, please explain about Figure of Speech.
A: We don't say explain about a figure of
speech. Describe, discuss, explain, mention and state are not followed by about.
A figure of speech is an expression in which
the words have different meaning from their
original meaning.
Eg: He is a lion when it comes to a fight. Here
the man is identified with a lion, because
he has the courage of a lion / his courage
is like that of a lion.
- Kiran Kumar
Q: Sir, I read and see regularly these following words. Could you please explain those
words ?
1. Perhaps
2. Indeed
3. Certainly
A: The word, 'explain' like discuss, describe,
state and mention is not followed by
'about'.
1) Perhaps = probably / may be ()
2) Indeed = really (E)
Examples:
a) He is not equal to others; indeed he is
much stronger than others.
b) A friend in need is a friend indeed = a
friend who helps us in times of need is a
real friend. (---E - o-
Ungrateful:
Eg: I have helped him a lot but he is ungrateful.
4. Gamble:
i) A game involving betting (W).
Eg: Dharmaraja gambled away his kingdom.
ii) Do something risky (v----i E)
Eg: He does not realize investing so much money is
a gamble.
Gamble A safe bet (-- )
5. Hike = Increase / raise (\ / )
Eg: The oil companies hike oil prices frequently.
Hike Reduce
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Q: Sir, I am unable to understand preposition
"Of". Could you explain in Telugu?
A: Of = i) \/ C: Eg: This is the property of the government (C vy h).
ii) about (Ja/ J*): Eg: I am talking of my
brother ( o J* x
- - - o.)
iii) Eo -s x '* n hC.
Eg: He is cured of the disease = -
s * --o.
iv)
- - , - J*: Eg: A kilo of
sweets ( B -n); A distance
of ten kilometers (C -O-x ).
v)
- - ( ): Eg: The jewel is
made of gold (-
- - C/ C).
vi) Eo L--: Eg: It is very good of
you (F *-).
vii) u p-: Eg: Hundreds of people
(-C ).
ii) Possessing something at a time not stated in the past. Eg: They have had / He
has had a beautiful house.
He is being questioned by the police = The
police are questioning him (Now). I am
being troubled by this fever = This fever is
troubling me (Now).
Q: Sir, please explain difference between the
"will have to" and "might have to".
A: Will have to = must.
Command (-
- c)/ duty (-NC- ) / necessity
().
Eg: He will have to complete the work by
tomorrow = He must complete the work
by tomorrow.
Might have to = Perhaps he has to (Lq
-a).
AE TL E j .
- x d d.