Continued from yesterday's article.
A very famous Bengali writer once wrote :
We could address our Father as the “ husband of my mother” but we chose the first expression to lessen our efforts. Hence the need for learning one word substitutions.
GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS.
THE VOCABULARY BUILDER - 20.08.2011
· “SPRIGHTLY Hazare set for marathon.” – The Telegraph 20.08.2011
SPRIGHTLY (Adj.) :
LDOCE ( Longman Dictionary of Contemporary) defines the term as “an old person who is sprightly is still active and full of energy - used to show approval”.
But the word may be used to describe the same qualities of person(s) of any age.
· She is a sprightly young woman.
SET FOR = READY [ I’ll write on ‘Phrasal verbs’ soon ]
· “YANKed out from my comfort zone, I was posted to mind the THRONGs.”
- “ When Khaki Met Khadi” – Times of India ( Editorial). 20.08.2011
YANK (V): to suddenly pull something quickly and with force – LDOCE
§ Suresh yanked the door open.
THRONG: A large group of people in one place.(Noun)
§ I saw a throng of excited protestors there.
If people throng a place, they go there in large numbers.(V)
§ Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants.
Be thronged with somebody/something if a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there:
§ The streets were thronged with protestors against corruption.
– LDOCE
· CHURN UP : (British English) To make someone upset or angry:
§ Though she looked calm, in reality she was churned up inside.
To be continued...
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