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IDIOMS & PHRASES

1) From pillar to post Meaning: from extreme to another

Example: He ran from pillar to post to get a job.

IDIOMS & PHRASES

2) Gather pace Meaning: move faster

Example: The movement forconferring voting rights to the thirdsex is gathering pace now a days.

1) Plot

Noun: a small piece of ground marked out for a purposesuch as building or gardeningE.g.: he owns a big plot in the heart of the city.

Verb: secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal orharmful action).E.g.: The woman confessed that she had plotted themurder of her husband.

SAME WORD USED AS NOUN AND VERB

2) PresentNoun: the period of time now occurring.E.g.: Present is what we are living now, past is what welived but future is what we will live.

Verb: give or award formally or ceremoniallyE.g.: He was presented with bouquets on his arrival fromabroad.

SAME WORD USED AS NOUN AND VERB

(1)Deify– consider something or someone asimportant as Gode.g.: - In ancient times people deified the kings without any consideration.

Defy– refuse or resiste.g.:– A woman who defies age-old customs is often looked down upon by the conservative minds.

PARONYM & HOMOPNYMS

(2)Drought– lack of rain for a long period of timee.g.: - Most 'part of India is sometimes affected with severe droughts.

Draught– current of cool air, a single act ofdrinkinge.g.:– The child finished the milk in one draught.

PARONYM & HOMOPNYMS

1) Hard BackMeaning: Recall, recollect, think of

e.g.: "It was hard back in the mid-90s when I startedthis," Mr. Brown said.

PHRASAL VERB

2) Wean awayMeaning: to detach, disconnect, separate

e.g.: The goal is not only to immobilise terrorists butalso to wean away the sympathisers who shelterthem

PHRASAL VERB

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