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Srinu, Khammam.
Q: He was materialised - Please say in Telugu.
A: He was materialized - no meaning. He materialized = He appeared
suddenly and in a way nobody can understand. (o-d E--
-- v-z y JE
J- - Anchor v
/ vu-~--)
Q: Command/ order - Please say the difference.
. p A: Command = c = Order. 'order' n o.
N u-v- anchoring J*
x---o .. Anchor Usha Kiran, Machilipatnam.
q Ah-h v~-
- . - v-z J
The police ran after... Q: Once there was living a good king ruling
Simhapuri. All the people of the town
were satisfied with the ruling of the king.
--, anchor --pJh uu Nivedita, Balasamudram. The king didn't have any proudness.
(comments) v~-- q-----a. Whenever the people came to his court
Q: The school building is located in Brodipeta
in Vijayawada/ The school building is situ- with problems, he used to listen to them
ated in Brodipeta in Vijayawada. - Let me patiently and solved their problems
A nchoring u-i N, know the meanings of the above under- wisely. He didn't do injustice to anyone.
u N u-v--j, anchor v~-- lined words. One day some people went to the king
and brought the problem to his notice - Is
q u. v-z A: Located = situated. 805
y v-z- _o x cheers y this story correct? If there are any mis-
Q: He is negating = E -o
v~- a anchor -Lq takes please correct them.
- Can this translation be correct? / ---. A: Almost correct - Except the following
E. A: Correct. Historical building = a building having
Suppose there is a time gap between one sentences- Once there was living a good
Q: 'Respected' - Is this word used? As a lot of importance in history king.... All the people of the kingdom
item and the next one. It is the responsibility members use the above word when they
(J-v vu
of the anchor to see that the audiences do not o d.) were happy with (satisfied with - not
give a speech/ speech for eg: Respected Monument = A building, statue etc. built to wrong, but happy with - better).
become restless. Engage them with some Principal/ Principal sir.
jokes, or songs by singers from among the remind people of a famous person/ event Whenever people came... he listened to
A: Respected before a name/ a person's desig- used to them patiently and attended to
audiences. ( v uh/ v -- v
nation (Respected principal, etc.) is OK, h---- d Et/ Nv, etc.) them. (NOT solve them). One day some
but Respected Sir, is not proper. people went to the king and brought their
Principal Sir = Respected Principal. But in problem to his notice.
British/ American English, Mr. Principal/ Historical building Monument
Q: What is the difference between a lot and
Madam Principal is OK. lots?
Respected Principal sir - Not correct. A: A lot = lots.
Q: Visual/ Visualize, historical building/ mon-
ument. - Let me know the meanings in M. Suresh Babu, Nirmal.
Telugu.
Red fort Taj Mahal Q: In a lesson you have written the
Another responsibility is to ensure that Is Taj Mahal called a historical building or following:
the participants in the next item get ready by monument? All historical buildings are monuments Bhavan asked Mohan which of the two
the time the item going on on the stage ends. A: Visual = connected with what we can see = but all monuments may not be historical was that weekend (IDS). Can't we write
Suppose a play has to be staged. It usu- --E/ %d -C-*. buildings. the above as follows:
ally takes sometime to arrange the settings. The dance was a visual feast = %u - The Red fort/ Agra fort is a historical Bhavan asked Mohan which of the two
It is in this interval that the anchor should -N. building, but the Taj Mahal is a monu- that weekend was? And also in the above
keep the audience engaged. Invite some Visualise = imagine a picture/ form a picture ment. sentence you haven't put the question mark
from among the audience to share jokes/ of something in our mind (%uEo at the end of the sentence - Please clarify.
humourous stories with the audience. A: ....... which of the two was that weekend
These are all the responsibilities of the
Prosecuting MBA..?
= .... which of the two that weekend was.
anchor/ compere/ master of ceremonies. As either of the above is not a question,
we don't add a question mark in the end.
Sofiya, Janagaon. In indirect speech there are no questions.
Deepak, Q: The more he learns the more Q: Sir, let me know the pronunciation given
Q: The police ran along/ ran after the thief in bracket is correct or not.
Gopalapatnam. humble he is/ humble - --C d?
- Which is correct?
Q: Why aren't the first letters of A: The more he learns, the humbler Director (/ j-d).
the words: history, geography, he becomes. A: Director - Correct.
physics, chemistry, biology, Q: The total number of boys are/ is
maths, civics, economics, capi- present - Which is right? Vishal, Ongole.
talised? - Aren't they proper A: All the boys are present.
nouns? Similarly moon, sun Q: -O -O -x-- --- --Jp- ?
M. SURESAN We don't say, 'the total number of
and earth, world and star - A: Have you put your children in school?
boys is/ are present'. We say, of
Please let's know. course, the number of boys present is 35, 40 etc. Q: If they are going there, they will feel
A: How are they proper nouns? They are happy/ If they were going there, they
Q: He grew / became repentant - -D-E -n?
words for different subjects and not names would feel happy - Are these two sen-
A: Both are correct, but, 'he grew repentant', is
A: The police ran after the thief - Correct. like Deepak, Sekhar, etc. Same is the case better. tences correct?
Q: I have been observing you that you have with the moon, the sun and the earth. A: a) If they go there they will feel happy,
Q: Would you mind my asking about you? /
looking at the book - Can present perfect Q: bag zip B h- d my asking of you? and
tense be used in the above manner? (Zip down the bag and put these books) - A: '........ about you,' is correct. b) If they went there, they would feel
A: I have been observing that you have been Can this one be correct? Q: Of all creation 'man' alone is gifted with happy - Correct.
looking at the book - Correct. reason - Is this correct? Let me know the Q: What are they doing to him - Is this cor-
Q: She is no more? - Is the question mark meaning please. rect? I have heard the above sentence in
necessary to be kept here? A: In the whole creation, man (the human a movie - Please clarify.
A: In ordinary conversation, it is OK to say, being - better, because woman also should A: Correct.
'She is no more?'. If it is said as a ques- be included) alone is gifted with reason - Q: The hero fights with the vilans/ fights the
tion, the question mark is important. Correct. vilan.
Without the question mark it will be a Meaning of sentence: %d h E A: ........... villains (not vilans) - both are
statement. v -*-- h y--C. correct.
Q: Apart from doing M.A. I am doing/ pros- ( -- v - h E.)
ecuting MBA. - Are the above right?
A: Apart from doing MA, I am doing (pros- A: Open/ Zip open the bag and put the books '-p- --Tx- - -*- ---.. Mail your comments to
ecuting - Correct, but bookish) MBA too/ in (it).
as well. Zip down the bag = Close the bag. www.eenadupratibha.net pratibhadesk@eenadu.net
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Q: Masculine/ m skj lIn/- u\--L Is this pronounced as the
above? Should we pronounce as same as it is transcribed in pho-
netic manner? Phonetic - ---?
A: It is pronounced as above, but is not Telugu . It is a sound we
make not by using our throat (not glottal) but above the vocal
806 cords.
An apple of
someone's eye --. .?
Would you fancy tea..?
Kumar: Hi Prakash, welcome. Long since we Prakash: Oh, take your time. No hurry. I
Satyaraj, Rangasaipet.
met. What brings you here? (, , v , would prefer your company to your tea. (F
Q: Sir, please let me know how an 'idiom' is
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-- E V-j C. a?) d *a- B. F F
different from a 'phrasal verb'? How can
Prakash: Perhaps you know I had not been - u ).
they be identified? Please explain, if we
here for the past two weeks. I returned just Kumar: Would you move aside a little? The
are reading an English newspaper, we may Lq - , \\p verb yesterday from Machilipatnam. (F -- tea is in the shelf behind you. (h \
see some verbs which are combined with a.
prepositions, adjectives or adverb. How
-, - E-\ E. Eo --? F o --
eg: Give something a miss (= not to go/ attend a *-M-o *). C).
can we understand if they are idioms or a meeting etc.) - This is a verb. Kumar: Good to see you. How about some Prakash: Not at all. But why take all this
phrasal verbs? A phrasal verb on the other hand is always coffee? (---o- . h trouble? I've come just to spend sometime
A: An idiom is 1) a group of words the mean- a verb. B--?) with you. Can't we do without the coffee
ing of which as a whole is different from
eg: Look after = to take care of. Though the Prakash: I've (I have) come just to see you. and tea? (--. v?
the meaning of each word in it.
meaning of the whole group of words is No coffee for me. Thanks all the same. F -E a.
Take for example the idiom 'An apple of different from the meaning of each of the
someone's eye' - This means someone very
(Eo --E a. coffee \- , , --?)
words in it, it is still a VERB. x. thanks.) Kumar: It is more for my coffee, than for
dear to somebody.
So an idiom need not be a verb, a phrasal Kumar: Would you fancy tea then? ( your tea. I think I got it from my dad. He
eg: My sister is the apple of my father's eye = would drink a lot of coffee. (C , F
verb is always a verb. B--?)
My sister is the favourite of my father/ his coffee u . o
Sometimes an idiom, if it functions as a Prakash: That would be fine. (j ).
pet.
verb, it can be a phrasal verb too. Kumar: Would you mind waiting for a few * C *aC. --p
You see here that there is no connection
eg: Give up = stop. This is both an idiom and minutes? Your tea will be ready in no time -.)
between Apple, someone's eye on the one
hand, and favourite/ pet on the other. Such phrasal verb. There are a good number of ( -? y- F l
expressions are idioms. such expressions in English. C.)
2) An idiom need not always be a verb/ a Q: Satya is not the cleverest of all boys (SD)
group of verbs. For example, 'The apple of Satya is not cleverer than some other boys
(CD). Some other boys are at least as clever How about?/ What about? =
someone's eye' neither is a verb as a whole
/ E/
nor any of the words in it is a verb. So it as Satya (PD) - Are the above correct? x -?
need not be a verb - C verb u A: Correct. Would you fancy some coffee? \
would -: Polite request = u---y-