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- K.A. Naidu, Hyderabad.

Hang his boots

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- Malan Shereen Imran,

Kothagudem.

Q: Sir, C u -n- N-J---.

1) A pal of gloom descended on the village.
2) To make someone else do this a programme to reform criminals.
3) His parents were rich, whereas mine
had to struggle.
4) Tamilnadu and West Bengal may see a
return of incumbent Governments.
A: 1) Pall = Thick dark smoke / cover. Pall is
used usually as a part of the phrase, 'A
pall of gloom' meaning, a cover of sorrow / an atmosphere of sorrow. A pall
of gloom descended over the village.
2) -n x p B-----E u-v-

Eo -J -j -/ --E.
3) E Lx--v E-- -x.
Lx--v- vA--E v--Lq aC.
4) N--, Pa Z x p-o
-v--y- (incumbent) Sx v-y-C -d-a/ Eo a.
Q: Pursued meaning -, Eo -- y--.
A: Pursued = a) Chased (-- -.)
Eg: The tiger pursued the deer.
b) Study a course. (j q -.)
Eg: My friend is pursuing Engineering.
- S. Nazim, Visakhapatnam.
Q: Sir, kindly explain the following.
i) Paparazzi
ii) Hang his boots
iii) Tip of iceberg iv) Dilly - dallying
A: i) Paparazzi = A freelance photographer
following celebrities to take their photographs.
ii) Hang his boots = Retire from service /
an activity.
iii) Tip of iceberg = The first indications of
a problem.
iv) Dilly - dallying = Not taking things
seriously / handling things in a playful
manner.
Q: Please say the difference between Hard
skill and Soft skill.
A: Hard skills are the skills you need to do the
job which you are appointed to, either in an
office job or in an industry, you learn these
mostly through regular study and training.
Soft skills, on the other hand, are skills you
learn on your own - not a part of qualifications for the job you are doing. They
include Communication skills, Leadership,
Time management, Public relations,
Personality development, etc.

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was sticking to the book. When it is

used in the singular, it must have 'a'
before it.
Q: They entered his name on the /
Q: He is India's Ronald Reagan. in the list. - Please correct it.
Please say the meaning.
A: 'On the list' is correct.
A: Ronald Reagan was a former
Q: x u- .
president of the United States.
F x Rx *a M. SURESAN
The person referred to in your
o ? - Please
sentence means the person is
translate this sentence into English.
like Ronald Regan of the US.
A: People say it is a haunted house, but this
Q: Sir, birth anniversary / day - Which is corman who had been to the house is OK,
rect?
isn't he?
A: Birth anniversary = Birth day.
Q: They lie compulsively / they watch comQ: He never make / makes a mistake. - Which
pulsively / they behave compulsively. one is right?
Please translate into Telugu.
A: He never makes a mistake. - Correct.
A: Compulsively = Irresistible desire to do
Q: If two or three meanings are given in a dicsomething ( - d--E J).
tionary for an English word, it is said that
They lie compulsively = They cannot conthe word is used in different parts of
trol their desire to lie. (---l p-
speech such as adj., adv., noun, etc. -E / - d--E .)
Please clarify such usage with examples.
They behave compulsively = They cannot
A: They are so used. For example, if 'object'
is pronounced (b d), it is noun. If it is
control the way they behave (x vpronounced (b d) it is a verb.
h- - d--.)
Similarly if 'produce' is pronounced
Q: Draw parallel. - What is the meaning of the
(vu) it is verb, and if it is pronounced
sentence?
(vu) it is a noun with the meaning of
A: Make a comparison between two things

(a.) People often draw a parallel

(-h) between human brain and the
computer.
Q: There is a hair in my soap; the rug was
covered with cat hairs. - These two are
given in Oxford Advanced dictionary. My
doubt is if the word hair is plural word too
i.e., Is it used plurally? Is it followed by an
article? Please explain.
A: When hair refers to human hair, it is usually uncountable and so has no plural. Eg:
She has long and dark hair. However,
sometimes the singular is also is used as in
your sentence. Another example: A hair

C-.
Q: If any pupil does not bring the books concerned, they are asked to get last or they
face punishment (here 'they' refers to he /
she). - Is this correct?
A: It is correct. Nouns like people, student,
teacher, etc., are common gender. We don't
know whether they mean a boy or a girl, or
a man or a woman. In such cases, in the
past he / she is used. Because it is inconvenient to use he / she every time, in modern
English we use they.
Eg: A doctor must be kind to their patients.
They should be kind to their patients.

Q: Sir

C - n, --
N-J---.

( Lj--j-x x--).
Notice that the clause following as though

/ as if is either 'were' or in past tense.

iii) Wage a war = Fight a war (l --u). Eg: Pakistan always tries to wage
wars with India.
iv) After all = In spite of any opposite indications (-i.)

1. Furious = Very angry and violent. He was

furious on knowing his son had married a
girl from another caste.
Furious Cheerful / elated

2. Grateful = Thankful (%-c o.) But

note this difference between 'grateful' and
'thankful'. We are grateful to human beings
for the help they have done us. We are
thankful to God for something good that
happens to us (- x %-c
grateful, x Thankful.)
When we say thankful, we don't add 'God'
(Thankful o-p to God ---
.) Thankful itself means that we are
thankful to God.
Grateful Ungrateful / thankless / unappreciative (%-o / N-y)
3. Headway = Progress / forward movement
to get nearer to achieve something.
Usually 'headway' is used as part of the
expression 'Make headway'. The government has not made much headway in abolishing corruption. (N-FA Et- N-

vy -A -----C.)
Headway Recede (\ _)
4. Omen = An indication of good or evil in
future (.)
Good omen Bad omen
Auspicious = A sign of future success (--i.) An auspicious moment = A
moment good for starting for any work.

()
For example in Hindu marriages the bride-

groom ties the tali round the neck of the

groom at an auspicious moment.
Auspicious Inauspicious (--/ -

- Shashi, Hyderabad.

i) Used to
ii) As though
iii) Wage a war
iv) After all
v) So as
vi) Claim
A: i) Used to = Doing something regularly in
the past ( - E.)
Eg: When I was a boy I used to play football regularly. (- --E)
ii) As though = As if = in a way that seems to
show something / like something but not
really so (-d F ).
Eg: He talks as though he were very clever.

Vocabulary

--)
5. Feeble = Weak, especially because of illness or old age (---i).
Feeble Strong

Eg: After all, they are brothers and it is

wrong on our part to interfere in their
affairs.
v) So as = For that reason ( --).
Eg: He attended the class so as not to
make his father angry.
vi) Claim = a) Demand something as a right
(\ -).
Eg: Daughters can claim equal share with
sons in their father's property.
b) To say that somebody has something

(p--.)
Eg: He claims close friendship with the
minister. (vA--J Eo- -

o-E p--.)

- K. Ravi, Rayagada.
Q: Sir, please say the difference between
Home and House.
A: A home is the place where you live with
your family (O u- L O
E- x).
Eg: After work outside you go home

( h- y O O
h.)
A home may not be your own (O x
OC --a).
House = When you say my house, it means

that you own the building, but you may not

be living there. (O x F O

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Q: Sir, please explain the difference
between the following.
a) I am to....
b) I have to....
A: a) I am to do something = I have the duty
of doing something / Someone has
ordered me to do it, so I must do it.
b) I have to do something = I must do something because i) it is my duty to do it and
ii) it is necessary for me to do it and
iii) I must do it because someone has
ordered to do it.
Q: Sir, please explain the following words
and in what context to be used.
i) Forgo
ii) Forsake
A: i) Forgo = go without something / not
have something. (j o p-)

Eg: Whenever the work is too heavy they

forgo their lunch.
ii) Forsake = Leave somebody / something
(C--)
Eg: i) He promised never to forsake his
beloved Sashi.
ii) Rama was prepared to forsake the
throne (-) to keep his father's
word.
Vasundhara Gargil, Mukundapur
Q: Sir, which of the following sentences are
correct? Please let me know the differences too if any.
a) He came that day/ on that day.
b) Why they display?/ Why do they
display?
c) He gets busy/ He is busy.
d) He gets cured/ He is cured of his
disease.
e) He feels tired/ He gets tired/ He is tired.
f) He is/ has to have been working.
A: a) He came that day - correct. We usually use 'on' before days and dates, and
'in' before months and years.
However, we omit 'on' and 'in' if we
use this, that, every, next, last and
every before days, dates, months and
years.
b) Why they display? - wrong as a question.
Why do they display? - Correct.
c) He gets busy - may refer to his getting
busy regularly or in the future. He is busy
- regular or now, depending on the word
indicating time. He is busy in the mornings (regular). He is busy - now.
d) He gets cured - refers to future. He is
cured = He is already cured and healthy.
e) He feels tired / He gets tired - regular or
future. He is tired - now.
f) He is working - now. He has to have been
working = He should have been working
but we don't know whether he is working
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R.V. Raju

When you want to say that some place is

distant (in positive sentences), you use 'a long
way off'.
Eg: My college is a long way off / from
here.
a) Miss & Miss out
Away = At a distance from somebody /
b) Far, away and far away
some place in distance or in time. a) His
c) Take a stance & Take a stand
home
is two km away from here. (place) b)
d) Locale & Locality
The exams are two months away (time).
e) Dominant & Predominant
c) Stand = Your attitude or your
f) Point of view and View point
opinion that you make clear to
& Stand point
others.
g) Optimum & Optimal
Eg: My stand on the issue of dowry
h) Obsession & Passion
is unchanged. Here you don't
i) Way back in & Dates back in
use 'stance'.
A: a) Usually 'miss' is followed by
Stance = The opinion that you have
what a person misses.
M. SURESAN
about something (your position) and
Eg: He missed the movie.
make clear to others / the way you
Miss out, on the other hand, is not always
stand in a game / on some other occasion.
followed by its object.
Eg: What is your father's stance about your
Eg: Buy these now when they are so cheap.
marriage with that girl? (Here you don't use
Don't miss out.
'stand').
But this is not always the case.
d) Locale is where something happens or
Sometimes 'miss out' is followed by an object
where a movie is shot / a scene of action.
as well, and in such cases 'miss out' is folEg: a) That is the locale of the event.
lowed by 'on'. Don't miss out on the chance of
b) The entire story of the movie takes
getting the prize.
place in a foreign locale.
b) Far / far away / far off = distant. However,
Locality, on the other hand, is the area
far / far away / far off is used mostly with
around the place you are in or you are talk'not' and in questions.
ing about.
i) I live not far from my college.
Eg: The houses in that locality carry very
high rents.
ii) Is the college far from your home?
e)
Dominant
= Having more power, status or
iii) Is the place far off / far away from here?
importance.
(Away here states that the distance is
Eg: They are dominant in that area = they
longer than when you say, 'far').
are more powerful, have better status and
are more important than others in that area.
Predominant = Most frequent or common.
Eg: The predominant mood / opinion
among the Andhras is that the centre has
failed to keep its word about special category status.
f) Point of view = View point. Stand point =
the way you consider / think of something.

Q: Sir, C synonyms u

o --- , -s -O--E --T - N-J---.

Vocabulary
1. Approach = a) Go near

(O--/ _-

x)
Eg: His car is now approaching the station.
Approach X Retreat / withdraw (\
)
b) Seek somebody's help (J i J _-J x).
Eg: Whenever she has difficulty she
approaches her friend.
c) The way you deal with something (
N--i -*, B).
Eg: His approach to the problem is not
correct.
2. Found (Past tense - founded; Past Participle
- founded) = Establish (n
- )
Eg: NT Ramarao founded the Telugu
Desam Party

Found X Dismantle (--d) / Destroy

( )
3. Proficient = Efficient and capable / competent (n u o/ L o)
Eg: She is proficient at her job of teaching
music (U Jp- /
n u C)
Proficient X Clumsy (J -E) /
Incompetent (n u E)
4. Vigorous = Strong, healthy and energetic
(-, , h--)
Eg: He made vigorous attempt to win the
match / He is a tall, vigorous and muscular man.
Vigorous X Inactive / Sluggish (--E/
-)
5. Reforms = Change something / make
changes to improve something ( \--,
* p).
Reforms X Damage (d/ --d).

Eg: From my standpoint, exams are more

important than sports competitions.
g) 'Optimal' and 'optimum' are used nowadays
as synonymous (having almost the same
meaning) = the best possible.
h) Obsession = a thought / an idea that fills a
person's mind, - for any reason - fear, love,
hatred, etc. ( - *
a, a.)
Passion = Deep love of something, especially when it becomes uncontrollable and
expressed openly. (E-O-j x--L v,
G- - d---EC)
i) Way back = in the distant past. When you
use 'way back' you mention the year /
month, etc. Way back in the 1990s, . . .
Eg: He came and settled here way back in
the early 2000s.

Dates back to, not 'dates back in' = something that belonged to / happened in a particular year / time in the past.
Eg: The Indus Valley civilization dates back
to the 10th Century BC.
K. Nageswara Rao, Khammam
Q: Sir, please translate the following sentence
into Telugu.
You could have slept in the open place
A: -- Ev- a ? (y

-)
Vamsi, Santosh Nagar
Q: Sir, C

- n L, --- N-J---.

Homage, Tribute, Praise

A: Homage = something we say or do to show
our respect for somebody. (- x

-- *--, J -J-*
p p)
Tribute = Praise, often with gifts and pre-

sentations (p p, u -). Tribute n o

Praise = Good words about somebody for
their achievements (-- a-
.)
- K. Ravi, Rayagada
Q: Sir, please say the difference between the
following words.
Hear and Listen
A: 'Hear' is what reaches our ears ( j

N-.)
Eg: When you are at home you hear
sounds from the street. (x o-p

OC-* l -N-Eh.
\ vo )
Listen is what we try to hear ( vo
N).
Eg: In the class you listen to the teacher.

(x pC N vo
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- Y. Kaliprasada Rao,
Gayatri Dunga.

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- Malan Shereen Imran,

Kothagudem.

Q: i) He is by no means good.
Q: I wish you to achieve greater
ii) They protest/ resist the
success in years to come. (OR) I
rowdy.
wish you should achieve greater
successes in years to come.
- Please say the above sentences
- Which sentence is correct?
in Telugu.
M. SURESAN
A: I wish you should achieve
A: i) He is not at all good (
greater success in years to come. *- .)
Correct.
ii) x E -\-o.
Q: You must obey your elders. (OR) You
Q: Apart from studying M.A., we are studying
should obey your elders. - Which sentence
M.Ed/ Apart from M.A. we study M.Ed. is correct? Please clarify the intensity of
Please correct and translate into Telugu as
meaning in both the sentences.
well.
A: Both are correct, but you must is stronger
A: Apart from studying MA, we are studying
than you should.
M.Ed - correct = ( ,
Q: Sir, --- --, ---A -- -- -F-A
--o.)
-u- --i- English --o-? --- Q: Please say the following in English.

-N--J--.
A: There are some translations of Sumati
Satakam, but they are not very satisfactory.
Q: Sir, could you please advice how to prepare for antonyms and synonyms for competitive exams.
A: Word Power Made Easy - By Norman
Lewis can be very useful. However, mere
memorizing antonyms and synonyms
won't be enough. Reading a lot alone can
help you develop good vocabulary.

i) Morning * T
keeper -o).
ii)

shop

h vendors
_.
iii) x juEo J--.
A: i) We haven't had any business since the
morning.
ii) Those rowdies collect protection money
from vendors.
iii) He infused some courage into them.
- Sangishetti Kavitha
Q: Sir, please tell me the meaning of
Whirred in Telugu and its different
usages with examples.
A: Whir = A low, continuous and regular
sound.
Eg: The ceiling fans whirred in the room,
as every one was seriously working.

Vocabulary
1. Core = i) The hard central part of a fruit,
as in the apple. (--- -- -x-

u- -- -d - -N-h---)
ii) The central portion of an object.
Eg: The core of the earth.
iii) The most important or central part of
something.
Eg: The core subjects of study.
Core Exterior / periphery
2. Evade = Escape from something / avoid
meeting somebody / find a way not to do
something.
Evade Confront
3. Justify = Justify or prove something is
right.
Justify Condemn
4. Perceive = Notice or come to know of
something.
Perceive Overlook

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Q: Sir, please explain meaning and usage of
the following lines.
1. Willing to do something
2. Object to doing something
3. Disagree with doing something
4. Disapprove of doing something
5. Oppose something.
A: 1) Willing to do something = Agree to do
something.
Eg: He is willing to spend any amount of
money on the house.
2) Object to doing something = Oppose doing
something.
Eg: They object to anybody smoking in
their presence.
3) Disagree with a person = Have / express an
opinion different from that of the others.
- K .Vamsi, Hyderabad.
Q: C -
Examples

Meaning -,
N-J---. - EoN-- --T-h ---.

i) Manipulated
ii) Incumbent
iii) Wage
iv) Slam
v) Slap
vi) Shrouded
vii) Sort out
viii) Allocation
A: i) Manipulated = Change something cleverly to our advantage ( yn
j o a.) He manipulated things in
such a way that all there supported him
= J- F a-, A
-l a N.
ii) Incumbent = Someone who has an official
position (- x -x.) The incumbent
Prime Minister is Mr Narendra Modi.
iii) Wage = a) Money paid to a labourer for
their work, especially for a day. (Jt-
.) The workers in some industries get
high wages.
b) Make war or fight (l/
N .) We should wage a war
against corruption.

He assorted her as...

- Soumya Noothikattu.
Q: Sir, please explain following words with
an example.
1. Assort
2. Amalgamate 3. Impeach
4. Congenial 5. Enigma
6. Inevitable
7. Repercussion
8. Renounce
A: 1) Assort = Classify / place something /
someone in a group.
Eg: He assorted her as among the most
beautiful girls in the city.
2) Amalgamate = Combine or unite (two or
more organizations).
Eg: The management of the group of companies wants to amalgamate the smaller companies with the bigger ones.
3) Impeach = Make a formal complaint
against those in public offices before a tribunal for misconduct.
4) Congenial = Pleasant. Eg: I am happy that in
the company there is a congenial atmosphere.
5) Enigma = A person or a thing difficult to
understand.

Eg: His behaviour remains an enigma to me.

(I am unable to understand him).
6) Inevitable = Unavoidable - that which we
cannot escape from.
Eg: Death is inevitable for any creature.
7) Repercussion = Unexpected, and most
often unpleasant consequences of an action.
Eg: He did not expect such repercussions
of his action.
8) Renounce = Give up / refuse to hold a position one has a right to.
Eg: The Buddha renounced his throne to
go in search of truth.

Eg: He disagreed with me that we start the

business next month.
4) Disapprove of .... = Have / express an
opposite opinion.
Eg: His father disapproved of his marrying the girl he loved.
5) Oppose something = Not agree to something.
Eg: My father opposed my buying such an
expensive car.
iv) Slam = a) Shut a door noisily (--- -.) He slammed the door on my face.
b) criticise severely (EP- N-Jz-.)
The AP leaders in their speech slammed
the central government for denying special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
v) Slap = a) Hit someone on the face (-d
d.) He slapped his son for not attending classes. b) Impose fine or punishment.
(J-/ P~ NC-.) The judge slapped
a two-year jail term on the thief.
vi) Shrouded = Cover (---C .)
Their love affair was shrouded in secrecy
for a long time.
vii) Sort out = Find solution to a problem (u J-\ -\-.) First sort out
your problems before you try to solve others' problems / settle a quarrel (
Ba.) The panchayat chief tried to sort
out their problems.
viii) Allocation = Distribute (N.) There is
a dispute between AP and Telangana our
allocation of river water .
- Prasanna Kumar P., Achari Patoju
Q: Sir, the following is one of the sentences
used while preparing a proposal for sanction of loan to Self Help Group:
Group has 10 members with same
socio-economic background and is
residing in same locality of at 3rd ward,
Repalle.
- Please advise the errors in the above
sentence.
A: The correct sentence: The group has ten
members with the same socio-economic
background and reside / belong to the
same locality, that is, ward 3, Repalle.
Q: Sir, I kindly request you to clarify the use
of USED TO with be form IS.
A: Be used to = Become familiar with / be
habituated to something.
Examples:
i) I am ('be' form) used to getting up early in
the morning (Note - here 'be used to' is followed by the 'ing' form).
ii) He is used to the heat of Vijayawada during summer (here be used to is followed
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- Malan Shereen Imran,
Kothagudem.

- Yogi Patel Ithihasi,

Mahaboobabad.

Q: a C- h. - I will
come on coming Sunday/ next
Sunday. - Which one is correct?
A: Have their hands been injured? /
A:
I
will come the next Sunday. Have they injured their hands?
Correct.
No 'on' if next, that,
M. SURESAN
Q: Sir, he must have taken the bus
this, and every, are used before
( q *a- \.)
days and dates.
He must have been able to take the bus. j u nEo h? N-J- Q: He is a graduate from Engineering and
Law. - Does it mean that he holds both
--.
Engineering and Law certificates?
A: He must have taken the bus. (
A:
He
is a graduate in Engineering and Law -E , *a-.) He must have
Correct. Yes, it means that he holds both
been able to take the bus. ( Engineering and Law degrees.
--LT L.)
Q: x

- s TL -u-?- Please say in English.

- M. Kamesh, Peddapappur.
Q: Sir, could you please explain how to use
had and got with a few examples in Telugu.
A: I had him do it = I got him to do it (E
E -.) Further, 'had' is the
past tense (V2) of have = LT --E
; got is the past tense of get =
.
Q: Gerund Present Participle u o
difference N-J---.
A: If a present participle (going, coming,
etc.) is used as a noun, it is a gerund. I like
seeing movies. 'Seeing' (ing form) is here
used as a noun, so it is a gerund. Smoking
is bad for health - Smoking here is used as
a noun, so it is a gerund.
Q: My standard is 7th class/ I am in 7th standard. - Please say which one is correct.

A: Both are correct with different meanings.

My standard is 7th class = I have the
knowledge of a 7th class student. I am in
the 7th standard = I am studying in the 7th
standard.
Q: Sir, please translate the following words
into English.
2)
3) >x d
1)
A: 1) = Cart; 2) = Bamboo curtain
3) >x d = Swallow wort plant

- S.T.H. Prasad Sidhantham

- Dwaraka Nivedita, Khammam.

- Sohel Khan Faryadi, Kothagudem.

Q: Sir, please explain whether the following

translations are correct or not.
- - - = Please
1) G- B
try to make delete my name from the list.
2) j J - = I can make
the bicycle repair.
3) V x o--JE --vA B---x
= Raju take his father to the hospital.
A: 1) Please have my name removed / deleted
from the list ( G * -

Q: He was / got busy in / during those days. Please say the right one in Telugu.
A: He was busy / he got busy those days Correct.
Q: Dimension, suspended magnet, weather,
temperature, atmosphere, superstitious,
sustain, phenomena/ non, potential, result
oriented, panel-based products such as
smart phone, television, etc. - Please say
the Telugu meanings.
A: Dimension = ; Suspended magnet = --o ---\; Weather = -V
Qg nA; Temperature = g-v;
Atmosphere = --; Superstitious =
--t-; Sustain = y;
Phenomena - plural of phenomenon =
-; Potential = j - h;
Result-oriented = L-Eo a n u
o; Panel-based products = G- ---J-

Q: Sir, we be picked up in the morning. Please say the usage of the above underlined.
A: We be picked up in the morning - Wrong.
The correct sentence should be...
a) We are picked up in the morning = Daily
someone comes and takes us somewhere
in the morning. OR
b) We will be picked up in the morning =
Someone will come and pick us up in
the morning tomorrow.
Q: He survives/ exists/ lives - Please say the
difference.
A: He survives = Out live. He was in danger /
had illness, but he is alive. He exists = He
manages to live. He lives = He is alive.
Q: E -- ---o? - Please translate into English.
A: He is losing his hair / He has severe hairfall.
Q: x s TL N -- . Please say in English.
A: The injuries they had have turned into
sores.
Q: With the advent of cells, the personal and
social life has/ have completely changed. Please correct it.
A: With the advent of cells, our (not 'the') personal and social life has completely
changed. (Here, 'Personal and social life' is
single - 'it')
Q: This gets reflected in the party's attitude
towards women. - Please say the meaning
of the underline word.
A: Gets reflected - May be 'now' or in the
future. Is reflected = Now or regularly.
Q: Sir, he is involved/ gets involved; He is
cured/ gets cured. - Please explain i.e., get
+ V3.
A: He is involved = He gets involved - regular action. Get + V3 is almost the same as
is + V3. However, is + V3 most often talks
of a regular action in the present, whereas,
sometimes, get + V3 indicates a future
action.

T-.)
2) I have had my cycle repaired.
3) Raju has taken his father to hospital.
Q: Sir, please say the words in English.
1) -
2) T_x
3) -J-
4) v~
A: 1) - = Fries (x j
.), 2) T_x = Soaked and fried Bengal
gram , 3) -J- = Gooseberry, 4)
v~ = Currants .

--p-h-.

Q: They attended the function tucking in

their shirts. - Please say if it is right.
A: They attended the function.
Q: He married her who is six years his senior.
- Is this correct?
A: Correct.
Q: E A s T-LC/ -E s TLC. - How to say in English?
A: He has injured his hand.
Q: He has addressed them/ told them. Please clarify.
A: He has addressed them = He made a
speech to them; He told them= He said to
them.
- K. Suresh

Vocabulary

Q: Sir, what is the difference between upload

and download? Please explain in Telugu.
A: Upload = Feeding information into the
computer. (u-- - -Eo E~h

1. Interpret = Explain / Decide the meaning

of something. ( * N o-

N-J-/ n --.)
.)

Eg: i) He interpreted my silence as my

admitting a mistake. ( Eo

p p---o-x
n --o / N-J-.)
ii) He interpreted my comments as my
criticism of the government. (

uu v-yEo N-Jz-- n
--o.)
Interpret Confuse (-A- ---)
2. Remuneration = Pay someone for their
work or services. (j E --G- /
s). Eg: I did not receive any remuneration for teaching those students. ( Nu-n-

C---E s y-.)
Remuneration Non-payment (s y--) / penalty (P~)
3. Harass = Cause trouble / tease (C-)
Eg: Unable to bear the way her husband
harassed her, she committed suicide.
Harass help (--)

Download = Taking the uploaded informa-

4. Transformation = Change (p)

Eg: His meeting the Swamiji brought about
a great transformation in his character.
Transformation Continuance ( -

-)
5. Survive = i) Continue to live in spite of
danger. (v -* A -

--.)
Eg: He survived the fatal injury.

(v----i v * -- A
o.)

ii) (Relatives) Alive after the death of a

person. ( E-- y J

-C-* A .)
Eg: His wife and two children survive
him. ( E--, E u,

l x- o.)
Survive Perish (--)

tion / any other information. (E~h

--Eo B--/ .)
Q: Please translate the following sentences
into Telugu.
1) Change your Pin after the first transaction and periodically after.
2) Memorize your Pin, never keep it with
the card or write it anywhere.
3) Don't provide the ATM card and Pin
details to anyone, including Bank/
IBA/ RBI Govt. Agency/ Family/
Friends etc.
A: 1) --O y O

a-.
O u c -. p
f O -F -\-j F -.
3) u, H, Jy u, vy x,
u-, o-- y-J O
N- L----.
2)

'-p- --Tx- - -*- ---..

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