-´’çí∫-∞¡-¢√®Ωç 22 -V-™„j 2008 Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛ 2

Neeraj: It's very clever of you, making Sarath Mukund: I want my section changed. That
pay for you too. makes the work light for me.
(¨¡®Ω-û˝†’ Fèπ◊ èπÿú≈ îÁLxçîËô’x îËߪ’-úøç™ (Ø√ section ´÷®Ω’a-éÓ-¢√-©-†’çC. Åçü¿’-´©x
î√™« ûÁLN îª÷°œç-î√´¤.) °æE-¶µ«®Ωç ûªí∫’_-ûª’çC.)
Mukund: Yea, you can say that. Imagine my Neeraj: Unfortunately he knows better than to
surprize when he asked the bearer to listen to me in such matters.
charge it upto him. (ü¿’®Ω-ü¿%-≠d-´æ -¨»ûª÷h Åûªúø’ É™«çöÀ N≠æ-
(Eï¢Ë’. Åûªúø’ bearer ûÓ ûª†èπ◊ bill ߪ÷™x Ø√ ´÷ô N†úø’.)
É´’t-†o-°æ¤púø’ Ø√ Ǩ¡a®Ωuç †’´¤y Ü£œ«ç-- Mukund: But you are so close.
éÓ-¢√-LqçüË.) (O’®Ω’ î√™« ÆæEo-£œ«-ûªçí¬ Öçö«®Ω’ éπü∆?)
Neeraj: Did he offer to pay the bill?
Neeraj: He believes in, and makes me under-
bill b) It's very bad of him to ill treat his wife = b) Get over it and start a new life =
stand,'Thus for and no further'?
(Åûªúø’ éπúø-û√-†-Ø√oú≈?) ûª† Ç ¶«üµ¿
Mukund: He did, for sure. ¶µ«®Ωu†’ ¶«Cµç-îªúøç ÅûªúÕ ü¿’®√t®Ω_ç. †’ç* ûË®Ω’éÓ. éÌûªh @Nûªç v§ƒ®Ωç-Gµç.
(á´®Ω’ áçûª-´-®Ωèπ◊ Öçú≈™ Åçûª-´-®ΩÍé
(Å´¤†’. Eïçí¬.) Öçú≈-©ØË N≠æߪ’ç †´·t-û√-úø-ûªúø’.) c) It was foolish of Dharmaraja to gamble with c) It took months for her to get over the
Neeraj: Didn't Bhavan join you? Sakuni = Jaundice =
Mukund: I'm disappointed.
¨¡èπ◊-úÕûÓ Wü¿-´÷-úøôç üµ¿®Ωt-®√V 鬢Á’®Ωx †’ç* éÓ©’-èπ◊-ØËçü¿’èπ◊ Ç¢Á’èπ◊
(Bhavan O’ûÓ ®√™‰ü∆?) ÅN¢Ëéπç. ØÁ © ©’ °æ ö Àdç C.
(Ø√èπ◊ E®√-¨¡í¬ ÖçC.) 2) Charge it to some one/ charge some one 5) Pardon!: á´-È®jØ√ îÁ°œpçC ´’†èπ◊ NE-°œç-îª-†-°æ¤púø’,
Mukund: He is yet to get over the shock of his
Neeraj: Don't worry. I'll still try. With any luck
bad score in the last exam. for some thing = äéπJE îÁLxç-îª-´’-†úøç. ´’Sx ÉçéÓ-≤ƒJ îÁ°æpç-úøE ´’®√u-ü¿í¬ Åúø-í∫úøç. (I)
he may consider.
(§Ú®·† exam ™ ´*a† ûªèπ◊\´ a) Charge the drinks to me, and my room rent Beg your pardon ÅE èπÿú≈ Åçö«ç. ´·êuçí¬
´÷®Ω’\© shock †’ç* Åûª-úÕçé¬ ûË®Ω’-éÓ- and food to the company = §ƒF-ߪ÷-©èπ◊ Ø√
(°∂æ®√y-™‰-ü¿’™‰. v°æߪ’-Ao≤ƒh. Åü¿%≠ædç °ü¿l-¢√-∞¡xûÓ/ ´’†-éπçõ‰ °j ≤ƒn®·™ Ö†o-¢√-∞¡xûÓ/ Å°æ-
™‰ü¿’.) ¶«í∫’çõ‰ Åûªúø’ Ç™-*ç-îª-´îª’a.) ü¿í∫_®Ω ´Ææ÷©’ îËߪ’çúÕ/ Ø√ ê®Ω’aí¬ BÆæ’-éÓçúÕ/ J-*-ûª’-©ûÓ É™« Åçö«ç. Å®Ωnç: à´’-Ø√o®Ω’? ÅE.
Mukund: Thank you. ؈’ îÁLx-≤ƒh†’, Ø√ í∫C ÅüÁl, ǣ慮Ωç company Pardon ÅÆæ-©®Ωnç– éπ~N’ç-îªçúÕ (sorry) (N†-†ç-ü¿’èπ◊,
Neeraj: That's a pity. His failure was the least
expected. Daily conversation ™ ´îËa ´’J-éÌEo high fre- ê®Ω’a™ ®√ߪ’çúÕ/ †’ç* ´’®Ó-≤ƒJ îÁ°æpçúÕ ÅØËçü¿’èπ◊)
(ÅC ü¿’®Ω-ü¿%≠ædç. Åûªúø’ fail 鬴úøç quency spoken English ´Ææ÷©’ îËߪ’çúÕ. Catch = ´÷´‚©’ Å®Ωnç, °æô’d-éÓ-´úøç éπü∆? Ééπ\úÕ
ü∆ü∆°æ¤ á´®Ω÷ ņ’-éÓ-EC.) expressions Ñ les- b) All expenses of Å®Ωnç, NE-°œç-îªúøç.
Mukund: Pardon! I didn't quite catch what you son ™ îª÷ü∆lç. OöÀE ministers are Pardon, I couldn't catch you = éπ~N’ç-îªçúÕ, O’®Ω-
said.
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù 480 charged to the gov-
Å´-鬨¡ç ´*a-†-°æ¤p-úø™«x
†oC Ø√èπ◊ NE-°œç-îª-™‰ü¿’. ´’®Ó-´÷®Ω’ îÁ°æp®√?
(àçöÃ? †’´y-†oC ؈’ ÆæJí¬ NØËxü¿’.) ¢√úøçúÕ. ernment =
6) I could use some cof-
Neeraj: I was saying fee. Ééπ\úÕ 'use' Å®Ωnç,

Put in a good wor d for some one

few expected
Bhavan to
score so low.
(¶µº´-Ø˛èπ◊ Åçûª
ûªèπ◊\´ ´÷®Ω’\-
™Ô-≤ƒh-ߪ’E ü∆ü∆°æ¤ á´®Ω÷ ņ’-éÓ-™‰ü¿’ ÅE Look
Åçô’Ø√o.)
Mukund: Oh, by the way, there's something you
can do for me. But first I could use
some coffee.
(ÅC ÆæÍ®-é¬F, †’´¤y Ø√èπ◊ îËߪ’-í∫© ≤ƒßª’ç
äéπ-ô’çC. Åçûª-èπ◊-´·çü¿’ é¬Ææh coffee
û√í¬-©-†’çC.)
Neeraj: Oh, sure. I feel like some good coffee
too. Let's go to some good restaurant.
But what can I do for you?
(ûª°æp-èπ◊çú≈. Ø√èπÿ coffee û√í¬-©ØË ÅE-°œ- 1) It's very clever of you= ÅC F ûÁL-N-ûË-ô©’. a) She will be back on Monday, for sure = Ç¢Á’ recommend/ Æœ§∂ƒ-®ΩÆæ’ îËߪ’úøç. (¢√∞¡x í∫’Jç*
≤ÚhçC. ´’ç* £æ«Ùô-™¸-Èé∞«lç. Å®·ûË Øˆ’ É™«çöÀ expressions ´’J-éÌEo É™« ¢√úø-´îª’a. It's
îËߪ’-í∫-L-Tç-üË-N’öÀ?)
Mukund: How about putting in a good word for
me with our boss. Isn't he your
cousin?
(Ø√ í∫’Jç* ã ´’ç* ´÷ô ´÷ man-
ager ûÓ îÁ°æp-èπÿ-úøü∆? Åûªúø’ F cousin
éπü∆?)
Neeraj: Yes, he is. What do you want from
him?
(Å´¤†’. FÍéç 鬢√L ÅûªúÕ †’ç*?)
Spoken English™ 鬢√L/
É≠ædç ÅE. ÉC î√™« ¶«í∫’ç-
ô’çC, Spoken English
™.
a) We could use a good dinner before going
at the following sentences
from the dialogue above:
´’çvûª’© ê®Ωaçû√ v°æ¶µº’ûªyç †’ç* to a movie, couldn't we? = ÆœE-´÷-Èé-∞Ïx-´·çü¿’
dinner ¶«í∫’ç-ô’çC éπü∆?/ ´’†-éÀ-≠d¢
1) It's very clever of you.
´Ææ÷-©-´¤-ûª’çC. ´’ç* æ Ë’
c) What's the bill? Charge it to me,
2) ... he asked the bearer to charge it éπ ü ∆?
please = Bill áçûª? Ø√ ü¿í∫_®Ω †’ç*
up to him. b) You could use a good drink, I am sure = FéÀ-
3) He did, for sure. BÆæ’-éÓçúÕ. °æ¤púø’ ´’ç* §ƒFߪ’ç Å´-Ææ®Ωç ÅE-°œ-≤ÚhçC
d) He charged her Rs. 800/- for
4) He is yet to get over the shock of M.SURESAN Ø√èπ◊.
his low score. repairing the TV = TV repair c) I could use some hot stuff in this cold
5) Pardon! I didn't quite catch what you said. îË Æ œ-†çü¿’ èπ◊ Ç¢Á ’ ü¿í ∫_® Ω †’ç* áE- N ’C ´çü¿© weather = Ñ îª©xöÀ ¢√û√-´-®Ω-ùç™ àüÁjØ√ ¢ËúÕí¬
6) I could use some coffee. ®Ω ÷ §ƒßª ’ ©’ BÆæ ’ - è π ◊ - Ø √oúø ’ . AØ√- © -E-° œ-≤ ÚhçC Ø√èπ◊.
7) .. putting in a good word for me .. 3) For sure = éπ*a-ûªçí¬/ EÆæqç-üË-£æ«çí¬. 7) Put in a good word for some one = äéπ-JE
éπ*a-ûªçí¬ ≤Ú´’-¢√®Ωç AJT Ééπ\-úø’ç-ô’çC. ´’ç*í¬ îÁ°æpúøç).
very good/ kind/ bad/ foolish of some one b) One thing is for sure. No party will get a) His brother-in-law got the job because he
(you/ him/ her/ them etc.) = ¢√∞¡xé¬ í∫’ù«-©’-Ø√o- enough majority to form the government in put in a good word for him. = Åûªúø’ recom-
ߪ ’E îÁ° æp úøç . the next elections. äéπöÀ ´÷vûªç éπ*aûªç. ´îËa mend îËߪ’úøç ´©x ÅûªúÕ ¶«´-´’-JCéÀ Ç
a) It was really great of Dharmaraja to save áEo- é π™ x à §ƒKd éà v°æ¶ µº’û√yEo à®Ωp-®Ωî Ë •©ç ®√ü¿’. ÖüÓuí∫ç ´*açC.
the Kouravas from the Gandharvas = í∫çüµ¿- 4) To get over = ¶«üµ¿/ ï•’s †’ç* éÓ©’-éÓ-´úøç/ b) He has none to put in a good word for him
®Ω’y© ¶«J-†’ç* ü¿’®Óu-üµ¿-Ø√-ü¿’-©†’ ®ΩéÀ~ç-îªúøç üµ¿®Ωt- ´÷´‚©’ ÆœnAéÀ ®√´úøç/ ûË®Ω’-éÓ-´úøç. = Åûª-úÕE recommend îËÊÆç-ü¿’-Èé-´®Ω÷ ™‰®Ω’.
®√V íÌ°æp-ûª†ç. a) Indira Gandhi never got over the untimely (English ™ recommend ví¬çC∑éπç, Put in a
´’†-Èé-´-®Ω-®·Ø√ ≤ƒßª’ç-îËÊÆh, ´÷´‚©’ thanks death of her son Sanjay Gandhi = ûª† good word for somebody/ put in a word in
éπçõ‰ áèπ◊\´ îÁÊ°pç-ü¿’èπ◊– It's very/ so kind of éÌúø’èπ◊ Ææçï-ß˝’-í¬çDµ Å鬩 ´’®Ωùç ´©x ¶«üµ¿ somebody's favour- ÉN Spoken Language
you Åçö«ç. †’ç* ÉçC-®√-í¬çDµ éÓ©’-éÓ-ØË-™‰ü¿’. forms).

Gandhi is regarded as a Mahatma =

Å®·ûË in respect of ¢√úË î√™«îÓôx about 5. Mind blowing = Cví∫s¥´’/ Cví¬s¥çA éπL-TçîË.
Gandhi
¢√-úÌa. ÅC simple. äéπ ´’£æ…-ûª’t-úÕí¬ °æJ-í∫-ùÀç-îª-•-úø’-ûª’- a) Some of the feats in the circus were mind
blowing = Circus feats
He said the same thing in respect of/
Ø√oúø’. (´÷´‚©’ ûÁ©’í∫’ – í¬çDµE ´’£æ…-ûª’t- ™-E éÌ--Eo Cví∫s¥´’
about those books = Ç °æ¤Ææh-é¬Lo í∫’Jç*/ úÕí¬ °æJ-í∫-ùÀ≤ƒhç) éπL-Tç-îË-Ní¬ ÖØ√o®·.-
Q. 1. In respect of 2. by virtue of 3. be He wants to be regarded as great = Åûªúø’ b) The way the husband cut off his wife's
°æ¤Ææh-鬩 N≠æߪ’ç Åûª-úø-üË ÅØ√oúø’.
regarded 4. any how 5. mind blowing 2. By virtue of: Because of = Åçü¿’-´©x.
íÌ°æp-¢√-úø’í¬ °æJ-í∫-ùÀç-°æ-•ú≈©E ņ’èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√oúø’. head and carried it to the police station is
6. exchange - change 4. Anyhow - 1) àüË-¢Á’iØ√ = any way. mind blowing = police sta-
By virtue of her age she can't apply for the
– -O-öÀ -Å®√n-™‰-N’-öÀ? ¶µ«®Ωu ûª© †JéÀ
-ûË-ú≈ -à-N’-öÀ? I knew he wouldn't come, but any how I tion (shocking)
èπ◊ BÆæ’-Èé-Rx† Nüµ¿ç Cví¬s¥çA
job = Ç¢Á’ ´ßª’Ææ’ ´©x/ Ç¢Á’ ´ßª’Ææ’ é¬®Ω-ùçí¬,
- A Sridhar, Oripenta invited him/ I invited him any way = éπL-T-≤ÚhçC.
apply Åûªúø’
A.
Ç¢Á’ Ç ÖüÓu-í¬-EéÀ îËߪ’-™‰ü¿’. 6. Exchange = ´÷JpúÕ – äéπ-ü∆Eo*a -•-ü¿’-LçéÓ-öÀ
1. In respect of = ü∆Eo í∫’Jç*/ Ç N≠æ-ߪ’ç™. By virtue of being a CM, he can travel at
®√úøE Ø√èπ◊ ûÁ©’Ææ’ é¬F àüË-¢Á’iØ√ Åûª-úÕE ؈’
1) The rule does not say anything in BÆæ’-éÓ-´úøç.
Govt expense = CM
Ç£æ…yEç-î√†’.
They exchanged rings = ¢√∞¡Ÿx Öçí∫®√©’ ´÷®Ω’a-
respect of the students of private
é¬-´-úøç´©x Çߪ’† v°æ¶µº’ûªy
ê®Ω’a-ûÓ v°æߪ÷ùç îËßÁ·îª’a. 2) Any how = É≠ædç ´*a-†ô’x (-ã °æü¿l¥-A-
schools = Private schools students ™‰-èπ◊çú≈). He put the things in the box èπ◊-Ø√o®Ω’. äéπJ Öçí∫®Ωç ÉçéÌ-éπJü∆EûÓ ´÷JpúÕ
3. Be regarded - Regard = °æJ-í∫-ùÀç-îªúøç/
anyhow and the box wouldn't close =
N≠æ-ߪ’ç™, Ç E•ç-üµ¿† àç îÁ°æpúøç ™‰ü¿’. îËÆæ’-èπ◊-Ø√o®Ω’.
2) They want to go to court in respect of
ņ’-éÓ-´úøç. Change= ´÷®Ω’p/ ´÷®Ωúøç.
Be (am/ is/ are, etc..) regarded = °æJ-í∫-ùÀç-îª-
Ç Â°-õ„d™ ´Ææ’h-´¤©’ É≠ædç ´*a-†ô’d
the property = Ç ÇÆœh N≠æߪ’ç™ ¢√∞¡Ÿx There is a change in the rule = E•ç-üµ¿-†™
•-úø-ôç (PV) °ö«dúø’, ÅC-°æ¤púø’ ´‚Ææ’-éÓ-´úøç ™‰ü¿’.
éÓ®Ω’dèπ◊ ¢Á∞«x©-†’-èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√o®Ω’. ´÷®Ω’pçC.

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