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Haritha: How was the movie last night? (Eo

vA E C?)
Samyuktha: Not so bad. The first half was
tolerable. The second half was tedious. -. ( ? Not bad = Very good.
Not so bad = --EC )
y-. N. (Tedious =
Boring, too long and uninteresting - K

-- j---

-O --j- -E- --x--.. --E --C-*- ---v-,

-U-, -z-y, -----, -j-.. -- -N-N- ---j
-- - --G-v- -p-- -.. -E- -- --Ej -O
--G-v--- ---- --- -- ---T-- - ---..

One song especially is haunting!

_, -- ).
Haritha: What else? (?)
Samyuktha: The camera work was excellent.
Some of the long shots were eye catching

(-v- C. Eo B
%u x -d--N o).
Haritha: What about the music? (U
C?)

. Eo o.
u N -
C)
Haritha: What else? (?)
Samyuktha: The dialogues lacked punch.

(-x ).
Haritha: What about the actors? You haven't

said anything about them? ( ?

x J* p-?)
Samyuktha: There was no scope for action.
Four duets in foreign locales and three
stunts were all that the movie showed. I
don't say the actors lacked talent. They had
no chance to show it. (- .

Answer to the Exercise (Lesson-760)

Telugu
Omkar:

Sanjay:

Samyuktha: The score was by the leading

music director Sangeeth Kumar. Some
tunes were really melodious. One song
especially is haunting. (y--p C

o p U z-, U--

v E--l?

x -C, J?

Omkar: 'h-J- C? l?
Sanjay: -C?

? u-v?
Omkar: Fo p . h
, v, .
Sanjay: h.

English
Omkar: Shall we go to a movie this evening?/ How
about a movie this evening? (x, How
about...? better).
Sanjay: No idea which picture is showing in which
hall/ Where?
Omkar: Shall we go to 'Which way to the in-laws'?
Sanjay: How long has it been showing? What is the
cast? Who are in the lead roles?
Omkar: I don't have the patience to tell you all that.
You either come or don't.
Sanjay: OK. I'll come.

Nitty - gritty -- --N-?

Ravi, Vijayawada.
Collocations a-

Q: ,
------o. -C-* * h *-.
A: 'English Collocations in Use - Advanced'
by O'Dell and McCarthy - Cambridge
University Press - A useful book on collocations.
Q: C - N-J---.
i) Booed and Jeered ii) Bent upon
iii) Took exception to iv) Tone and tenor
v) Heckled
vi) Nitty-gritty
A: i) Booed and jeered = Past tense of 'boo
and jeer' = C O x *a

h-, x--E-y,
Ey- v, v~ ,
, p-x -- .
ii) Bent upon = be determined to do something- especially something bad - j

(u -E) - Eg-
.

We take exception to his

remarks about the people
of our country =

v J*
uu Bv u --o.
iv) Tone and tenor = expression, 'Standard English'
ox . Dictionary
expression a-. ,
DEo \, x--p -v L
-yE/ n

M. SURESAN

(The quality/ sound of somebody's voice expressing a particular emotion) --.

The tone and tenor of his speech showed his
anger at the recent happenings = -

u, u J-T - x, -o Eo L---J- yE-*C.

v) Heckled = Past tense of 'heckle' =
To interrupt a speaker/ actor by shouting
questions/ making rude comments = C

O vTho h-/ -ho -, , , vo - L-T-

boo and jeer .
vi) Nitty - gritty = The most important/ practical facts of a situation/ problem = JDuryodhana was bent on ruining the
Pandavas = - -j

- Ea- o u--.
iii) Took exception to = Past tense of take
exception to = To object strongly to something - Bv-i u- -/ Bv

~--.

nA/ -u -C-* A u-i, -i N.

The Chief Minister's complaint is that the
GoM did not get down to the nitty-gritty of
the division of AP = v-v- N- J-

* , --i N-- v %
d--- E u-vA -.

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

T. Satyanarayana, Bhimavaram.
Q: How many of each kind be sold?
vox N-i Model Verb
Direct be sold --T- ?
A: How many of each kind be
sold? - This is wrong. 'be' is
not a finite verb. How many
of each kind can be/ may be/
could be/ should be, etc
761
sold? - is correct. There can
be no sentence without a
finite verb. (Can be/ could
be/ may be/ might be, etc
are finite verbs.
Q: Could you lend me your pen? sx Answer, 'Here you
are' E C. DE n 'O

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\ o E ? DE
Here it is -a ? N-J---.

A: Here you are/ Here you go also = Take this.

When you are giving something to somebody, you use these expressions (O n

'C B- E j -
a-p .)
Q: i) Festival beckoned him, so did death.
ii) Your presence made a big difference to
many of our lives and so does your
absence. s x so did, so
does n N-J-. \ so Part
of speech E h .
iii) Order of words v death did so E,
your absence does so E L ?
N-J-. Order of words

N nx uq, fights
E --C. - vA E
. - C -).
Haritha: The average Indian movie is just
that. ( -B E ).

Exercise
Translate the following into English.
Sumana: y E * E p-.

h--T *v-C.
Manorama: *v C?
Sumana: x .
Manorama: --?
Sumana: u v-G- C

, x: E, C.
Manorama: E p?
Sumana: Fo p. , z-y, v, U... Fo -o.
Manorama: o --?
Sumana: Eq-.
Answer a
So did =

, -
E p.

I bought a car, so did he = I bought a car, he

also bought a car ( usage

, - x---p )
.

'So did he'

eg: Ram: N d (I like the

mango).
Shyam: d. ( -, 'I also
like the mango' . C grammatical
correct. F - ) So do I/ I
like it too, . -u u--J
'also' .
ii) So did/ so does = As explained above, these
expressions mean, 'also'.
The meaning of the sentence, 'your presence
... absence' = O \ -

C @N-- v-N
O -- v-Eo -hC.
ex: His father helped everybody, so does the
son now - v vA--x

, (p).
Death did so, your absence does -
, Death did too; your absence does too

s- ---- N-J---.
A: i) The festival beckoned him, so did death.
Beckon = To sign/ make a sign to somebody
with your hand to call them towards you =

_- tE h/ L c .
The festival beckoned him, so did death = -

E L-*C,
L*C ( --x v-o o-p
E--).

-a.
u order of words - - C- , Adverbial
phrases sentence vG
- *- - - p - - -C.
No sooner did .... - C ?
Never once did he meet me = He did not meet
me even once.
x inversion hC sub+ verb order
, verb/ HV + sub + MV order hC.

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