-Ç-C-¢√®Ωç 14 -úÕÂÆç-•®Ω’ 2008
Vineeth: (Have you) heard the news? Sunil
was quite lucky. The police caught a
man red handed as he was lifting
his hand to strike at Sunil.
Ñ ¢√®Ωh NØ√o¢√? Ææ’E™¸ Åü¿%-≠d-´æ ç-ûª’úË.
á´®Ó Åûª-úÕ-E éÌôd-ú≈-EéÀ îÁßÁ’u-ûªh-¶-ûª’çõ‰,
police ©’ °æô’d-èπ◊-Ø√o®Ω’.
Sumanth: But why should any body try to hit
him? He is quite nice and minds his
business. He is the harmless type.
ÅÆæ©’ á´-È®jØ√ Ææ’E-™¸†’ éÌõ‰d v°æߪ’ûªoç
áçü¿’èπ◊ îËߪ÷L? ´’ç*-¢√úË éπü∆, Éûª-
®Ω’© ñLéÀ ¢Á∞¡xúø’.
Mind his business= ûª† °æE -û√†’ îª÷Ææ’-èπ◊ç-ö«úø’.
harmless = ŧƒ-ߪ’-éπ-®Ωç-é¬E/ éÃúø’ îËߪ’E.
Vineeth: Things are not what they seem,
buddy. Sunil is not that innocent. He
is quite good to us, but that is only
one side of the coin. He can be
tough when toughness is needed.
´’†èπ◊ éπE-°œçîË N≠æ-ߪ÷-©èπÿ, ÅÆæ©’ N≠æ-
ߪ÷-©èπÿ î√™«
That's only one side of the coin
ûËú≈ N’vûª´÷.
Ææ’E™¸ Åçûª
Å´÷-ߪ’-èπ◊-úËç-
é¬ü¿’. ´’†-°æôx
´’ç*-í¬ØË
Öçö«úø’, é¬F
´’†èπ◊ ûÁL-ߪ’E ÉçéÓ N≠æߪ’ç ÖçC.
í∫öÀd-ü¿†ç Å´-Ææ-®Ω-¢Á’iûË í∫öÀdí¬ Öçúø-í∫-©úø’.
tough= í∫öÀdí¬ Öçúøôç,
Innocent= Å´÷-ߪ’-èπ◊-úÁj†
Sumanth: What do you mean?
(àçöÀ †’´y-ØËC?)
Vineeth: He is quite rich; born with a silver
spoon in his mouth. His cousins
envy him. He and they are at logger
heads with each other. As they try
often to harm him, he's become
tough too. They had had him beaten
some time ago, and he hit back by
engaging some goons.
Åûªúø’ î√™« üµ¿†-´ç-ûª’úø’ °æ¤ô’d-éπ-ûÓØË.
ÅûªúÕ cousins èπ◊ Åûª-úøçõ‰ Ñ®Ω{u. Åûª-
úÕéà ¢√∞¡}èπÿ ÅÆæ©’ °æúøü¿’. ûª®Ω-îª’í¬ ¢√∞¡x-
ûª-úÕéÀ éÃúø’ ûª©-°-ôd-úøç-´©x, Åûªúø÷ éπ®Ω’í¬_
ûªßª÷-®Ω-ߪ÷uúø’. Åûª-úÕE ¢√∞¡Ÿ} éÌöÀdçîË
v°æߪ’ûªoç îËߪ’-úøç-´©x, ûª†÷ á´®Ó
rowdy ©ûÓ éÌöÀdç-î √úø’.
goons = í∫÷çú≈©’.
Sumanth: So you mean that the attack on him
today was their cousins' desire to
settle their old scores with him?
Åçõ‰ †’´y-†úøç, É¢√y∞¡ ÅûªúÕ O’ü¿ -
ï-J-T-† ü∆úÕ -Å-ûª-úÕ cousins §ƒ-ûªéπéπ~ B®Ω’a-
èπ◊-ØËç-ü¿’èπ◊ -îËÆœç-üË-Ø√?--
Vineeth: Exactly. But they are no match for
Sunil. He is quite clever. He knows
when to bide his time and when to
attack. Perhaps this time he was off
his guard.
éπ*a-ûªçí¬ ÅçûË. é¬F ¢√∞¡Ÿx Ææ’-E-™¸èπ◊ ≤ƒöÀ-
®√®Ω’. Åûªúø’ ûÁL-N-í∫-©-¢√úø’. á°æ¤púø’
ÅùÀT Öçú≈™, á°æ¤púø’ ü∆úÕ-îË-ߪ÷™ Åûª-
úÕéÀ ûÁ©’Ææ’. Ñ≤ƒJ •£æ›¨¡ à´÷J
ÖçúÌa.
Sumanth: Any way, we are happy he is safe.
àüÁjØ√ ÆæÍ®, Åûªúø’ Íé~´’ç ÅC ÆæçûÓ≠æç.
Vineeth: I am sure he will come up with an
ace up his sleeve very soon. He is
quite clever at such matters.
àüÓ äéπ Ç™-îª-†ûÓ ´’Sx ´≤ƒh-úø-ûªúø’.
ûÁL-N-í∫-©-¢√úø’ Å™«çöÀ N≠æ-ߪ÷™x.
Sumanth: But Sunil, all said and done, is the
good sort and would go to any
length to have a peaceful time. So
he proposes to sell all his property
with and settle in Bengaluru.
Spoken English -§ƒ-ûª -¢√u≤ƒ-©éÓÆæç -éÀxé˙ -îË-ߪ’ç-úÕ.. URL: http://www.eenadu.net/spoken/spoken.htm
Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛
àüË-¢Á’iØ√ Sunil ´’ç* ®Ωéπç, v°æ¨»ç-ûª-¢Á’i†
@Nûªç í∫úø-§ƒ-©-†’-èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√oúø’. Åçü¿’-éπE
Ééπ\úø ÇÆæhçû√ Ţ˒tÆœ, ¶„çí∫’-∞¡⁄®Óx
Æœn®Ω°æ-ú≈-©-†’-èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√oúø’.
Vineeth: Is it going to be soon? We'll be miss-
ing him a lot if he goes away.
ÅC ûªy®Ωí¬ ï®Ω-í∫-¶-ûÓçü∆? Åûªúø’
™‰éπ§ÚûË ´’†èπ◊ ¢ÁL-Aí¬ Öçô’çC.
Sumanth: Disposing of property is not some-
thing that can be overnight. He
expects to move out by this year-
end, or the beginning of the next.
ÇÆœhE Ţ˒t-ߪ’úøç äéπ\ ®ÓW™ ï®Ω-í∫ü¿’
éπü∆. Ñ àú≈C *´-®Ω-™-í¬F, ´îËa àú≈C
Ç®Ωç-¶µºç-™-í¬F ¢Á∞«}-©-†’-èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√oúø’.
Dispose of = ÇÆœh ™«çöÀN Ţ˒t-ߪ’-úøç; settle
îËÆæ’-éÓ-´úøç
Overnight = äéπ\-®Ó-V-™ -ØË
Vineeth: It's good for him, though we miss
him. Let's pray for his peaceful life.
´’†ç Åûªúø’ ™‰éπ-§ÚûË
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù 529
¶«üµ¿-°æ-úÌa. é¬F
ÅûªúÕéπC ´’ç*C. Åûª-
úÕéÀ v°æ¨»çûª @Nûªç
Öçú≈-©E ´’†ç éÓ®Ω’-èπ◊çü∆ç.
´’†-éÌé𠶵«≠æ °æ‹Jhí¬ ´îËa-üÁ-°æ¤púø’?
Åçü¿’™E idioms ¶«í¬ ûÁL-Æœ-†-°æ¤púø’,
¢√öÀE ´’† conversation ™ Ææçü¿-®√s¥-†’-
≤ƒ-®Ωçí¬ ¢√úø-í∫-L-T-†-°æ¤púø’. Idioms Åçõ‰
ûÁ©’Ææ’ éπü∆? ñ«B-ߪ÷©’. ÉN v°æA ¶µ«≠æ-
™†÷ Öçö«®·. ÉN éÌEo ´÷ô©
M.SURESAN
Ææ´‚£æ«ç. Å®·ûË Ç ´÷ô© Ææ´‚£æ«ç
(group of words) ¢Á·û√hEéÀ ´îËa Å®√n-EéÃ, Ç Ææ´‚-
£æ«ç-™E äéÌ\éπ\ ´÷ô Å®√n-Eéà Ææç•çüµ¿ç Öçúøü¿’.
Phrasal verb èπÿú≈ ÅçûË-éπü∆? Å®·ûË phrasal
verb †’ á°æ¤púø÷ verb í¬ ¢√úøû√ç. Idiom verb 鬆-
éπ\-Í®xü¿’. eg: to put up with = ¶µºJç-îªúøç/ Æ棜«ç-
îªúøç. ÉC phrasal verb, áçü¿’-éπçõ‰ DEE verb í¬
¢√úøû√ç. Éçü¿’™ put ÅØË verb ÖçC. Idiom ™
verb Öçúø-éπ\-®Ω-™‰ü¿’. Åçü¿’-éπE phrasal verbs
ûÓ§ƒô’ idioms èπÿú≈ ¶«í¬ ØË®Ω’a-èπ◊çõ‰ ´’† spoken
English Ææ£æ«-ïçí¬ Ææ®Ω-∞¡çí¬ Öçô’çC. ûÁ©’-í∫’™
idiom èπ◊ example, †úø’ç-¢√-©aúøç– Å®Ωnç ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éπü∆,
Nv¨»çA BÆæ’-éÓ-´úøç/ °æúø’-éÓ-´úøç. DEéÀ †úø’-´·èπÿ,
¢√©a-ú≈-EéÀ Ææç•çüµ¿ç ™‰ü¿’-éπü∆? Åçü¿’-éπE ÉC idiom.
4) Be
Å™«Íí English ™ In one's look/ In somebody's
look= In somebody's opinion = äéπJ ÅGµ-v§ƒßª’ç
v°æ鬮Ωç ÅE. He is good in my look = Ø√ ÅGµ-v§ƒ-
ߪ’ç™ ¢√úø’ ´’ç*-¢√úË. Dçöx look èπÿ ÅGµ-v§ƒ-ߪ÷-
EéÀ Ææç•çüµ¿ç ™‰ü¿’ éπü∆. idiom/ phrasal verb Å®√n-
©†’ ¢√öÀ-™E ´÷ô© Å®Ωnç-´©x ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éÓ™‰ç ÅE
ûÁ©’-≤ÚhçC éπü∆?
Ñ lesson ™ English ™ î√™« ûª®Ωîª÷ ¢√úË
idioms éÌEoç-öÀE îª÷ü∆lç.
Look at the following expressions from
the conversation above.
1) The police caught red handed a person/
caught a person red handed.
2) That's only one side of the coin.
3) He is borm with a silver spoon in his mouth.
4) He and they are at logger heads.
5) The attack on him today was their attempt to
settle old scores.
6) He knows when to bide the time.
7) He was off his guard.
8) Come up/ Have an ace up his sleeve.
É°æ¤púø’ äéÌ\-éπ\-öÀí¬ OöÀ N≠æ-ߪ÷©’ ûÁ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊çü∆ç.
1) Caught red handed- Past tense of catch
red handed = ØË®Ωç îËÆæ’hç-úøí¬ °æô’d-éÓ-´úøç.
a) I caught him red
handed while he
was trying to
steel my books
= Ø√ °æ¤Ææh-鬩’
üÌçT-L-Ææ’hç-úøí¬/
üÌçT-L-Ææ’h-†o-°æ¤úø’
¢√úÕo ؈’ °æô’d-èπ◊-
Ø√o†’.
b) The vigilance people caught him red
handed while accepting a bribe from
some one = á´-J-†’çîÓ ©çîªç BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ô’ç-
úøí¬ E°∂æ÷-¢√∞¡Ÿx Åûª-úÕE °æô’d-èπ◊-Ø√o®Ω’.
Catch some one red handed = catch
someone in the act of.
He was caught in the act of snatching a
chain around a woman's neck = äéπ Æ‘Y
íÌ©’Ææ’ ™«Íí-Ææ’-èπ◊ç-ô’-†o-°æ¤púø’ Åûªúø’ üÌJ-éÀ-§Ú-
ߪ÷úø’
2) Born with silver spoon in one's mouth =
°æ¤ôd-úø¢Ë’ üµ¿E-èπ◊-úÕí¬/ üµ¿Eéπ èπ◊ô’ç-•ç™ °æ¤ôdúøç.
a) Jawaharlal Nehru was born
with a silver spoon in his
mouth = ØÁv£æfi °æ¤ô’d-éπ-ûÓØË
X´’ç-ûª’úø’/ Çí∫®Ωs¥ X´’ç-ûª’úø’
b) He was not born with a silver
spoon in his mouth. His wealth is
hard earned = ÅûªúËç X´’ç-ûª’-úÕí¬
°æ¤ôd-™‰ü¿’. ÅûªúÕ Ææç°æü¿ Åçû√ éπ≠d-°æ æúÕ
Ææ秃-Cç-*çüË.
3) One side of the coin = äéπJ
Ææy¶µ«´ç/ äéπ N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ äéπ Å稡ç
´÷vûª¢Ë’. (ÉçéÓ Å稡ç èπÿú≈ ÖçC)
a) He makes donations to charities - That's
only one side of the coin. The other side
of the coin is he is a land grabber too =
Åûªúø’ N®√-∞«©’ (üµ¿®Ωt-é¬-®√u-©èπ◊) É≤ƒh-úø-ØËC äéπ
Å稡ç. Å®·ûË ÉçéÓ Å稡ç èπÿú≈ ÖçC–
ÅûªØÓ ¶µº÷éπ-¶«b-ü∆®Ω’.
b) What you know is just one side of the
coin. There's the other side - that he is
not the innocent you think he is = Fèπ◊ ûÁL-
ÆœçC Åûª-úÕéÀ Ææç•ç-Cµç-*† äéπ Å稡ç
´÷vûª¢Ë’. ÉçéÓ Å稡ç ÖçC, ÅûªúÕ v°æ´-®Ωh-†™,
†’´y-†’-éÌ-ØËçûª Å´÷-ߪ’-èπ◊-úËç-é¬-ü¿-ûªúø’.
at logger heads = ÉC î√™« ûª®Ω-îª’í¬ NE-
°œçîË idiom - Éü¿lJ ´’üµ¿u Bv´ ¶µ‰ü∆Gµv§ƒ-ߪ÷©’/
´’†-Ææp-®Ωn-©ûÓ äéπ-JûÓ äéπ-JéÀ °æúø-éπ-§Ú-´úøç/ ¢√J-
´’üµ¿u §Úö«xô Öçúøôç/ ¨¡ûª%ûªyç Öçúøôç.
a) YSR and Chandrababu are always at
logger heads with each other = ¢√Rx-ü¿l-JéÃ
äéπ\ éπ~ùç °æúøü¿’.
b) India and Pakistan are at logger heads
over the handing over of terrorists to
India = ¶µ«®Ω-û˝èπ◊ Öví∫-¢√-ü¿’©†’ Å°æp-TçîË N≠æ-
ߪ’ç™ ¶µ«®Ω-û˝èπ◊ §ƒé˙èπÿ §Òûª’h èπ◊ü¿-®Ω-úøç-™‰ü¿’.
c) The childless wife and the husband are at
logger heads over adopting a child and
are likely to separate = Ææçû√†ç ™‰E Ç
ü¿ç°æ-ûª’-©èπ◊ ü¿ûªhûª N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ §Òûª’h èπ◊ü¿-®Ωúøç
™‰ü¿’, Nú≈-èπ◊©’ BÆæ’-éÓ-´îª’a.
5) Settle old scores/ Have a score to settle =
§ƒûª éπéπ~©’ B®Ω’a-éÓ-´úøç/ àüÁjØ√ Å°æ-J-≠æ \%-ûªçí¬
Ö†o N≠æ-ߪ÷©’ °æJ-≠æ \-Jç--éÓ-´úøç.
a) Why should anyone attack him for noth-
ing? Perhaps someone had an old score
to settle (with him) = á´-È®jØ√ àç ™‰èπ◊çú≈
áçü¿’èπ◊ Åûª-úÕ-O’ü¿ ü∆úÕ îË≤ƒh®Ω’? §ƒûª éπéπ~-™‰¢Ó
Öçö«®·.
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b) He's cheated her, so she has a score to
settle with him =Åûª-ú≈-¢Á’†’ ¢Á÷Ææç î˨»úø’.
Åçü¿’-éπE Ç¢Á’ ÅûªúÕ O’ü¿ éπéπ~ B®Ω’a-éÓ-¢√Lq
ÖçC.
c) We have a score to settle; when shall We
meet? = ´’†ç ûË©’a-éÓ-¢√-Lq† N≠æߪ’ç ÖçC;
á°æ¤púø’ éπ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊çü∆ç?
6) To bide the time = ÆæÈ®j† Æ洒ߪ’ç éÓÆæç ¢Ë*
Öçúøôç (àüÁjØ√ Ωu BÆæ’-èπ◊-ØËç-ü¿’èπ◊)
a) Don't think he won't act. He is just biding
the time = -Å-ûªúËç îËߪ’-úø-†’-éÓèπ◊. ÆæÈ®j† Ææ´’-
ߪ’ç-éÓÆæç áü¿’-®Ω’-îª÷-Ææ’h-Ø√oúø’.
b) Bide your time. Your turn will come too =
é¬Ææh ã°œéπ °æô’d. F ´çûª’-
èπÿú≈ ´Ææ’hçC.
7) Off somebody's
guard = Çü¿-´’-J*
Öçúøôç/ éπ≥ƒd©†÷,
Ç°æü¿©†÷ áü¿’-®Ì\-ØËç-
ü¿’èπ◊ Æœü¿l¥çí¬ ™‰éπ-§Ú-´úøç.
a) He was off guard when his enemies
threw bombs at him = Åûªúø’ Çü¿-´’-®Ω* Ö†o-
°æ¤púø’ ¨¡vûª’-´¤-©-ûªúÕ O’ü¿ ¶«ç•’©’ NÆœ-®√®Ω’.
b) The Police caught the thief off guard =
police
üÌçí∫ à´’-®Ω’-§ƒ-ô’† Ö†o-°æ¤púø’ ©’
°æô’d-èπ◊-Ø√o®Ω’.
Be on your guard = F ñ«ví∫-ûªh™  †’´¤yçúø’
8) Have an ace up one's sleeve = Å´-Ææ-®Ω-¢Á’i†
Ææ´’-ߪ’ç™ ¢√úø’ ÈíL-îËç-ü¿’èπ◊ O©’í¬ ´’† ü¿í∫_®Ω
®Ω£æ«-Ææuçí¬ Öç-èπ◊†o Ç™-/ °æü∑¿éπç/ éé-éπ-¢Á’i†
Ææ´÷-î√®Ωç.
a) I am surprised he is so calm. He must be
having an ace up his sleeve = Åûª-úøç-ûª
v°æ¨»ç-ûªçí¬ Öçúøôç Ǩ¡a-®Ωuçí¬ ÖçC. àüÓ
Öçü¿-ûª-úÕ ü¿í∫_®Ω, ´’†èπ◊ ûÁL-ߪ’E ´’®Ωtç.
b) He is not afraid of his officer. He knows
some of his secrets. That must be the
ace up his sleeve = officer
Åûªúø’ ûª† Åçõ‰
¶µºßª’-°æ-úøúø’. Çߪ’† ®Ω£æ«-≤ƒu-™‰¢Ó Åûª-úÕéÀ
ûÁ©’Ææ’. ÆæÈ®j† Ææ´’-ߪ’ç™ ¢√öÀE •ßª’-ô-°-úø-
û√-úø-ûªúø’.
K.Satyanarayana, Vizag.
Q. For
-†’ period of the time í¬ Ö°æ-
ßÁ÷-T-Ææ’h-†o-°æ¤púø’ Present perfect
tense ™ ®√ߪ ÷-©E îªC-¢√†’.
é¬F éÌEo-≤ƒ®Ω’x Simple past™
èπÿú≈ ´Ææ’h-Ø√o®·. ÉC éπÈ®èπ◊d
Å´¤Ø√? é¬ü∆?
A. Simple past ™ èπÿú≈ ¢√úø-´îª’a. ÅC correct
èπÿú≈.
eg: The British ruled India for 200 years =
British 200
¢√∞¡Ÿx ¶µ«®Ω-û˝†’ à∞¡Ÿx §ƒLç-î√®Ω’.
Ééπ\úø ruled, simple past éπü∆?
for, äéπ period of time èπ◊ ´·çü¿’ ¢√úøû√ç,
ÅC á°æ¤p-úÁjØ√, à tense ûÓØÁjØ√ ¢√úø-´îª’a.
éÀç-C -Ö-ü∆£æ«®Ω-ù-©’ îª÷úøçúÕ.
a) I am going to Hyderabad. I will be there
for three days (future)
b) He lived here for 10 years - 10 à∞¡Ÿx Çߪ’-
E-éπ\úø ÖØ√oúø’ í∫ûªç™(past simple).
c) He has lived here for the past ten years
=
í∫ûª °æüË-∞¡Ÿxí¬ (°æüË∞¡x véÀûªç †’ç* É°æp-öÀ-
´-®Ω-èπÿ/- Éçé¬) Åûª-E-éπ\úø ÖØ√oúø’
(present perfect).
-í∫-´’-Eéπ: -≤Úpéπ-Ø˛ -Éç-Tx-≠ˇ -Ééπ°j -v°æ-A -Ç-C-¢√®Ωç-
v°æ--J-ûª-´’-´¤-ûª’ç-C.