PRACTICE

SET - 3
 IDIOMS

• He killed her in cold blood.

In cold blood = deliberately and callously
( funZ;rk iwoZd
)

• The deal was completely above board.

Above board = honest and open.
( fu"diV ,oa Li "V)
• He is always careful to do things by the book.
By the book = strictly according to the rules.
( dM+s dkuwu ds vuqlkj
)

• Her health is improving by leaps and bounds.

By leaps and bounds; In leaps and bounds = very rapidly.
( fnu nwuk jkr pkSxquk
)
• He told us some cock-and-bull story about having lost all his
money.
Cock-and-bull story = absurd and improbable story.
( vrkfdZd ,oa vlEHkkO;
)

• The tax increase will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.

In the aggregate = collectively.
( lkewfgd :i ls )
• Many people in shipbuilding will get the axe.
Get the axe = be remove or dismissed from job.
( lsok ls fuo`Ùk dj fn;k tkuk] ukSdjhfudky
ls nsuk
)

• An early general election is certainly on the cards.

On the cards = likely or possible.
( tYn gh laHkkfor
)
• He made a clean breast of his crime to the police.
Make a clean breast of = make a full confession of something.
( lc dqN Lohdkj dj ysuk)

• As he was caught red-handed while destroying an office

document, he is under a cloud.
Under a cloud = In disgrace or under suspicion.
( lansg ds ?ksjs esa) gksuk
 PHRASES

• Blow out : to put out

( cq>kuk
)
There was a sudden gust of wind and the candle blew out.

• Blow over : to become less strong and stop

( :d tkuk ] xqtj tkuk)
We sheltered in a cottage until the storm blew over.
• Break down :
(i) to go wrong
( dk;Z u djuk)
The car broke down on our way to Delhi.

(ii) ( LokLF; dk fxj tkuk

)
He worked so hard that his health broke down.

• Break into : to enter forcedly

( lsa/ yxkuk)
Yesterday a thief broke into my house but he could not steal
anything.
• Break out :
(i) to burst with
(i QSy tkuk
)
Plague broke out in my city last year.

(ii) to start suddenly

( vpkud fNM+ tkuk
)
A war broke out between Iran and Iraq.
 ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
• Aerophobia Fear of height.

• Aesthetic A love of beauty.

• Aetiology Science of the cause of disease.

• Affidavit A written statement given on oath.

• Affinity Having a natural attention to.

 LEARN THESE SPELLINGS

• Abhorrence

• Abolishment

• Abridgeable

• Abscess

• Abstinence