VOCAB SESSION

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IDIOMS
• To play a double game – to manage things cleverly;
phtksa dks prqjkbZ ls laHkkyuk
If you want me to help you in this matter, please stop playing
the double game.

• To play one’s game – to advance one’s scheme;

viuh ;kstuk dks vkxs c<+kuk
At last Guptaji is now able to play his game.
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• Game and game – one victory scored by each side;

çR;sd i{k }kjk çkIr dh xbZ
,d thr] cjkcjh dh thr
The hockey match has ended in game and game.

• Gaol-bird – one who is frequently sent to prison;

og O;fDr ftls vDlj tsy Hkstk tkrk gS
Balwant is a gaol-bird on charges of cheating people.

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• To gang up – to join; 'kkfey gksuk]qM+uk

t
The Inspector ordered the policemen to gang up.

• To dip into the future – to think of coining events; ?kVukvksa dk

iQk;nk mBkus ij fopkj djuk
On completing his education career, he has to dip into the
future for service.

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• To stop gap – to make up deficiency; deh dks iwjk djuk

His hard labour enabled him to stop a gap in his studies.

• Between the horns of a dilemma – in practical difficult;

O;ogkj esa eqf'dy
Many a young men are between the horns of a dilemma on the
subject of carrier.

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• By dint of – through the power of; ds dkj.k] ds çHkko ls

Sohan was able to get that job by dint of his uncle’s influence.

• Dip into – to look into it here and there;

bl ekeys esa ;gka&ogka ns[kuk
Dip into thoroughly and then start a suitable business.

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PHRASES
• Pass by – to omit
( NksM+ nsuk] è;ku )u nsuk
Just before the examinations some students pass by what
they think unimportant.

• Pull down – to demolish, to destroy

( fxjkuk
)
They pulled down the old house.
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• Pull together – to work together in harmony

( lg;ksx djuk)
Rivals cannot pull together.

• Run across – To meet somebody or find something by chance.

( fdlh ls vpkud feyuk )
I ran across my teacher yesterday.

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• Run after – To chase

( ihNk djuk)
The dog ran after the cat.

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ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

• Heretic One who is against the religion

• Cannibal One who eats human flesh

• Contemporary One who lives at the same time

• Centenarian One who is more than a hundred years old

• Epicure One who is given to pleasure of the flesh

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LEARN THESE SPELLINGS

• Skiing

• Soliloquy

• Stubbornness

• Subtlety

• Success
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