Account for

1. Account for - to give a reason or explanation for

(something) कारण बताना
• How do you account for your success?

to be the cause of (something) कारण होना

• These new features account for the computer's
higher price.

to make up or form (a part of something) हहस्सा

बनाना
• Women account for only 25 percent of our
employees.
Ask for
2. Ask for (something) - to try to obtain by
requesting: हनवेदन करना

• He asked for help.

• They asked their boss for more money, but
he refused.
Ask for (someone) - to request to see or talk to
(someone) हिलने या बात करने का अनुरोध करना

• Unhappy with the service, he asked for the

store manager.
• There's someone on the phone asking for
you.
Back out
3. Back out - withdraw from a commitment.
प्रहतबद्धता से पीछे हटना

• You agreed to come. You can't back out

now!
• We’re hoping that no one will back out of
the deal.
Back up
4. Back up - to give support to someone
सहारा दे ना

• If I ask for more money will you back me

up?
• The Secretary General says the declaration
must now be backed up by concrete and
effective actions.
If traffic backs up, the vehicles have to wait in
a long line because there are too many of
them: प्रतीक्षा करना

• The traffic began to back up.

Bear out
5. Bear out - to support the truth of something,
or to support someone's statement or claim:
कथन या दावे का सिथथन करना

• Scientific evidence bears out the claim that

stress and disease are linked.
Bear with
6. Bear with - be patient or tolerant with.
धैयथ रखना

• Just bear with me while I finish

downloading this file.
Blow out
7. Blow out - If you blow out a flame or a
candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
आग बुझाना

• I blew out the candle.

Blow up
8. Blow up - If someone blows something up or
if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
हवस्फोट करना

• He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow

up a plane.
• The terrorists blew up the building.
Boil over
9. Boil over - When a liquid that is being
heated boils over, it rises and flows over the
edge of the container. उबल कर हगरना

• The milk is boiling over

When someone's feelings boil over, they lose
their temper or become violent.
आपे से बाहर होना

• One woman's anger boiled over

Break down
10. Break down (v.) - (of a machine or motor
vehicle) suddenly cease to function. खराब हो जाना

• Our car broke down and we had to push it off

the road.

to be unable to control your feelings and to start to

cry: भावनाओं को हनयंहित करने िें असिथथ होना

• When we gave her the bad news, she broke

down and cried.
Break into
11. Break into - to get into a building or car
using force, usually to steal something:
ज़बरदस्ती घुसआना

• The burglars broke in through the kitchen

window.
Break out
12. Break out - (of war, fighting, or similarly
undesirable things) start suddenly.
अचानक शुरू हो जाना

• War broke out in 1914.

to escape from prison: भाग हनकालना

• They broke out of prison and fled the
country.
Break up
13. Break up – to end (meeting a relationship)
संबंध तोड़ना

• After an hour, the meeting broke up.

• Kallu and Champa have broken up.
Break with
14. Break with - quarrel or cease relations with
(someone). सम्बंध तोड़ लेना

• He had broken with his family long before

act in a way that is not in accordance with (a

custom or tradition). परं परा के हवरुद्ध करना

a strong desire to break with tradition

Bring forth
15. Bring forth - to produce something, or to
cause a particular reaction उत्पन्न करना

• His poetry brings forth an emotional

response in many readers.
• Trees bring forth Misery.
Bring up
16. Bring up - to look after a child until he or she
becomes an adult पालन पोषण करना

• She brought up three sons on her own.

If you bring up a particular subject, you introduce it

into a discussion or conversation.
चचाथ करना

• He brought up a subject rarely raised during the

course of this campaign.
Bring out
17. Bring out - to produce a new product and
start to sell it नया उत्पाद करना

• The next year they brought out a low-priced

car to compete with Ford.
Bring down
18. Bring down - to reduce the rate, level, or amount
of something कि करना

• Our principal responsibility is to bring down the

level of unemployment.

to cause a government or politician to lose power

तख्ता पलट दे ना

• Opposition parties are threatening to bring down

the government.
Bring about
19. Bring about - To bring something about
means to cause it to happen. प्रवृत्त करना

• One way they can bring about political

change is by putting pressure on the
country.
• The 20th century brought about
revolutionary changes in our lifestyles.
Bring in
20. Bring in - to introduce something new such
as a product or a law: नया पेश करना

• New safety regulations have been brought

in.
• The government brought in a controversial
law under which it could take any land it
wanted.
Bring around/round
21. Bring around/round - to make someone
become conscious again after being
unconscious: होश िे लाना

• We threw water in his face to try and bring

him round.
Call in
22. Call in - If you call someone in, you ask
them to come and help you or do something
for you. सहयता के हलए बुलाना

• Please call in a doctor immediately.

Call off
23. Call off - If you call off an event that has
been planned, you cancel it. बन्द करना

• He has called off the trip.

• If we have much more rain, the game
might be called off.
Call up
24. Call up - to telephone someone: टे लीफोन करना

• He used to call me up in the middle of the night.

• I just wanted to call up and say "thanks.“

If someone is called up, they are ordered to join the

army, navy, or air force.
सेना िे भती होने के हलए आदे श करना

• He was called up at the beginning of the war.

Call for
25. Call for - If you call for something, you
demand that it should happen. िांग करना

• It's the sort of work that calls for a high level

of concentration.
• Protesters were calling for a ban on the
production of GM foods
Call on/upon
26. Call on/upon - (call on someone/something
to do something) to officially ask a person or
organization to do something
आहधताररक तौर पर कुछ करने के हलए बोलना

• The human rights group has called on the US

to end the death penalty.
If you call on someone or call upon someone,
you pay them a short visit. हनिंहित करना

• We could call on my parents if we have

time.
Call out
27. Call out - If you call someone out, you
order or request that they come to help,
especially in an emergency.
सहायता के हलए बुलाना

• When the situation was out of control, the

army was called out.
to shout something, especially when you are
trying to get someone’s attention
हकसी का ध्यान आकहषथत करने की कोहशश

• My husband came running when he heard

me call out for help.
Care for
28. Care for – to look after, to like or love
somebody ख्याल रखना

• He doesn’t care for his wife.

Carry out
29. Carry out – to execute, to fulfill or obey.
पूरा करना
• He agreed to carry out my orders.

To do a particular piece of work

हवशेष कायथ को करना
• The investigation is being carried out by a
detective.
Carry off
30. Carry off - to succeed in doing or achieving
something, esp. when this is difficult:
सफलतापूवथक पूरा करना
• He's got the experience and the authority to
carry it off.

If you carry off a prize or a trophy, you win it.

जीत लेना
• He carried off many prizes last year.
Carry on
31. Carry on - If you carry on doing something,
you continue to do it. चालू रखना

• I am fed up with the business. I can’t carry

on any longer.
Catch on
32. Catch on - (of a practice or fashion) become
popular. लोकहप्रय होना

• He invented a game, but it never really

caught on.
• The idea of linking pay to performance has
caught on.
Catch up with
33. Catch up with - succeed in reaching a
person who is ahead of one. पकड़ लेना

• You are the weakest boy in the class, you

must work hard to catch up with other
students.
Clear up
34. Clear up - When you clear up or clear a
place up, you tidy things and put them away.
साफ सुथरा करना

• I cleared up my room
to solve a problem or a mystery सुलझाना

• Obviously the misunderstanding will have to

be cleared up.

If the weather clears up, the cloud and rain

disappear: स्पष्ट करना

• I hope it clears up in time for the picnic.

Come off
35. Come off - take place or happen as
arranged and planned
योजना के अनुसार घहटत होना

• This was a bold experiment which didn't

come off.
• How did your speech come off?
get separated हनकलना

• A wheel came off the tractor.

• I was surprised to see that plaster had come
off the walls.
Come over
36. Come over - change sides or positions
पक्ष बदलना

• Rajan was formerly an enemy spy. But last

year he came over.
• I've decided to come over to their side.
to affect a person - of a feeling or manner
हिलने आना
• I just don't know what came over me.
• Why are you leaving? What's come over
you?
• A great weariness came over me.

to pay a casual visit प्रभाहवत कर लेना

• Come over for lunch tomorrow
Come round
37. Come round - return to consciousness
होश िे आना
• He came round after we threw cold water in
his face.

finally to agree or consent to something

िानना
• I thought he'd never agree. But in the end
he came round.
Come upon
38. Come upon - come across, find by chance
अचानक हिलना

• My friend came upon the evidence just by

chance.
Come out
39. Come out - become known, revealed,
exposed पता चलना
• The whole truth came out.

be published or released of books

प्रकाहशत होना
• lots of interesting books are coming out.

disappear - of stains स्पष्ट होना

• Tomato stains don't usually come out.
Cope with
40. Cope with – Manage सािना करना

• They coped with all their problems

cheerfully.
Cut down
41. Cut down - reduce in size and amount
कटौती करना

• Since you are out of job these days, you

must cut down your expenditure.
Cut off
42. Cut off - discontinue, remove + the act of
stopping the supply of something बंद कर दे ना

• Gas supplies have now been cut off.

(Be) Cut out for
43. (Be) Cut out for - suited for something +
have exactly the right qualities for a particular
role or job उपयुक्त होना

• I'm not cut out to be a govt. Officer.

• I'm not cut out for an office or desk job.
• I'm cut out for being a teacher.
Cut out
44. Cut out - to take a piece from the whole
काटकर हनकाल दे ना

• He cut out a piece of the cake and put it in

my plate.
Die away
45. Die away - to gradually fade away
कि होते होते खत्म हो जाना

• The sound of his footsteps gradually died

away.
• The sound of the waterfall finally died away.
Die out
46. Die out - become extinct or out of
existence - customs, races, species of animals
etc. हवलुप्त होना

• Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.

• It's a custom that is beginning to die out.
Dispose of
47. Dispose of - to get rid of something by
throwing away, giving, or selling to someone
else - sell off छु टकारा पाना , बेचना

• She has decided to dispose of her old house.

• She has disposed of her necklace.
• He disposed of the newspaper after reading
them.
to finish dealing with something, settle –
हनपटना

• You must dispose of all this work today.

• Let's dispose of the matter and turn to
something else.
• How did they dispose of the body?
Dispose to
48. Dispose to - willing or inclined favourably.
आदत डालना

• My friend is disposed to discussing the

problems thoroughly.
• His temperament disposed him to argue
readily with people.
Do away with
49. Do away with - eradicate, put an end to,
remove खत्म करना

• We should do away with social evils.

• These ridiculous rules and regulation should
have been done away with years ago.

Syno - eradicate, remove, abolish, eliminate,

abandon.
Done with
50. Have - done with - have no relation, to
deal with and finish the whole matter
सिाप्त करना

• I have done with him because of his

dishonesty.
• I think I'll just sell all the furniture and have
done with it.
Done in
51. Done in extremely tired or exhausted
बहुत थक जाना

• You look done in.

• I was really done in after the game.
• I'm really done in! I think I'll go to bed.

Syno - worn out, weary, strained

Draw up
52. Draw up - to write, compose or draft
रूप रे खा बनाना

• I was busy drawing up the plans for the new

course.
• I've drawn up a list of candidates that I'd like
to interview.
Draw up - come to halt or stop रुकना

• All the taxis drew up in front of the station.

• driver drew up the car at the red light.
Fall back on
53. Fall back on - depend on हनभथर करना

• The family have no savings to fall back on.

Fall back on - to begin to use something or
someone held in reserve. उपयोग करना

• We fell back on our savings to get us

through the hard times.
• They normally fell back on one of three
arguments.
Fall back on use something else in the absence
of something better
कुछ बेहतर न होने पर हकसी और चीज का
उपयोग करना

• We had to fall back on fruit as food was not

ready.
• We will have to fall back on these broken
chairs as good chairs are not available here.
Fall on/upon
54. Fall on/upon attack violently and
unexpectedly आक्रिण करना

• The cat fell upon/on the mouse and killed it.

• Some terrorists fell upon/on the police.
if your eyes fall on something or your sight,
eyes etc, fall on something then you see it and
notice it. दे खना

• Her gaze fell upon a small box at the back of

the shop.
Fall off
55. Fall off - to decrease in something कि होना

• The admissions in the school have fallen off.

• Sales have been falling off recently.
Fall out
56. Fall out - have an argument and quarrel
झगड़ना
• He had fallen out with his family.
• Two friends appear to have fallen out over a
minor issue.

Of hair and teeth etc. - become detached and

drop out झड़ना
• Her baby teeth are starting to fall out.
• A side effect of the treatment is that you hair
starts to fall out.
Fall through
57. Fall through - Come to nothing or to fail
such as plans असफल होना

• I hope our plans don't fall through.

• Your new project is likely to fall through,
due to lack of money.
Follow up
58. Follow up - pursue after the first attempt
अनुगिन करना
• The idea has been followed up by a group of
researchers.

Follow-up - a continuation or repetition of

something that has already been started or done.
अनुवती कायथवाई
• The meeting is the follow-up to the one we had
last month.
Get along
59. Get along - to be friendly to each other and
have a good relationship हिलजुल कर रहना
• I don't really get along with my sister's
husband.

Get along - to deal with a situation usually

successfully and manage to live or survive
आगे बढ़ना
• I wonder how shubam is getting along in his
new job.
Get at
60. Get at - to reach or gain access to
something, especially something that is
difficult to get पहुुँ चाना

• I have put the cake on a high shelf where he

can't get at it.
• The police is not able to getting at the
kidnapped girl.
to discover or to understand िालूि करना

• Try to get at the cause of the problem

• It is very difficult to get at the truth etc.
Get on
61. Get on - perform and make progress in a
specified way प्रगहत करना

• He is getting on very well with his English.

• How is your son getting on with his study?
• if you are laborious, you are sure to get on
in life.
get on with sb -to have a harmonious and
friendly relationship साथ रहना

• They seem to get on pretty well.

• She doesn't get on with anybody.
Get off
62. Get off - to leave or to depart प्रस्थान करना
• What time did they get off?
• We have to get off early in the morning
before the traffic gets heavy.

Get off - be acquitted be absolved or receive

no punishment or light punishment
आसानी से बचना
• It was a serious crime but he got off easy.
Get over
63. Get over - recover from illness, stress or
mental weakness उभरना

• He is till trying to get over the financial

crisis.
• You will get over illness more quickly if you
relax.
• It will take him long time to get over her.
Get through
64. Get through - pass through or succeed
सफल होना

• It is not possible to get through examination

without labour.
• Mona failed twice but this time he will get
through as he works very hard.
Get through - get into telephone
communication सम्पकथ करना

• I tried to call her but couldn't get through.

Give in
65. Give in - surrender, or to finally agree to
what someone wants, after refusing for a
period of time झुक जाना

• At first she was adamant but at last she gave

in to the request of her friend.
• After a heated debate, the company gave in
to the union's demand.
• They reluctantly gave in to the pressure.
Give way
66. Give way - to collapse or break when under
pressure दबाव िे टू ट जाना

• The contractor was charged with negligence

when the roof of a new building gave way.
Given to
67. Given to - accustomed to / to do something
often or regularly हनयहित रूप से करना

• He is given to smoking.
• He is given to going on long walks on his
own.
Go down
68. Go down - be recorded and remembered in a
particular way याद हकया जाना

• His name will go down in the history.

• Hurricane katrina will go down in the record books
as the costliest storm ever faced by insurers.

Go down - aircraft or a ship) sink or crash डु बना

• He saw titanic go down.

Go in for
69. Go in for - to take part in competition
प्रहतयोहगता िें भाग लेना
• Are you planning to go in for the 100 meter
race?

Go in for - to have interest in or to do something

regularly and to enjoy something आनंद लेने के हलए
हनयहित रूप से कुछ करने िें रुहच रखना
• I have never really gone in for Pop music. But I
love classical music.
Go into
70. Go into - investigate or enquire into
जाच करना

• There's no need to go into this matter.

Go off
71. Go off - to explode, a bomb, gun or similar device
हवस्फोट होना

• The bomb went off and did a lot of damage.

• His gun went off accidently.
• The fireworks all went off as scheduled.

Go off - to make its noise शोर करना

• The alarm went off at six o'clock.

Go off - to happen or take place, succeeded
सफल होना
• The party went off very well.
• Did your medical examination go off as well as you
had hoped?

Go off - to leave or start a journey

यािा शुरू या खत्म होना
• He went off in a great hurry.
Go over
72. Go over - to consider, examine or check
something छानबीन करना

• On going over the balance sheet of the

company the auditors have found serious
mistake.
• I have gone over the problem several times,
but I can't think of a solution.
Go through
73. Go through - Search through or examine
carefully ध्यान से जाच करना

• There is a mistake somewhere, we'll have to

go through the accounts and see where it is.
• He started to go through the bundle of
letters.
Go through - undergo and experience a difficult
but unpleasant situation दुखद अनुभव से गुजरना

• She has gone through a lot in order to achieve

what she was.
• We went through hell while working on this
project.
• It's just a phase that she is going through.

Syno- face, suffer, endure or tolerate

Hold out
74. Hold out - resist or survive in difficult
circumstances कहिन पररस्स्थहतयों िें हवरोध करना

to continue to defend yourself against an enemy

or attack without being defeated

• We are unable to hold out these attacks.

• We can hold out against them only a little
while longer.
Keep from
75. Keep from - avoid doing something / not
to mix with अलग रखना

• I couldn't keep from smiling when she told

me what she'd done.
• She bit her lips to keep from screaming.
• Always keep from selfish people because
they can harm you anytime.
Hold over
76. Hold over - postpone or delay रोक लगाना

• Most of the bills are held over till the next

session of the parliament.
• The meeting was held over for a week.

to delay someone from leaving स्थहगत करना

• The weather held us over in Denver for two

days.
Keep off
77. Keep off - to stay off something - keep at
distance. दूर करना

• Please keep off me.

• The doctor told me to keep off fatty foods.
Keep up / keep up with
78. Keep up / keep up with - maintain / move
or progress at the same rate as someone or
something else/ not to fall behind
सिान गहत से चलना

• She walk so fast. I can never keep up with

her.
• I read the papers to keep up with what's
happening in the outside world.
Knock off
79. Knock off - to stop working usually at the
end of the day बंद करना

• I don't knock off until six.

• What time do you know off the work?
Knock out
80. Knock out - hit someone so hard that he
falls unconscious बेहोश कर दे ना

• She knocked me out.

Lay by
81. Lay by - save money बचाकर रखना

• The wise men always lay by money for their

old age.
Lay down
82. Lay down - establish a rule - to specify
हनधाथररत करना

• The conditions laid down by the department

of health were violated by the nursing
homes.
• Laid down the rules.

Surrender आत्मसिपथण करना

Laid down their arms
Lay down
83. Lay down - establish a rule - to specify
हनधाथररत करना

• The conditions laid down by the department

of health were violated by the nursing
homes.
• Laid down the rules.

Surrender आत्मसिपथण करना

• Laid down their arms.
Lay up
84. Lay up - to store for future use
संचय करना

• Lay up supply for a long journey.

Lay off
85. Lay off - to discontinue work, dismiss
temporarily काि बन्दी

• The manager laid off some of the workers.

to stop working or doing work काि बंद करना

• The doctor told him to lay off for a month.
Layoff - an occasion when a company stops
employing someone, sometimes temporarily
because the company doesn't have enough
money or enough work. हनलम्बन

• The recent economic crisis has led to

massive layoffs.
Lay out
86. Lay out - to explain a plan of action to plan/
explain something very carefully and in great
detail नक्शा पेश करना

• Lay out the plan very carefully. And don't

skip anything.
to spend some amount of money
पैसे खचथ करना
• She laid out about one lakh for that car.

Layout - how something is arranged

चीजों की व्यवस्था
• I like the layout of the house.
Let down
87. Let down - disappoint someone, to fail to
meet the expectations of someone / humiliate
हनराश करना
• We should never let down our friends.
• When I was sent to prison. I really felt I had
let my parents down.

Lower something नीचे करना

• The tailor let down the hem of my new
pants.
Let in/into
88. Let in/into - allow to enter, admit
शाहिल करना

• Please let in the dog.

• After repeated requests he was let into the
classroom.
Let off
89. Let off - to free from punishment and
pardon क्षिा करना

• She was let off by the principal with light

punishment.
• The policeman let him off with a warning.
Let (sb) in on
90. Let (sb) in on- to tell someone a secret
राज बताना

• I will not let her in on my plans.

• If you promise not to tell, I’ll let you in on a
secret.
Let up
91. Let up - to diminish or to stop altogether
कि होना

• I hope this rain lets up a little soon.

• When the rain lets up we will go for a walk.

Syno- abate, lessen, decrease, diminish,

subside, decline
Live on
92. Live on - to depend on something for
sustenance हनभथर होना

• I can't live on bread and water.

• The loin is carnivorous and lives on flesh.
Live off
93. Live off - depend on as a source of
income or support गुजारा करना

• If you think you are going to live off me for

the rest of my life, you are mistaken.
• All his life he has lived off his father.
Live up to
94. Live up to - to fulfil expectations, to satisfy
a goal or set of goals अपेक्षाओं को पूरा करना

• Did the holiday live up to your

expectations?
• Lived up to their parents' ideals.
Live by
95. Live by - to live near something पास रहना
• I would love to live by the sea.
• We live by a lovely park.

to survive doing or using something in

particular अनुकरन करना
• We live by the skills that we have- and hard
work of course.
• You must learn to live by honest means.
Look about
96. Look about - in search of तलाशना

• The thirsty crow was looking about for

water here and there.
• He is still looking about for a job.
Look after
97. Look after- take care of दे खभाल करना

• In her old age she has no one to look after

her.
• Will you look after my dog when I'm away?
Look at
98. Look at - see carefully अच्छी तरह से दे खना

• The boys are looking at the sky.

• Can you look at my essay sometime?
Look back at/on
99. Look back at/on - live of - past events
अतीत के बारे िे सोचना

• Don't waste time looking back on things

which have caused you distress.
• People can often look back and reflect on
happy childhood memories.
Look for
100. Look for - to seek someone or something
तलाश करना

• She was looking for her lost book.

• She was looking for a job.
Look down upon/on
101. Look down upon/on - hate, despise or
consider someone as not important
हकसी को िहत्वपूणथ नही ं सिझना

• A lot of people look down on us because we

are homeless.
• She looks down on the female receptionists.
Look into
102. Look into - to investigate the matter/ to
examine the facts about a problem and
situation. जाच करना

• I'll have to look into that matter.

• A committee was set up to look into the
problem.
Look on
103. Look on - to see or watch as a spectator
without getting involved दे खते रहना

• A large crowd looked on as the band played.

• He is not cricket player but he looks on
cricket matches.
Look upon/on..as
104. Look upon/on..as - to consider or
regard हवचार करना

• She looked on the whole affair as a joke.

• These students seem to look on their
teachers as their enemies.
Look over
105. Look over - to examine something
carefully हनरीक्षण करना

• Please look over these papers.

• We must look over the flat before we buy it.
Look out
106. Look out - to be watchful or careful
सावधान रहना

• If you don't look out you may fall on the ice.

• Look out, there is snake under the bush.
Look out for
107. Look out for - in search of, on the watch
तलाश करना

• He is looking out for a decent job.

• She is looking out for her lover.
Look to
108. Look to (rely upon) - to expect someone
will provide you something.
सहायता हक उम्मीद

• They looked to the govt. for additional

support.
• Children look to their parents for help.
Look up
109. Look up - to seek, someone or something out
खोजना
• Please look up this word in the dictionary.
• If you don't know the meaning of the word,
look it up.

Look up - improve – develop सुधारणा

• I hope things will start to look up in the new
year.
• Our financial situation is looking up at last.
Look up to
110. Look up to - to have a great deal of
respect for someone प्रशंसा करना

• My younger brother looks up to me and

obeys my every order.
• Schoolboys usually look up to their
teachers.
Look someone up and down
111. Look someone up and down - to look
everywhere for someone or something
हर जग खोजना

• Where is Gautam? I looked up and down for

him. I can't find him.
Look through
112. Look through - examine and read a
number of things जाच करना

• Look through your old clothes and see if you

have anything to give away.
• I will look through it when I have time.
• You must look through your notes before
the examination.
Look through - to graze through something
पढ़ लेना

• Look through the window at what

the neighbours are doing.
• Look through the binoculars and see if you
can get a better view.
Make off with
113. Make off with - to steal something or
carry something away illicitly चुरा कर भागना

• Burglars made off with all their wedding

presents.
• They made off with the cash and fled.

Syno- take steal

Make away with
114. Make away with - same as above- to
take someone or something away
चोरी कर लेना

• The robber made away with the jewelry.

• The robbers made away with 50 lakh cash
from the store.
Make away with
• To kill oneself or suicide आत्महत्या करना

• Why did she make away with herself?

Make off
115. Make off - Run away भागना

• The boys made off when they the saw the

policemen.
Make out
116. Make out - to understand the meaning of,
see hear etc clearly सिझ पाना

• I can't make out the address. He has written

it so badly.
• He is unable to make out the meaning of the
this passage.
Make out - make progress, fare प्रगहत करना

• The business made out better than expected

and profits were slightly up.
• How are you making out in your new job?
Make over
117. Make over - to transfer possession
हस्तांतरण

• After she retired she made over her

property to her children and moved to India.
• Since she had no legal heir, she made over
her house in charity.
To remodel or alter - to change or improve the
appearance of something रुप बदलना

• Nobody can make over his personality in a

day.
Make up
118. Make up - to end a quarrel दोस्ती कर लेना
• Isn't it time that you and I should make up
our quarrel.
• We often quarrel but we always make it up
soon after.

Make up - compose - story/excuse/explanation

रचना करना
• I don't believe your story at all. You re just
making it up.
Make up for
119. Make up for - to compensate for
something lost, missed, deficient
क्षहतपूणथ करना

• No amount of money can make up for the

death of a child.
• How can I make up for the pain I caused
you?
Make for
120. Make for - move or head towards
आगे बढ़ना

• The escaped prisoner was making for

the coast.
Make for - to make possible - to help to bring
about िदत करना

• Your cooperation will make for the success

of our project.
• Having faster computers would make for a
more efficient system.

Syno - produce, promote, facilitate

Pass off
121. Pass off - to happen in a particular way
घहटत होना

• The elections are likely to pass off

peacefully.
• The ceremony passed off without a
problem.
Pass oneself off
122. Pass oneself off - show off हदखावा
करना

• He tried to pass himself off as a doctor,

even though he knows nothing about
medical stuff.
• The clever spy passed herself off as a store
clerk.
Pass out
123. Pass out - to become unconscious
बेहोश हो जाना

• He consumed enough alcohol to make him

pass out.
• I was hit on the head and passed out.

Syno - faint, collapse

Pass out - leave after completing graduation
पुरा होने पर छोड़ना

• The trainee will pass out next month after

completing their training.
Pull down
124. Pull down - to destroy something
तबाह करना
• Why did they pull the shops down?
• Many of those old building will soon be
pulled down.

to earn a large amount of money

बड़ी राहश किाना
• She pulls down over 50 lakh a year.
if something makes you pull down- it makes
you unhappy and physically weak नीचा
हदखाना

• That virus she had two months ago really

pulled her down, she still hasn't fully
recovered.
Pull off
125. Pull off - to succeed in doing something
difficult सफल हो जाना

• Indian pulled off victory in the last stage of

match.
• Do you think you can pull off this deal?
Pull through
126. Pull through - recover from an illness
िीक होना

• The illness is difficult to overcome, but we

hope she'll pull through.
to get through/survive dangerous and difficult
situation कहिन स्स्थहत िे बचना

• I didn't think he'd survive, but he somehow

pulled through.
• We hope our experience will encourage
them to pull through hard times.
Pull up
127. Pull up - come to a halt or stop रोक
लगाना
• The car pulled up in front of the hotel.
• He pulled up at the traffic lights.

Pull up- to rebuke or scold डाटना

• They were pulled up for wasting money.
• The students were pulled up by the principal
for their misbehaviour with the class
teacher.
Put down
128. Put down - to crush or supress a rebellion
or movement - bring to an end िारना
• The riots were put down by the local police.
The go

Put down - the opposite of pick up – नीचे

रखना
• She picked up the pan and put it down at
once because the handle was red hot.
Put down - to criticize नीचा हदखाना
• Why did you have to put me down in front
of everybody like that?
• The govt. should put down gambling and
prostitution.

Put down - to write down हलखना

• Put down his phone number before you
forget it.
• He's putting a few thoughts down on paper.
Pull with
129. Pull with - live together, get on with
साथ रहना

• He is pulling well with his wife these days.

Put off
130. Put off - to delay of postpone
स्थहगत करना

• The meeting had to be put off because the

president could not come.
• I'll put off my visit to India till the weather is
warmer.
Put on
131. Put on - to dress oneself- to wear पहनना

• She put on her glasses and started reading

the book.
• Put on a coat, put socks on.
Put on - assume something or - to pretend to
have a particular feeling or way of behaving
that is not real or natural to you ढोंग करना

• She put on an English accent.

• I can't tell whether he is really upset, or if
he's just putting it on.
Put out
132. Put out - to extinguish बुझाना

• Put out a fire.

• Radha put out the lamp and went to
sleep.
Put up
133. Put up - to stay somewhere कही रुकना

• We put up at a small hotel for the night.

• He is putting up at a hostel these days.
Put up with
134. Put up with - tolerate or endure सहना

• I'm too tired to put up with any nonsense.

• We had to put up with a lot of noise when
the children were at home.
Put in
135. Put in - to do- a certain amount of work
हनहित सिय: के हलए काि करना

• He put in an hour's training today.

• He put in two hours or so campaigning.
Put in for
136. Put in for - apply for job/ a post
नौकरी के हलए आवेदन करना

• He put in for the post of accountant.

• Are you putting in for that job?
Put aside
137. Put aside - to save for future use
सुरहक्षत रखना

• Put aside some money for future.

Pick up
138. Pick up - to collect or gather इकट्ठा करना

• Picked up some pebbles.

to take something - with hand उिाना

• Could you pick that book up?

• The dog picked up the bone in its mouth.
Lift or take with one - in a vehicle हलफ्ट दे ना

• I don't have time to come to your house but

I could pick you up at the end of your road.

learn without effort हबना िेहनत के सीखना

• Children usually pick up foreign languages

very quickly.
Pick out
139. Pick out - choose, select or distinguish
from a group सिूह से चुनना

• Pick out the one you like the best.

• He picks out his friend in a crowd.
Round up
140. Round up - to bring animals or people
together in one place for particular purpose
एकि करना

• Time to round everybody up. Dinner is

ready.
• We rounded up all of our neighbours to help
clean the park.
To find and arrest people हगरफ़्तार करना

• Dozens of political activists have been

rounded up for questioning.
• The police rounded up anti-social elements
last night.
Run after
141. Run after - to chase someone or
something – pursue पीछा करना

• Why do dogs run after cats?

• She ran after me to hand me some papers
I'd dropped.
Persistently seek to acquire and attain
हाहसल करने की कोहशश करना

• We should not run after money.

• Don't run after wealth.
Run down
142. Run down - to criticize or disparage
someone आलोचना या हनंदा करना
• Please stop running me down all the time.
• He is always running down his neighbors.

To lose power and stop working

काि करना बंद कर दे ना
• The clock ran down because no one was
there to wind it.
• This torch is useless, the battery has ran
down.
To make you feel very tired and be in poor
health after illness
खराब स्वास्थ्य अनुभव करना

• His long illness ran him down, leaving him

with no energy
• All these crises in the family have really
ran her down.
Run into
143. Run into - came across/ meet by chance.
संयोग से हिलना
• While walking along the roadside, I ran into
my old schoolmates.
• I ran into my cousin recently.

Collide with टकराना

• The car ran straight into the wall.
• The car got out of control and ran into a
tree.
Run out
144. Run out - to have no more of
something/have none left- having consumed
all the supply सिाप्त होना

• I have run out of money.

• I have run out of ideas.
• My patience is beginning is to run out.
To leave someone behind
हकसी को पीछे छोड़ना

• Her boyfriend ran out when she needed him

the most.
Run over
145. Run over - crush under -drive over accidently (in
a vehicle) कुचल दे ना
• The driver couldn't stop in time and ran over him.
• A bus ran over a little boy.

Overflow - of a container or its contents

अहतप्रवाह होना
• When he came back he found that the water was
running over.
• She poured the coffee until the cup ran over.
Exceed- an expected limit
अपेहक्षत सीिा से अहधक
• The lecture ran over the allotted time.
• Bob ran over the amount he was budgeted to
spend.

Run over/ run through - to review or read quickly / to

read or examine something quickly
जल्दी से सिीक्षा करना
• I ran through your report this afternoon.
• I'll just run through your instructions again.
Run through
146. Run through - waste money or supplies -
consume extravagantly लापरवाही से खचथ
करना

• She ran through the money she had

borrowed from her friend.
• Have we run through all the peanut butter
already?

Syno - squander, spend, waste.

Run through - be present in every part of,
pervade हर हहस्से िें िौजूद होना

• A sense of personal loss runs through many

of his lyrics.
• Racism runs right through society.

Syno - pervade, permeate, suffuse

Run up against something
147. Run up against something - to experience
an unexpected difficulty
अप्रत्याहशत कहिनाई का अनुभव करना

• I just ran up against some regulations that

were incredibly stupid.
• If he tries to change the rules of the club he
will run up against a lot of opposition.
See off
148. See off - To escort a guest for his
departure हवदा करना

• Her friends were present at the station to

see her off.
• My parents saw me off at the station.
See through
149. See through - To discover something
hidden and understand or detect the true
nature of something स्वभाव जानना

• He can see through her lies and

deceptions.
• You can't fool me anymore. I can see
through you and all your tricks.
See about
 150. See about - attend to or deal with -
arrange and enquire
व्यवस्था और पूछताछ करना

• He had gone to see about a job he had

heard of.
• I'll see about the refreshments if you handle
the tickets.
Send for
151. Send for - order and instruct someone to
come to one- summon /call
आदे श और हनदे श दे ना

• If you don't go I shall send for the police.

• I think we should send for an ambulance.
Send down
152. Send down - to dismiss and suspend
someone from the university
हनलंहबत करना

• They sent down two of the students for

cheating.
• She was sent down from Oxford for taking
drugs.
Set about
153. Set about - start doing something - and
deal with something करना शुरू करना

• He is going to set about a business.

• How do we set about solving this puzzle?
Set aside
154. Set aside - to save something for a
particular purpose
हवशेष उद्दे श्य के हलए कुछ बचाना

• I will set a piece of cake aside for you.

• It's wise to set aside some money for
unexpected expenses that may come up in
the future.
To discard and reject something खाररज करना
• She set her fears aside and continued her studies.
• He set aside his concerns and allowed his child to
go on the school trip.

To declare something invalid- to have a no legal

effect/ turn down रद्द करना
• The higher court set aside the verdict of the lower
court.
Set in
155. Set in - to begin something unpleasant or
unwelcome आरम्भ होना

• In winter darkness sets in so early.

• If the wound is not treated, infection may
set in.
• The rainy season has set in.
Set off
156. Set off - to start a journey/ or to start a series of
events यािा आरम्भ करना
• When do you set off for china?
• Privatization has set off the process of
liberalisation in foreign trade.(series of events)
• The strike sets off a series of strikes throughout
the country.

Improve - make more attractive आकषथक बनाना

• Cosmetics set off the natural grace.
Set up
157. Set up - Establish – achieve स्थाहपत करना
• She plans to set up his own business.
• Sakshi set up a new record.

To arrange for an event or activity to happen

तैयारी करना
• We need to set up a meeting to discuss the
proposals.
Set forth
158. Set forth - Start a journey
यािा आरम्भ करना
• We set forth to enjoy the countryside.

Explain or state ideas- and make rules and

suggestions हनयि और सुझाव दे ना
• Set forth one's reasons.
• The party will set forth its views on
globalisation at a public rally.
Set out
159. Set out - to start a journey
यािा आरम्भ करना
• They set out at five and hoped to arrive before
twilight.

To start an activity with a particular aim- to start a

project
• She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest
ever winner of the championship.
• They set out to discover the cure of cancer.
Stand by
160. Stand by - continue to support and help
someone सिथथन करना
• No matter what happens I'll stand by you, so don't
be afraid, mumma.
• We will stand by our leader.

to wait and remain ready तैयार रहना

• Is everyone ready for the telecast- only ten
seconds stand by.
• Our network is experiencing some technical
difficulties, please stand by.
Stand for
161. Stand for - to represent or signify
something प्रहतहनहधत्व या संकेत करना

• BBC stands for British broadcasting

corporation.
• In a traffic signal the red light stands for
"Stop“

Syno - mean, denote, indicate

To tolerate something or accept something
सिथथन करना
• We just can't stand for that kind of behaviour.
• The teacher won't stand for any whispering in the
class.
Syno - allow, accept, endure.

To support particular principals or values

बदाथस्त करना
• The national writers union stands for the freedom
of the press.
• The party stands for low taxes and individual
freedom.
Stand up for
162. Stand up for - to defend a particular idea
or a person who is being criticized or attacked -
paksh lena- verbally पक्ष लेना

• Why don't you stand up for yourself?

• You have to stand up for your rights- you
can't let them walk all over you.
Stand up to
163. Stand up to - someone or something - to
take a stand against someone or something/to
oppose someone or something without fear-
confront fearlessly
हनडर होकर सािना करना
• He is tough customer, and you have to learn
to stand up to him.
• I know Jim would stand up to anyone, even
his boss, if he believed he was right about
something.
Stand out
164. Stand out - to be very noticeable
अलग से हदखना

• The veins in his neck stood out.

• She stood out from the crowd because of
her height.
Strike off
165. Strike off - remove from the list, record
etc. काट दे ना
• His name has been the struck off the
admission list.

To cut off or separate by हटा दे ना

• She was struck off from the inheritance.
Sell off
166. Sell off - sell cheaply- what is left of a
stock.
Or
to get rid of by selling कि दाि पर बेंच
डालना

• These things have to be sold off.

• The store sold off the surplus
merchandise.
Sell out
167. Sell out - to sell all of the supply that you
have of something. बेचना
• We sold out of T-shirts in the first couple of
hours.

To betray someone
• I think that you have sold out to the enemy.
• Shaka sold out his friends, and we will all be
soon arrested.
Settle up
168. Settle up - to pay someone the money you
owe them. भुगतान करना

• You buy the tickets and I'll settle up with

you later.
• Tell me what I owe you and I'll settle up.
Take after
169. Take after – Resemble. सिान होना

• The rest of us take after our mother.

• Don't you think that she takes after her
mother?
Take down
170. Take down - write, usually form dictation.
हलखना
• She was busy in taking down the dictation
which the teacher was giving.

To bring to lower position from a higher one

नीचे उतारना
• His critics took him down after the lecture.
Take over
171. Take over - to assume control,
management or responsibility कब्जा कर लेना

• I'm taking over while the supervisor is on

vacation.
• The agency tried to take over another
company.
Take off
172. Take off - to leave the ground and begin to fly.
उड़ान भरना
• The plane took off three hours late.

To suddenly succeed अचानक सफल होना

• Her singing career had just begun to take off.

Improve उन्नहत करना

• It is really difficult for Indian economy to take off
in the absence of heavy investment.
Take off - remove- when used of clothing “take
off” is the opposite of the put on.
हनकालना

• He took off his coat when he entered house

and put it on again when he went out.
Take to
173. Take to - begin or fall into the habit of
आदत िें पडना
• He took to hiding some secret supplies in his
desk.
• He took to borrowing money.
• He took to drinking alcohol

Find likable or agreeable सहित होना

• The two dogs took to each other immediately
and started to play.
• She never took to Rahul.
Take up
174. Take up - become interested or engaged in
a pursuit - start a hobby शौक शुरू करना
• She took up tennis at the age of 11.
• He has taken up modelling as a career.

Occupy कब्जा करना

• This desk takes up too much room.
• I don't want to take up any more of your
time.

Syno - consume, absorb, fill, occupy

Take for
175. Take for - गलत पहचाना
attribute wrong identity- regard as
• I took him for his brother. They are
extremely alike.
• I took the scoundrel for a noble person.

To consider mistakenly गलतफ़हिी

• Don't take silence for approval.
Take in
176. Take in - deceive धोखा दे ना
• At first he took us in by his stories, but later
we learnt that his stories were all lies.

Understand completely पूरी तरह से सिझना

• I didn't really take in what she was saying.
• I couldn't take in the meaning of the word.
Take out
177. Take out - to extract or remove हनकालना

• People will take out that stain.

• The dentist took out two of her teeth.
Take on
178. Take on - to undertake or begin to handle
संभालना शुरू करना
• Took on extra responsibilities.
• She wants someone to look after her children. I
shouldn't care to take on the job.

To fight or compete against someone or something

लड़ना या प्रहतस्पधाथ करना
• I'll take you on in a game of chess.
• I took on him at draughts.
• A wrestler who took on all corners.
To hire or engage हकराए पर लेना

• Took on more workers during the harvest.

• They are taking on 50 new workers at the
factory.
Take somebody out
179. Take somebody out -
to go somewhere or do something with
someone, usually you something plan and pay
for हकसी को बाहर ले जाना

• Dad's taking the whole family out to the

cinema.
• Our boss took us out for drink.
Talk over
180. Talk over - to discuss the matter
िािले पर चचाथ करना

• I'd like to talk it over with my wife first.

• I agreed to go home and talk over the
matter.
• Talk it over with your wife and give me your
answer tomorrow.
Taken back
181. Taken back - है रान होना
surprised and confused by something
unexpected

• When marry told me the news I was taken

back for a moment.
• When I told my parents I was married, they
were completely taken back.
Think over
182. Think over - consider something carefully
ध्यान से हवचार करना

• She really ought to think it over before she quits

school.
• I'll think it over and give you an answer next week.
• I need some time to think over his proposal.
• I've thought over your offer, and I'd like to accept
it.
Throw away/ out
183. Throw away/ out - to get rid of as
useless छु टकारा पाना
• Throw away those old shoes.
• Threw away yesterday's newspaper.
• Threw out the garbage.

To give off- emit फ़ेंकना

• Searchlights throwing out powerful
beams.
Tie someone up
184. Tie someone up - bind someone's hands
and feet so that he cannot move बांध दे ना

• The thieves tied up the night watchman

before opening the safe.
Throw up
185. Throw up - to vomit उलटी करना
• I spent all night throwing up.
• I leaned over and threw up again.
• I always throw up on long car journeys.

To abandon, relinquish - some work or plan

पररत्याग करना
• She suddenly got tired of the job, and threw it up.
• He has thrown up his job and gone off to Africa to
work for charity.
Try on
186. Try on - to put on (an article of clothing)
to see if it fits. पहन कर दे खना

• Try on the shoes to see if they fit.

• What a gorgeous dress- why don't you try it
on for size?
• She likes trying on her mum's clothes.
• Why don't you try on my sunglasses/
Try it on - to deceive someone or behave badly,
especially in order to discover how much of
your bad behaviour will be allowed
बुरा बताथव करना

• He's not really ill- he's just trying it on.

• The kids often try it on with a new
babysitter.
Turn down
187. Turn down - to reject or refuse someone or
something)an offer, application, applicant
अस्वीकार कर दे ना

• He turned down my request.

• I turned down the invitation.
• We turned them down because their offer too low.
• The company offered her a trip to Australia but
she turned it down.
To decrease the speed, volume or intensity of
something िहद्दि करना

• Please turn the radio down.

• He turned down the T.v so that his roommate
could study.
Turn off
188. Turn off - to switch off, stop बंद करना
• Please make it a point to turn off water tap
before you go out.
• All the lights turn of automatically.

To leave one road in order to join another

िोड़ लेना
• They turned off the main road.
Turn on
189. Turn on - switch on – start चालू करना
• Turn on the lights please.
• She turned on the shower to take bath.

Suddenly attack physically or verbally

अचानक हिला करना
• The tiger turned on the trainer and struck
him to the ground.
Turn over
190. Turn over - turn something so that the
side previously underneath is exposed – invert
पलट जाना
• He turned over the stone.
• The boat turned over and ten persons were
drowned.

To shift the position of, as by rolling from one

side to another.
• It is difficult for me turn over.
Turn in
191. Turn in - got to bed हबस्तर पर आना

• I'm getting sleepy- I think I'll turn in.

• It's time to turn in. Good night.
• I want to turn in early tonight.
Turn out
192. Turn out - prove to be the case -
somehow to end in a particular way.
हसद्ध होना

• The job turned out to be beyond his rather

limited abilities.
• I hope everything turns out all right.
• The party did not turn out well.
• Nothing ever turned out right for me in
life.
Be revealed - to be known or discovered
finally, surprisingly पाया जाना

• He told her that she was a spinster but it

turned out that she was married with six
children.
• It turns out that she had know him when
they were children.
• The truth turned out to be stranger than
we expected.
To go somewhere कही जाना
• Over 70% of the electorate turned out to vote.
• A lot of people turned out for our meeting.
• A lot of students turned out for the seminar.

Produce उत्पादन
• The creamery turns out two hundred tons of
butter a week.
Turn out a room
193. Turn out a room - Clean it thoroughly
अच्छी तरह साफ करना

• Honey never tries to turn out his room.

Turn up
194. Turn up - arrive, take place पहुं चना
• Half the guests failed to turn up.
• We arranged to meet at the station but she
didn't turn up.
• She turned up my house late one night.

Increase the volume तेज करना

• Turn up the radio please.
To happen or take place होना
• Who can say what will turn up next?
• I am sorry I was late. Something turned up at the
last minute.
• Something turned up so I couldn't go to the play.

To find something, especially by chance

अप्रत्याहशत रूप से हिलना
• All the missing documents had turned up.
• Our first look at the records did not turn up
anything.
Turn into
195. Turn into - to convert into something - or
change into something or someone
हकसी चीज़ िें बदलना

• After the work is over, he turns into a fairly

nice person.
• The room turned into a very pleasant place
when the lights are dimmed.
Watch out
196. Watch out - look out or be careful - warn
someone of danger that seems likely to
happen सतकथ रहना

• If you don't watch out. He might harm you.

• Watch out for thieves round here.
• Watch out! It's rather wet over there.
Wipe away
197. Wipe away - to clean or mop something
away - to remove or eliminate something by
wiping पोंछ लेना

• He wiped away the mud.

• The marks of blood wiped away by the
accused.
Wipe out
198. Wipe out - destroy completely
अस्स्तत्व्त् हिटा दे ना

• The riot wiped out the whole families.

• We must try to wipe out poverty from our
country.
Wind up
199. Wind up - bring or come to an end - arrive
or end up in a specified situation, state, or
place सिाप्त करना

• The principal wound up the meeting by

thanking the parents.
• We were forced to wind up the business on
account of heavy loss.
Work out
200. Work out - to be the result of a calculation - find
result, solution हहसाब हकताब करना

• These figures work out differently each time I add

them.
• In fact the trip worked out cheaper than we'd
expected.
• They used their calculator to work out the
manufacturing cost.
To solve a problem हल करना
• He is very intelligent and can work out any
difficult problem.

To happen in a particular way – succeed सम्पन्न

होना
• Let's hope this new job works out well for
him.
• How is the new procedure working out?
• Things don't always work out that way.
Work up
201. Work up - arouse emotions of someone of
something, excite someone or something
भावनाओं को जगाना

• The skilful politician worked up the crowd.

• What I read in the newspaper really worked me
up.
• The politicians should not try to work up
communal riots.
• I can't work up any enthusiasm for this plan.
• It's strange but I can't work up any enthusiasm for
going on this trip.
Work upon/on
202. Work upon/on - exercise influence on or
to convince िेहनत करना

• The leader tried to work upon the mob.

• I'll work upon her, and I'm sure she will
agree.
• If you work on him, he might change his
mind.
Walk out
203. Walk out - to leave suddenly or angry
नाराज़ हो कर चले जाना
• He has walked out in a temper.
• All the parents walked out in protest.
• He walked out on his wife and two kids.
• We didn't like the play at all, so we walked
out.
• Some people were do disgusted with the
film that they walked out in the middle of
the film.
Wait on/upon
204. Wait on/upon - to serve someone
हकसी की सेवा करना

• She waited on the customers all day at the

department store.
• He sits there in front of the T.V and expects
me to wait on him.
• He expected his wife to wait on him hand
and foot.
• A maid was appointed to wait on her.
Wear away
205. Wear away - to make or become
damaged, thinner, smoother, through use or
rubbing etc हघस जाना

• In some disease, the protective layer in the

joint wears away.
• Erosion wore away the surface.
• The steps had been worn away by the feet
of the thousands of pilgrims.
Wear out
206. Wear out - used or be used until no longer
in the good condition or working order –
deteriorate नष्ट करना

• Children wear out their shoes very quickly.

• Cheap clothes wear out very quickly.
• It takes a lot of driving to wear out an
engine.
• My jeans are almost worn out because I
have worn them so much.
Extremely tired बहुत थक जाना

• I have been working all night and I'm worn

out.
• I was worn out from packing all those
books.
• The journey wore him out.
Wear off
207. Wear off - lose effectiveness, disappear
gradually गायब होना
• The effects of the drug wearing off.
• The effects of the painkiller wore off and my
tooth began to hurt.
• I was annoyed at first but my anger wore
off.

Syno - fade, dwindle, lessen, diminish,

decrease, wane, subside