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Translate these Odiya sentences to English. 1. ମୋର ଚିକିତ୍ସା ରେ ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା ଖର୍ଚ୍ଚ ହେଲା। One thousand rupees were spent on my treatment. Or My treatment cost me one thousand rupees. 2. ମୋର ଚିକିତ୍ସାରେ ହଜାର ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା ଖର୍ଚ୍ଚ ହେଲା। My medical bill ran to thousands of … Read more
Line by line explanation of Bacon’s Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature I take goodness in this sense, the affecting of the weal of men, which is that the Grecians call philanthropia; and the word humanity, (as it is used) is a little too light … Read more
Reciprocity… Model sentence… Sasmita presented a new flower painting to Monalisa. As a gesture of reciprocity, the latter (Monalisa ) gave a big chocolate pack to the former (Sasmita) as a gesture of reciprocity. Or Israel exports a lot of its missiles and missile … Read more
Restraint … While arguing a matter in a court, both the lawyers and the judges show maximum restraint in their choice of words, and body language in order not to spoil the dignity of the chamber.r Or All salaried employees exercise … Read more
Flareup as noun .. The political leader’s firy speech against a particular community led to a communal flareup in the town. Flare up as phrasal verb… Violence flared up in the village after a wicked Brahmin boy physically abused some Dalit women taking bath in … Read more
Read the whole piece, and understand it. Paraphrase the first two paragraphs. Choose any one paragraph and identify the words as noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb etc. (This piece appeared in The Economist magazine. We gratefully acknowledge it.) ————————————————————————————————.————————- Last month I was part of a … Read more
FIGURES OF SPEECH What are…. Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Oxymoron Metonymy … Read more
The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney Six humans trapped in happenstance In dark and bitter cold, Each one possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story’s told. Meaning .. By some coincidence, six humans find themselves trapped in an area that is … Read more
Translate the folloswing xsentences to English… 1. ରାଗରେ ତମ ତମ ହୋଇ ରେଫେରୀ ଖେଳାଳୀଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ ଆଉଥରେ ଫାଉଲ୍ ମାଇଲେ, ମୁଁ ତମକୁ ପଡ଼ିଆରୁ ବାହାର କରିଦେବି। 2. ଦୋଷ କରିଥିବା ଖେଳାଳୀ କହିଲା ମୋର ଭୁଲ୍ ହୋଇଛି ସତ କିନ୍ତୁ ମୋତେ ଏପରି ଧମକ ଦେଇ ଡରାଅ ନାହିଁ। 3. ରେଫେରୀ ଜଣକ କିଛି ନ କହି ଖେଳ … Read more
Comprehension exercise 2 … The Tsunami engulfs the Andaman and Nicober islands ————————–.————————————- Despite the hundreds of kilometres of water that separate the Andamans from the Indian mainland, many of the relief camps in Port Blair, the islands’ capital city, have the appearance of miniaturized … Read more