Terrain…
Sentence 1 ..The terrain in coastal Odisha is plain with no rocks and forests. In contrast, the terrain in western Odisha is rocky and has dense forests. These areas belong to Eastern Ghat and have large mineral deposits. (Learn about the terrains of Western Ghat and Eastern Ghat from your geography books and from Google. I will ask you questions later on this topic..)
Criss-cross….
In densely populated cities like Delhi and Mumbai, flyovers crisscross one another quite often causing confusion for the new motorists.
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Expanse…..
Russia is battling with falling birth rate in the last decade or so. Considering the caste expanse of its geographical territory, the human population per acre has become one of the lowest in the world.
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When I was a 6-year-old child, my mother took me to the sea beach. It was my first visit to the sea shore where the vast expanse of blue sea and the vigorous tides drove extreme fear into my heart.
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Length and breadth…
When Subhash Bose called upon Indians to donate money to his newly launched Indian National Army (INA), his call reached the length and breadth of the country. Many women even have given away all their ornaments to him.
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Oversee…
The United Nations has deputed a team if experts to oversee the food distribution in different parts of Gaza after the ceasefire allows food aid trucks to come in.
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After the company received persistent complaints about the quality of its products, the management authorised an external agency to oversee its internal quality control operations.
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Last year, the NEET examination was marred by serious administrative lapses that resulted in seething anger among students and their parents. To ensure that such allegations are never heard again, the NEET authorities asked some eminent academicians to oversee its question setting process as well as the conduct of examinations.
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Monitor….
President Trump’s administration is now closely monitoring the observance of ceasefire by the Israeli side and the Hamas.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) monitors the working of all banks in the country to ensure they observe their loan disbursal and collection procedures.
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Navigate…
Meaning 1….. The captain of a ship is responsible for navigating it towards its destination.
Meaning 2… (Metaphoric)The legal system in India is both slow and complicated. For a poor citizen if the country, it becomes too costly and cumbersome to navigate his way through it to get justice.
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Lifeline…
The river flowing through the Amazon Forests in Brazil offers a lifeline to millions of plants, animals and humans living along its banks.
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Argentina wants a 20 billion dollar financial aid from the U.S. to tide over its ongoing financial crisis, but President Trump is hesitating to give it.
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Credit as noun …….
Meaning 1…. I did a lot of work as a volunteer to plant trees in our school compound, but my teachers didn’t give me any credit for it.
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Even the worst critics of President Trump don’t hesitate to give credit to him for bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza.
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The credit for starting effective prose writing in Odiya language goes to Fakira Mohan Senapati.
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Meaning 2……
The bank refused to extend any more credit to the farmers because they had not fully repaid their earlier loans.
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Argentina is facing a financial collapse that could cause the political death of President Javier Milei. President Trump could extend a credit of upto USD 20 billion to Argentina to enable President Milei to tide over the crisis.
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My father was a principled man. He never bought any item from the grocery or any other store on credit.
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Generally, when a shopkeeper sells an item on credit, they charge a little higher price.
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The credit for economic liberalisation of India goes to the late prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
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Credit as verb…
Thanks to digital revolution in the country, banks very quickly credit our accounts with money that our friends remit us from banks located in remote corners of the country.
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Most Indians credit Modi for building the Lord Rama temple in Ayodhya.
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The company credits salaries to the accounts of its employees sharply on the first day of the month.
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Credible …
The judge refused to accept the testimony of the witness because the details were not credible at all.
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For a scientific theory to be credible, it must be proved in repeated experiments in multiple laboratories.
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Some atheists claim that Lord Rama and Lord Krishna never existed as there is no credible evidence to prove their physical presence on earth.
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Astronomical scientists are vigorously searching for credible evidence that there are distant planets where living beings like humans live.
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Creditable …..
The performance of the young singer on stage was highly creditable as a result of which she received standing ovation from the audience.
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The young batsman scored a century on his debut. Such a creditable performance was highlighted in all newspapers.
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The army battalion won the President’s award for its spectacular attack on the enemy that crippled it.
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Credibility…
The credibility of almost all TV news channels in India has hit an all-time low, thanks to its one-sided news broadcasts.
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President Trump’s loose- mouthed comments on world events has badly affected his credibility.
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Creditworthy..
Banks generally look at the wealth of a person to find if he is creditworthy or not. However, it’s a wrong approach. A very rich man might appear creditworthy outwardly, but by nature he could be a deliberate defaulter.
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Because of decades of bad management of their economy, countries like Pakistan, Argentina, Tunisia, Ghana, Egypt are no longer considered to be creditworthy by international bankers. They are more likely to default in their repayments of loans.
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A spendthrift person spends more than he earns as a matter of habit. Banks and private lenders will not consider such a person to be creditworthy.
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Credentials ..
Our professor was a renowned economist. His strong credentials made it easy for him to gain access to the chief minister’s office.
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For jobs in the army or other security forces, credentials of the selected candidates are subjected to very rigid check by the police departent.
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