Spoken English January - 2017 - - it is meaningless. iv) Had had = Somebody having something in the past, before / till they had some-thing else. Eg: I had hada bike before I boughtthis
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Hand in glove × Severally (NúÕ-N-úÕí¬ äéπ-JûÓäéπJéÀ Ææç•çüμ¿ç ™‰èπ◊çú≈)
Eg: Those who committed the theft of thehuge amount acted severally without anyof them colluding with the others. (¢√∞¡Ÿxäéπ-JûÓ äéπ-JéÀ Ææç•çüμ¿ç ™‰èπ◊çú≈ Ç Â°ü¿l-¢Á·û√hEo é¬ñ‰-¨»®Ω’).
Vocabulary
- M. Veena
Q: Sir, I am afraid of using the word 'being'.Please elaborate the usage of 'being' withexamples.
A: Being = i) Öçúøôç. Eg: He did not like my being there. (؈-
A: 'Faculty' is only in colleges. The correctsentence is: I am on the English faculty / Iam a member of the English faculty / I ama member of the faculty of English.
★ 'I am English faculty' - Wrong, because fac-ulty means a group of departments of asubject (British)/ a group of lecturersteaching a particular subject (American).
- Harsha
Q: Sir, can you explain the difference amongthe usages of the following in detail.i) Have + Had ii) Has + Hadiii) Had + Have iv) Had + Had
A: i) Have had (used with I / we / you / they)- Somebody Having something, till nowor even now.
Eg: I have had this car for the past threeyears / for three years so far.
ii) Has had (used with he / she / it) - Thesame meaning as above.
Eg: My friend has had this bike for the pastfour years.
iii) Had have - No such expression inEnglish - it is meaningless.
iv) Had had = Somebody having somethingin the past, before / till they had some-thing else.
Eg: I had had a bike before I bought thiscar = I bought a car sometime ago.Before buying the car, I had a bike.
- S. Sivanagi Reddy, Shik Sana.
Q: Sir, please translate the following sen-tences into Telugu.1) Gods must be crazy. 2) It's my privilege.3) It's time we started work hard.4) It's time you came home.
The correct sentence is: It's time westarted working hard = ´’†ç éπ≠æd-°æúÕ °æE-îË-ߪ÷-Lq† Æ洒ߪ’ç á°æ¤púÓ ´îËa-ÆœçC/ Éçûªèπ◊´·çüË ´’†ç éπ≠æd-°æ-úøôç v§ƒ®Ωç-Gμç-î√-LqçC.
Q: Sir, please explain the sentences.1) My uncle has gone to New York 5 time.2) My uncle has been to New York 5 times.3) My uncle went to New York 5 times.
A: 1) My uncle has gone to New York fivetimes - Wrong. The Correct form - My uncle had been toNY five times.
★ Your = F/ O’. Eg: This is your book (ÉC F/ O’ °æ¤Ææhéπç).
- Aditya Sarma, Hyderabad.
Q: Sir, please give differences between the followinga) Film and Movie b) Start and Beginc) End and Finish d) Narration and Descriptione) Story, Essay and Review f) Finish and Complete g) Listen and Hear
A: a) Film and movie are more or less the same. However,film is the celluloid strip on which a movie is shot.
b) Start = Beginc) To end something is to finish something. They both
mean the same. However, finish has the other meaningof giving polish and an attractive appearance to anobject made of wood. The table has an attractive finish.
d) Narration is telling something, usually a story.Sometimes it refers to reporting in detail somethingthat has happened.
★ Description is telling what somebody or something islike. Eg: After returning from Kashmir, he gave us adescription of the beauty of the place.
e) A story is telling or describing a series of connectedevents, usually imagined and sometimes true.Eg: Every movie has a story.
★ An essay is a piece of writing, in which the authorexpresses their views on some topic.
★ A review is pointing out the merits and defects of apiece of writing, a movie, a drama, etc.
f) Finish = Complete. g) 'Hear' is what reaches your ears, whether you try to
hear or not. As you walk along the street, you hear thenoise of traffic. You don't pay attention to them.Eg: You hear the noises on the street.
★ Listen is what you try to hear. Eg: You listen to theteacher in the class.
- Bollempalli Sarada, Navuduru
Q: Sir, please let me know which of the sen-tences is correct?1) Please grant me leave for one and a half
days. (OR)
2) Please grant me leave for one and halfdays.
A: Please grant me leave for one and a halfdays / Please grant me leave for a day and ahalf - Correct
Q: Sir, please explain First and Foremost.A: Most important. The first and foremost
thing when we start a business is the moneyfor investment.
- K. Haritha Devi, K. Harish.
Q: Sir, please explain meanings of the words.1) Underbelly 2) Attitude 3) Character 4) Umbrage
A: 1) The soft underside portion of the stom-ach of an animal (ïçûª’´¤ §Òôd éÀçü¿ ÖçúË¢Á’ûªh-ØÁj† ¶μ«í∫ç).
2) The way you understand, think of some-thing and the way you behave towardssomebody.
Q: 'A total of 282 cyber crimes were regis-tered against 370 last year'. I read this sentence in a news paper. Mydoubt is "instead of against, shall we use,as compared to or in comparison to"-which one is suitable for that? Pleaseexplain
A: The correct sentence is '........ as against370 last year'. This is as correct as 'as com-pared to'. 'In comparison to' is wrong. 'Incomparison with' is correct.
Q: Sir, his relationships with leaders all overthe world are 'Second to none' - Explain inTelugu.
Q: Sir, in following expressions which one isright 'God's gift' or 'God gift' - Kindlyexplain.
A: God's gift (Correct) = Gift given by God.
- L. Kavitha Jabbar
Q: Sir, please say the difference betweenbelow words briefly.1) Governor and Lieutenant governor2) Sate and Union territory
A: A governor usually does not have any pow-ers. The council of ministers of a state, andthe chief minister have all the powers, andthe governor has to give his consent whatthe cabinet or the assembly decides.
★ A union territory is a state, Eg: Delhi, direct-ly under the rule of the president of India,and the chief minister and cabinet ministersof the union territory do not have any pow-ers. The head of the administrators is underthe control of the President, who rules thestate through the Lieutenant Governors.While other states have governors, unionterritories have Lt Governors.
- B. Ashok
Q: Sir, what is meant by hometown? I am liv-ing in a village. Shall I mention my home-town as my village name or it is near bytown? - Please explain.
A: Hometown, as you say is a town or a citywhere a person is born and spent his youth.For people like you, born in a village, youcan say 'I am a native of such and such avillage, near such and such a town.' 'Nativeplace' is not correct English.
- M. Suresan
Writer 'Must' express command..!
1. Despair = Loss of hope (E®√-¨¡í¬ Ö†o).Eg: They are in despair over the condition
Q: Sir, please explain the following which are related toGated community.1) Venture 2) Concern 3) Assign4) Attach 5) Forfeiture 6) Pawn7) Mortgage 8) Security Charge
A: 1) Venture - A new risky activity, usually a businesswhich requires us to invest a lot of money withoutour knowing whether we get profit or loss. It hasother meanings too.
2) Concern - A company. Eg: It is a real estate concern. 3) Assign - It means asking somebody or allotting some-
one a job / work. In the context of real estate it means,a piece of land government gives to someone for culti-vation, without their having any right to sell it.
4) Attach - Taking away of a person's property if they are
unable to pay back debts to others or debts and taxes tothe government.
5) Forfeiture - Losing the fight to a property or things asa punishment for wrong doing, or the inability to payback debts.
6) Pawn - Offering something valuable as a guarantee forthe repayment of a loan. Till the loan is repaid, the arti-cle pawned is kept with the lender. Once the loan isrepaid, the article is returned to the borrower.
7) Mortgage is offering a property, usually a house, housesite, land as a guarantee for the repayment of a loan.The mortgaged property is in the possession of the bor-rower, and the lender has the right to take over theproperty, if the lender fails to repay the debt.
8) Security Charge - No such expression. It is either'security' or 'charge' = something offered as a guaran-tee for the repayment of a loan.
- Gollapalli Jeevani
Q: "She had to go through a lot of difficultiesin her life" - Please explain the meaningof the sentence.
If the meaning of the above sentence is"she is going to face many difficulties infuture" then, is it correct to use the sentencelike "She has to face a lot of difficulties in herlife"?A: She has to face ...... in her life = She is
facing now and will continue to face. ★ She will have to face many difficulties in
future - This refers to the future. ★ In the past, she had to experience a lot of
trouble in her life. (had to - refers to thepast)
Q: Sir, please explain the difference between'Me too' and 'I too' and when do we usethem?
A: Me too = I too. However, nowadays, 'metoo' is more common than 'I too'.
- Sujana Navulur
Q: Sir, what is meant by idioms? Explainwith examples.
A: An idiom: A group of words, the meaningof which as a whole is different from themeanings of the words in the idiom. Itmay or may not have a verb in it. Eg: Kiss of death = An action that puts an
end to something. Q: Sir, explain the difference between phrase
and phrasal verb. Define them with exam-ples.
A: A phrase: A group of words without averb. Eg: In the evening, outside the college,
etc. ★ A phrasal verb: A group of words with a
verb in it, followed by a preposition or anadverb or both. Eg: Look down upon = to ill treat / insult
somebody. The Whites look downupon the Blacks.
- Narasimha Reddy Nune
Q: I saw two sentences in the dictionary.1) A life without a friend is a life without
a sun. (I wonder if I can say "Life with-out a friend is life without a sun." - Isthis sentence correct? When should Iput the "a" before "life"?)
2) With close friends in their lives, peopledevelop courage and positive attitudes.(You see the phrase "in their lives", andI want to know why "life" is in pluralfrom in this sentence. Can I say "intheir life"?)
- I'm a little confused. Can you help me?A: 1) 'A life' and 'a sun' are not correct.
When we use life with the meaning ofhuman life in general, we don't use anyarticle. 'Sun' being only one of its kind,must have 'the' before it. The correctsentence is, 'Life without a friend is lifewithout the sun.'
2) When you refer to more than one per-son, the plural of life, 'lives' is used andit is correct. Eg: The lives of great people like
Eg: The doctor's prompt arrivalsaved the patient's life.
Prompt × Tardy (delaying andslow moving)
5. Zeal = Enthusiasm / Eagerness(Öû√q£æ«ç)
Eg: He set out on a cycle tour of the country with greatzeal.
Zeal × Apathy (E®Ω’-û√q£æ«ç / E®√-ÆæéÀh)
- SaiKiran Sutari
Q: Sir, please explain the following in Telugu.1. Horizons 2. Folks3. Mass 4. Heathens and nerds5. Better half 6. Resurgence7. Resurrection 8. Restoration9. Surgical strike
Q: Sir, say these in English.1) Ææ’-Ah -´÷-ö«x-úøèπ◊/ Ææ’-Ah -îÁ-•’-ûª’-Ø√o-úø’2) -î√-™« -üΔ®Ω’-ùç3) Ææ%-≠œd -üμ¿®Ωtç
A: 1) Don't talk rubbish/ nonsense. Don't boreme.
2) Very horrible 3) The nature of creation/ the characteristic
of creation Q: Sir, is this sentence right or wrong? And
also explain meaning of the sentence. I'll give it a go.
A: The sentence is correct = I will try / I willmake an attempt. It should be = It must be= ÅC Öçú≈L/ ï®Ω-í¬L (Çïc/ üμ¿®Ωtç/ Å´-Ææ®Ωç).
- K. Kameswara Rao
Q: Sir, when do we use "Dear" and "Beloved"?A: Dear does not express the same amount of
love as beloved. Dear = liked or loved. Beloved = Loved very much.
★ We use 'dear' for any of our friends, rela-tives, students, audience, etc. But we use'beloved' only for those who are very dear toour hearts for example, wife, husband, chil-dren, etc.
A: No English words for the above, as theEnglish people don't cook or eat them.
- M. Suresan
Writer
Vocabulary
- P. Thirupathi
Q: Sir, how to identify the words like noun,verb, adverb, conjunction? - Pleaseexplain with examples.
A: A noun is the name of a person, place,thing or animal. It is a word/ words act-ing as the subject of a sentence, object(direct / indirect) of a verb, object of apreposition. What a sentence talks aboutis its subject.
Examples:
a) The teacher teaches the subject well.Here the subject of the sentence isteacher - so it is a noun.
b) The teacher teaches science. Here 'sci-ence' is the object of the verb 'teaches',so 'science' - the name of a subject - isa noun.
c) He gave his friend the book - Here'friend' is the indirect object of 'gave' so'friend' is a noun.
d) He threw a stone at the boy - 'boy' hereis the object of the preposition 'at', so'boy' is a noun.
★ A verb tells us of a) the 'being' of the sub-ject, or b) the action of the subject. Eg: i) India is a vast country. Here 'is' talks
about the being of India, so 'is' is theverb.
ii) He sings well. 'Sings' tells us of theaction of the subject, he. So 'sings' isa verb.
★ An adverb talks of how an action is doneby the subject. Eg: Sujatha sings well. Here 'well' tells us
about how Sujatha sings, so 'well' isan adverb.
★ A conjunction joins two words, two phras-es, or two clauses. Eg: He and his friends are coming today.
'And' here joins he, his friends. So'and' is a conjunction. So are but, so,etc.
Any good grammar book will give youall this information.
- Zohra Begum
Q: Sir, can you explain the differencebetween the following sentences inTelugu.
1) My uncle had been to New York 5times.
2) My uncle has been to New York 5times.
A: 1) My uncle had been to New York 5times = Sometime in the past, beforesomething else happened.
Eg: He had been to New York five timesbefore he retired from his job.
2) My uncle has been to New York fivetimes = He has visited New York fivetimes so far (till now) / or at a time notmentioned. (´÷ ´÷´’ߪ’u Éçûª-´®Ωèπ◊†÷uߪ÷-®˝\èπ◊ -Å-®·-ü¿’≤ƒ®Ω’x ¢ÁRx´-î√aúø’.)
Q: How to learn construction of sentences? A: Read short story books, the English
newspaper and listen to the news on theTV.
Q: Where we use Relative Pronouns? A: We have explained 'Relative Pronouns' a
number of times in the Spoken Englishpage. Refer to old lessons or any goodgrammar book.
- Madhavilatha Kotta
Q: Sir, please translate the following sen-tences into Telugu.