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Haritha: How was the movie last night? (EovA E C?)

Samyuktha: Not so bad. The first half was

tolerable. The second half was tedious. . ( ? Not bad = Very good.Not so bad = EC ) y. N. (Tedious =Boring, too long and uninteresting - K_, ).

Haritha: What else? (?)Samyuktha: The camera work was excellent.

Some of the long shots were eye catching

(v C. Eo B%u x dN o).

Haritha: What about the music? (U C?)

Samyuktha: The score was by the leading

music director Sangeeth Kumar. Some

tunes were really melodious. One song

especially is haunting. (y p C o p U z, U

. Eo o.u N C)

Haritha: What else? (?)Samyuktha: The dialogues lacked punch.

(x ).Haritha: What about the actors? You haven't

said anything about them? ( ?x J* p?)

Samyuktha: There was no scope for action.

Four duets in foreign locales and three

stunts were all that the movie showed. I

don't say the actors lacked talent. They had

no chance to show it. ( .

N nx uq, E C. . C

Haritha: The average Indian mo

that. ( B E

One song especially is hauntin

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O j E x.. E C * v ,U, zy, , j.. NN j

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Omkar: v El?

Sanjay: x C, J?

Omkar: 'hJC? l ?

Sanjay: C? ? uv ?

Omkar: Fo p . h, v, .

Sanjay: h.

Omkar: Shall we go to a movie this evening?/ How

about a movie this evening? (x, Howabout...? better).

Sanjay: No idea which picture is showing in which

hall/ Where?

Omkar: Shall we go to 'Which way to the in-laws'?

Sanjay: How long has it been showing? What is thecast? Who are in the lead roles?

Omkar: I don't have the patience to tell you all that.

You either come or don't.

Sanjay: OK. I'll come.

Answer to the Exercise (Lesson-760)

Ravi, Vijayawada.

Q: , Collocations ao. C* * h *.A: 'English Collocations in Use - Advanced'

by O'Dell and McCarthy - Cambridge

University Press - A useful book on collo-cations.

Q: C NJ.i) Booed and Jeered ii) Bent upon

iii) Took exception to iv) Tone and tenor

v) Heckled vi) Nitty-gritty

A: i) Booed and jeered = Past tense of 'boo

and jeer' = C O x *ah , x E y, Ey v, v~ ,, px .

ii) Bent upon = be determined to do some-

thing- especially something bad - j(u E) Eg.

Duryodhana was bent on ruining the

Pandavas = j Ea o u.

iii) Took exception to = Past tense of take

exception to = To object strongly to some-

thing - Bvi u / Bv~.

We take exception to his

remarks about the people

of our country = v J* uu Bv u o.

iv) Tone and tenor = expres-sion, 'Standard English' ox. Dictionary expression a. ,DEo \, xp v L yE/ n (The quality/ sound of some-

body's voice expressing a particular emo-

tion) .The tone and tenor of his speech showed his

anger at the recent happenings = u, u JT x, o Eo LJ yE*C.

v) Heckled = Past tense of 'heckle' =

To interrupt a speaker/ actor by shouting

questions/ making rude comments = CO vTho h/ ho , , , vo LTboo and jeer .

vi) Nitty - gritty = The most important/ prac-

tical facts of a situation/ problem = JnA/ u C* A ui, i N.

The Chief Minister's complaint is that the

GoM did not get down to the nitty-gritty of

the division of AP = vv N J* , i N v %d E uvA .

Nitty - gritty N ?

Telugu English

T. Satyanarayana,Bhimavaram.

Q: How many of each kind be sold? v ox N i Model Verb Direct be sold T ?

A: How many of each kind be

sold? - This is wrong. 'be' is

not a finite verb. How many

of each kind can be/ may be/

could be/ should be, etc

sold? - is correct. There can

be no sentence without a

finite verb. (Can be/ could

be/ may be/ might be, etc

are finite verbs.

Q: Could you lend me your pen? -

s x Answer, 'Here youare' E C. DE n 'O\ o E ? DE Here it is a ? NJ.

A: Here you are/ Here you go also = Take this.

When you are giving something to some-

body, you use these expressions (O n'C B E j ap .)

Q: i) Festival beckoned him, so did death.

ii) Your presence made a big difference to

many of our lives and so does your

absence.

sxso did, so

does n NJ. \ so Partof speech E h .

iii) Order of words v death did so E,your absence does so E L ?N J . Order of words s N J.

A: i) The festival beckoned him, so did death.

Beckon = To sign/ make a sign to somebody

with your hand to call them towards you =

_ tE h/ L c .The festival beckoned him, so did death =

E L*C, L*C ( xv o opE).

So did = E p.

I bought a car, so did he = I boug

also bought a car ( usa, xp'So did he' .

eg: Ram: N dmango).

Shyam: d. ( like the mango' . C gramcorrect. F )like it too, . u 'also' .

ii) So did/ so does = As explained a

expressions mean, 'also'.

The meaning of the sentence, 'you

... absence' = O \ C @N v N

O v Eoex: His father helped everybody, s

son now - v v A , ( p

Death did so, your absence doe

, Death did too; your absena.

u order of words C,phrases sentence vG*pNo sooner did .... - C ?Never once did he meet me = He d

me even once.

x inversion hC sub+, verb/ HV + sub + MV or

M. SURESAN

761

Translate the following into Englis

Sumana: y E * E hT *v C.

Manorama: *v C?Sumana: x .Manorama: ?Sumana:u vG C

x: E, C.Manorama: E Sumana: Fo p. , z

v, U... Fo oManorama: o ?Sumana: Eq.

Answer a

Exercise

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