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●Common Preposition Combinations with IN

1. In a hurry

🔹Meaning: Rushed, hurried; short of time

🔸E.g. I can’t stop now. I’m in a hurry.

2. In a lather

🔹Meaning: In a state of nervousness or anxiety

🔸E.g. She was in a lather because she couldn’t find her passport.

3. In a minute

🔹Meaning: Within a short time, very soon

🔸E.g. Clean the kitchen, your grandma’s coming in a minute.

4. In a nutshell

🔹Meaning: In summary; briefly or simply

🔸E.g. He had a lot to say, but his answer, in a nutshell, was no.

5. In a row

🔹Meaning: Successively, one after the other

🔸E.g. After making losses four years in a row, the manager knew she had to sack someone.

6. In a row

🔹Meaning: Placed in a straight line

🔸E.g. Bottles of every type of alcohol they had were lined up in a row behind the bar.

7. In absentia

🔹Meaning: While not present; while absent

🔸E.g. The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial.

8. In action

🔹Meaning: In operation

🔸E.g. Seeing a steam engine in action is increasingly rare.

9. In action

🔹Meaning: In combat

🔸E.g. He was wounded in action in his second tour.

10. In advance

🔹Meaning: Beforehand

🔸E.g. The money was paid in advance.

11. In agreement

🔹Meaning: Of one mind; thinking alike

🔸E.g. I am in agreement with you as far as the basic design, but not with the colour scheme you suggest.

12. In agreement

🔹Meaning: Confirmatory; matching

🔸E.g. The results are in agreement with the calculated figures.

13. In all honesty

🔹Meaning: Honestly; in truth

🔸E.g. I didn’t get a girlfriend, though in all honesty, I’m still undecided whether I really want to have one.

14. In all my born days

🔹Meaning: Ever

🔸E.g. I’ve never seen such an ugly man in all my born days.

15. In bed

🔹Meaning: While on a bed

🔸E.g. Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities.

16. In bed

🔹Meaning: In terms of sexual prowess

🔸E.g. She wasn’t kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.

17. In black and white

🔹Meaning: Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas

🔸E.g. I’ll believe that when I see it in black and white.

18. In black and white

🔹Meaning: Using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color

🔸E.g. This film was shot in black and white.

19. In business

🔹Meaning: Ready to proceed in a desired activity

🔸E.g. I finally got the vents back from the chrome shop. Now you’re in business!

20. In character

🔹Meaning: Acting as the character, not as oneself

🔸E.g. It was difficult to stay in character because I kept wanting to laugh.


21. In charge

🔹Meaning: Having the responsibility of leading or overseeing

🔸E.g. He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.


22. In charge

🔹Meaning: Having the power of command or control

🔸E.g. This internet browser puts you in charge of your personal settings.


23. In common

🔹Meaning: Shared with one or more others

🔸E.g. My cousin and I have a grandfather and grandmother in common.


24. In common

🔹Meaning: Possessing similar or identical qualities

🔸E.g. I hate being alone with my boss as we have nothing in common.


25. In condition

🔹Meaning: Fit, healthy

🔸E.g. I was not yet in condition, according to the doctors.

✅Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 3.08.2022


1. NOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (हानिकारक): Deadly, injurious
Synonyms: destructive, harmful
Antonyms: helpful, kind
Example Sentence:
This is a noxious chemical.


2. PERSPICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (तीक्ष्ण-बुद्धि): Observant, perceptive
Synonyms: alert, aware
Antonyms: ignorant, unobservant
Example Sentence:
The CDI officers are always perspicacious with their case.


3. FERVENT (ADJECTIVE): (उत्साही): Enthusiastic
Synonyms: zealous, ardent
Antonyms: apathetic, dull
Example Sentence:
He is a fervent child.


4. FITFUL (ADJECTIVE): (चंचल) :Spasmodic
Synonyms: intermittent, fluctuating
Antonyms: continuous, perpetual
Example Sentence:
As long as his breathing is fitful, he will continue to need an oxygen machine.


5. FLOUT (VERB): (अवज्ञा करना) :Show contempt for
Synonyms: defy, disregard
Antonyms: honour, praise
Example Sentence:
One should not flout the traffic rules.


6. FEASIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यवहार्य) :Practicable
Synonyms: possible, doable
Antonyms: impossible, implausible
Example Sentence:
This seems to be a feasible solution.


7.SUPERVENE (VERB): (पीछे आना): Follow
Synonyms: pursue, supersede
Antonyms: retreat, precede
Example Sentence:
Team members supervene their leaders.


8. DRACONIAN (ADJECTIVE): (कठोर) :Harsh
Synonyms: cruel, oppressive
Antonyms: easy, gentle
Example Sentence:
Your master is a draconian man.


9. DAWDLE (VERB): (समय नष्ट करना): Waste time
Synonyms: loiter, procrastinate
Antonyms: hasten, hurry
Example Sentence:
The teacher warned the student that he will be punished if he dawdled again.


10. PILLAGE (VERB): (लूटना) :Plunder, destroy
Synonyms: ravage, ransack
Antonyms: protect, construct
Example Sentence:
The terrorists pillaged the city.

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🔰 Verbs + Prepositions 🔰

#Sb : Somebody
#Sth : Something

A
● accuse sb of
● advise sb on/about sth
● agree with sb about/on sth
● aim at
● apologise to sb for sth
● apply to sb/sth for sth
● approve of
● argue with sb about/for sth
● arrest sb for sth
● arrive at a building
● arrive in a city / town / country
● ask for
● associate with
___
B
● beg for
● believe in
● belong to
● benefit from
● beware of
● blame sb for sth
● blame sth on sb
● boast about/of
● borrow from
___
C
● care about sb/sth
● care for sb/sth
● choose from/between
● collaborate with
● combine with
● comment on
● communicate with
● compare with/to
● compete with sb for sth
● complain to sb about/of sth
● concentrate on sth
● confess sth to sb
● congratulate sb on sth
● connect to/with
● consist of
● contrast with
● contribute to
● cooperate with sb
● cope with
● cover sb in/with sth
● criticise for
___
D
● deal with
● decide on
● dedicate sth to sb
● depart from
● depend on
● describe sth to sb
● differ from
● disagree with sb about/on sth
● disapprove of
● discourage from
● distinguish between
● divide sth between/among
● divide sth into
● divide by (Maths)
● dream about/of
___
E
● escape from
● exchange sth for sth else
● excuse sb for/from
● experiment on sb/sth with sth
● explain sth to sb
___
F
● fight with
● fill sth with sth else
● forget about
___
G
● glance at
___
H
● head for/towards
● hear about/of sb/sth
● hear from sb
● hope for
___
I
● include in
● insist on
● introduce sb to sb/sth
● invest in
● invite to
● involve in
___
J
● join in
___
K
● know about sth
___
L
● lean on/against
● lie to sb about sth
● listen to
___
M
● (be) made of/from
● mean by
● mention to
● mistake sb/sth for sb/sth else
___
O
● object to sb/sth
● occur to
___
P
● pay for
● point at/to
● praise sb for sth
● pray for sb/sth
● prefer to
● prepare for
● prevent from
● protect sb from/against sth
● protest about/against/at
● provide sb with sth
● provide sth for sb
● punish sb for
● put the blame for sth on sb
___
Q
● quarrel with sb about sth
___
R
● receive sth from sb
● recover from
● reduce sth to
● refer to
● regard sb/sth as
● relate to
● rely on
● remind sb about sth
● remind sb of sb/sth
● replace sth with sth else
● rescue sb from
● result from
● result in
● retire from
___
S
● save sb from
● sentence sb to
● shout at
● smile at/to
● speak to/with sb
● specialise in
● spend money on sth
● stare at
● steal sth from sb
● succeed in
● suffer from
● supply sb with sth
● suspect sb of
___
T
● take care of sb/sth
● talk to/with sb about sth
● thank for
● think of/about
● translate from
___
V
● vote for/against
___
W
● wait for
● warn sb about/against/of
● waste money on sth
● wonder about
● worry about

💢💢The Hindu Editorial with Vocab - 4th AUGUST

Trade worries: On the expanding trade and current account deficits

July’s provisional trade data should trigger early warning signals among policymakers, as the first year-on-year contraction in exports in 17 months, albeit marginal, and a 44% jump in imports, sharply widened the trade deficit to a third successive monthly record. The export performance is of concern, reflecting a slowdown in overseas demand for Indian merchandise, the competitive advantage gained by the rupee’s sizeable depreciation against the U.S. dollar notwithstanding. While the Commerce Ministry has sought to explain away the 0.8% slide in last month’s exports as largely being a result of inflation-control curbs, the Ministry’s preliminary disaggregated data suggest several key sectors including engineering goods, gems and jewellery, garments and yarn and textiles, and drugs and pharmaceuticals, which were mostly outside the purview of those measures, also suffered contractions. And viewed on a sequential basis, the slide in exports from June’s level is a disconcerting 12.2%. Engineering goods, which at more than 26% represented the largest share of merchandise shipped overseas in July, contracted 2.5% from a year earlier and also shrank 2.9% sequentially. Even granting that the Government’s introduction in late May of a stiff export tax on a range of steel products, with a view to boosting their domestic availability and cooling price gains, was likely to have constrained exports of this segment of engineering goods, the contraction in the broad category points to a clear slowdown in demand in the advanced economies.

The latest S&P Global PMI data from the U.S. and the eurozone for economic activity in July is also far from reassuring. As per the PMI data, output across Europe’s major economies sharing the euro as common currency shrank for the first time since February 2021 as a worsening manufacturing downturn combined with a slowdown in the service sector to drag the composite index into contraction territory. The U.S. economy, which has now contracted for two successive quarters putting it on the edge of a recession, saw manufacturing PMI post its lowest reading in two years as output and new orders declined in July. Given that the U.S. and the eurozone combined consumed almost a third of India’s goods exports in the last fiscal year, the prospect of July’s export slowdown deepening as demand in these markets weakens appears increasingly more likely. Imports continued to expand at a robust clip, driven largely by the expanding domestic demand for essentials including crude oil, coal, edible oils and electronic items. Coal and coke alone exceeded $5.1 billion. The augury from the trade data is that the external sector faces increasing vulnerability as the burgeoning trade deficit is set to swell the current account deficit, adding pressure on the rupee at a time when portfolio investments from overseas have been negative, and foreign direct investment has been significantly weaker.


CREDIT SOURCE - THE HINDU
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1. Merchandise (N)- goods that are bought and sold.

2. Depreciation (N)- the process of becoming less valuable.

3. Disconcerting (Adj)- making someone feel uncertain and uncomfortable or worried. चिंताजनक

4. Stiff (Adj)- severe or strong. सख़्त

5. Downturn (N)- a decline in economic, business, or other activity.

6. Edible (Adj)- fit or suitable to be eaten. खाने योग्य

7. Augury (N)- a sign of what will happen in the future.

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#One_Word_Substitution

🔰 PHOBIAS 🔰

● Fear of height – Acrophobia (ऊंचाई से डरना)

● Fear of water –hydrophobia (पानी से डरना)

● Fear of public places. large or open places – Agoraphobia (public place से डर लगना)

● Fear of crowd -Demophobia (लोगों  से डर)

● Fear of women – Gynophobia(महिलाओं से डर)

● Fear of book – Bibliophobia (किताबों से डर)

● Fear of being confined in a particular place –Claustrophobia (बंद आस्थानों से डर)

● Fear of foreigners
– Xenophobia (विदेशियों से डर)

● Fear of Depths – Bathophobia (गहराई से डर)

● Fear of Ugliness – Cacophobia (भद्देपन से डर)

● Fear of Beauty – Callophobia (सुन्दरता से डर)

● Fear of Colours – Chromophobia (रंगों से डर)

● Fear of Dogs – Cynophobia (कुत्तों से डर)

● Fear of fire – pyrophobia (आग से डर)

● Fear of trees – Dendrophobia (पेड़ों से डर)

🔰 KILLING 🔰

● Killing of one’s father – Patricide (पिता की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s mother – Matricide (माता की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s parents – Parricide (माता-पिता की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s brother – Fratricide (भाई की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s sister – Sororicide (बहन की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s wife – Uxoricide (पत्नी की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s husband – Meriticide (पति की हत्या)

● Killing of one’s child – Filicide (अपने संतान की हत्या)

● Killing of infants – Infanticide (नवजात की हत्या)

● Killing of foets – Foeticide (भ्रूण की हत्या)

● Killing of a particular race of people –Genocide (विशेष जाति के लोगों की हत्या)

● Killing of a man – Homicide (मानव हत्या)

● Killing of a dog – Cannicide (कुत्ते की हत्या)

● Killing of a snake – Herpeticide (साँपों की हत्या)

● Killing of a king –Regicide (राजा की हत्या)