Day 2

Idioms

A little bird told me
If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.

A little learning is a dangerous thing
A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are.eg. he said he'd done a course on home electrics, but when he tried to mend my table lamp, he fused all the lights! I think a little learning is a dangerous thing

A long row to hoe
Something that is a long row to hoe is a difficult task that takes a long time.

A lost ball in the high weeds
A lost ball in the high weeds is someone who does not know what they are doing, where they are or how to do something.

A lot on my plate
If you have got a lot on your plate, you are very busy and have commitments.

A month of Sundays
A month of Sundays is a long period of time: I haven't seen her in a month of Sundays.

A OK
If things are A OK, they are absolutely fine.

A penny saved is a penny earned
Saving money is just as important as earning money- we shouldn't spend it foolishly.
This means that we shouldn't spend or waste money, but try to save it.

A picture is worth a thousand words
A picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description.

Pair of Words


Ambiguous
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Ambiguous : Adjective - Having more than one meaning, open to different interpretations.
مبہم ۔ جس میں دومفہوم نکلین ۔

Sentence:
Saying that there are fewer unemployed but that number of people without jobs has increased is very ambiguous.

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Ambivalent
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Ambivalent : Adjective - Having mixed feelings.
بیک وقت مختلف جذبے رکھنے والا

Sentence:
He was neither for nor against the new immigration laws - he maintained a very ambivalent attitude.

Among
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Among : Preposition used with three or more persons or things.
گروہ میں ۔

Sentence:
Among the thirty candidates for the job there were only three that were properly qualified.

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Between
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Between : Preposition used with two persons or things.
بیچ میں ۔ باہم ۔ اندر ۔

Sentence:
Between Jill and her sister there is a two-year age difference.

Amoral
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Amoral : Adjective - Not concerned with morality.
لا اِخلاقی ۔ غَير اِخلاقی ۔ خير و شَر سے بے تَعلُق ۔ اِخلاق سے عاری ۔

Sentence:
The Law is considered to be amoral - but this is highly questionable.

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Immoral
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Immoral : Adjective - Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.
برا ، غیر اخلاقی ۔

Sentence:
Profiting from other people's ignorance is considered to be immoral.

Appraise
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Appraise : Verb - To assess.
اندازہ لگانا ۔

Sentence:
The insurance inspector appraised the damage after the fire destroyed the house.

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Apprise
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Apprise : Verb - To inform.
جتانا آگاہ کرنا ۔

Sentence:
There was no indication that he was apprised of the consequences before he lit the fire.

Are
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Are : First person plural of verb 'To Be' (see OEG).
ہیں ۔

Sentence:
We are Australian.

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Our
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Our : Possessive pronoun (see OEG).
ہمارا

Sentence:


Augur
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Augur : A sign of (a likely outcome) - often used in relation to interpreting the future.
کاہن ۔ پیشین گو ۔ رمال ۔ فال گیر ۔ غیب دان ۔ منجم ۔

Sentence:
Finding a four-leafed clover is a good augur for the future.

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Auger
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Auger : A tool for making holes.
برما ہاتھ یا مشین سے چلایا جانے والا پیچ دار آلہ جو لکڑی میں سوراخ کرتا ہے ۔

Sentence:
The carpenter used an auger to drill the holes for the chair legs.

Award
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Award : To bestow, a public recognition of honor.
فیصلہ ۔

Sentence:
He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his services to the music industry.

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Reward
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Reward : To compensate.
انعام دینا ۔

Sentence:
There is a $250,000 reward for the capture of the murderer being offered by the police.

Bad
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Bad : An adjective: not good or correct in any way.
نکما ۔ خراب ۔ بُرا ۔ ناکارہ ۔ ناقص ۔ ادھورا ۔

Sentence:
He spoke bad German.

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Badly
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Badly : Adverb: the degree to which something is not done well.
بُری طرح ۔ شدت سے ۔ سختی سے ۔

Sentence:
He spoke German very badly.

Beside
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Beside : At the side of .
کے پہلو میں ۔ کے ساتھ ۔ کے کنارے

Sentence:
My friend was beside me during the entire drama.

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Besides
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Besides : In addition to .
بھی ۔ کے علاوہ ۔ مزید برآں ۔

Sentence:
Besides two tourists from Uganda, nobody on the bus was hurt.

Brake
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Brake : To stop, or a mechanical device for stopping.
پہیّے ، گاڑی وغیرہ کی رفتار کو روکنے یا ٹھہرانے کا پُرزہ یا میکانکی نِظام ۔

Sentence:
When the driving instructor told him to brake, he put his foot down hard on the brake.

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Break
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Break : Irregular verb: To smash or to shatter (see OEG), past form 'broke'.
قیمت کا اچانک بہت گر جانا ۔

Sentence:
If you drop a glass it will break. He broke the glass.