Tuesday, 23 August 2016

A few words and their meaning with application

    By: Muhammad Tahir (15-English SBBU)


    1.   Enumerate (T) : to name things separately, one by one:
 Dict sentence: He enumerated the benefits of the insurance scheme.
Own sentence:a)      Would you like to enumerate the policies of your company? 
2.   Confine (T): to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way:
Dict sentence: Please confine your use of the phone to business calls.
Own sentence:a)      Kindly confine our discussion to the topic
b)     University confined their scholarship policies to  needy students.
3.   Be confined to somewhere/sth:  to exist only in a particular area or group of people:
Dict sentence: This attitude seems to be confined to the upper classes.
Own sentence:a)      Poverty is not confined to any one country in the world.
b)     In rural areas, women are confined to only household works.
 4.   Grin (T) : to smile a wide smile
Dict sentence: He grinned at me from the doorway.
 What are you grinning about?                                                                   Own sentence: I commonly noticed him grinning at me.

 5.   Well off (adj):  Rich
Dict sentence: Her family was very well off.
[before noun] a well-off neighbourhood.

     Own sentence:    Aslam belongs to a well off family.
 6.   Concede (T): to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true:
Dict sentence: The government has conceded (that) the new tax policy has been a disaster.
Own sentence: Reluctantly Teacher conceded that Tahir is an intelligent student.
 7.   Suspect (T): to not trust; to doubt:
Dict sentence: I have no reason to suspect her honesty/loyalty.
Own sentence: I m being suspected for no reason. 

   8.   Suspiciously (adv): in a way that makes you think that something is wrong:
Dict sentence:  He looked at her suspiciously.
There was a suspiciously large amount of money in his account.     Own sentence: Her fairness is suspiciously fair for a woman of he age.
9.   subject sb/sth to sth — phrasal verb: to make someone or something experience an unpleasant or worrying thing:
Dict sentence:  The inquiry found that they had been subjected to unfair treatment.
Own sentence: After obtaining lowest marks, she understood that she had been subjected to partial treatment.
 10.  Down the road/track/line (idiom): in the future
Dict sentence:  We have an idea to develop a talking book, but a marketable product is a long way down the road.
Own sentence:  God knows better, what would happen down the line?
 

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