í∫’®Ω’-¢√®Ωç 22 °∂œ-v•-´-J 2007
Harsha: I'd hear no more of it. You are staying
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Harsha: Hi Sasir, welcome. How was the jour-
ney? How's everybody?
(≤ƒyí∫ûªç.
v°æߪ÷ùç ᙫ ïJ-TçC? Åçü¿®Ω÷ ᙫ
ÖØ√o®Ω’?)
Sasir: Fine. Thank you. How are you and your
people? (èπ◊™«≤ƒ. O’®Ωç-û√ ¶«í∫’-Ø√o®√?)
Harsha: Fine too. You appear travel weary. I
suggest we go home and you take
rest. (èπ◊™«-≤ƒØË. †’´¤y v°æߪ÷ù •úø-Léπ™
Ö†o-ô’d-Ø√o´¤. ÉçöÀ-Èé∞«lç, †’´¤y Nv¨»çA
BÆæ’éÓ.)
(travel weary = v°æߪ÷ù •úø-Léπ)
You are at it again
Sasir: I certainly am. Three hours on flight
followed by a whole day's train jour-
ney. Quite tedious. Where are you
going to put me up?
(Å´¤†’ Eï¢Ë’. Ø√
•Ææ áéπ\úø à®√p-ô’-îË-¨»´¤?)
Put some body up = äéπ-JéÀ •Ææ à®√pô’ îËߪ’ôç
Harsha: Where else? At my home. You stay
there. You feel absolutely at home.
(ÉçÈé-éπ\úø. ´÷ ÉçöxØË. Åéπ\úË Öçúø’. F´-
éπ\úø °æ‹Jh Ææyûªç-vûªçí¬ Öçúø-´îª’a.)
Sasir: Thank you. No other suits me so well.
But I am here on my company's busi-
ness. I can stay at any expensive
hotel at company's expense.
Harsha: True. I understand that, but we can't
have each other's company. No more of
it. Let's drive home at once.
(Eï¢Ë’, Ø√éπ-
®Ωn-´’-®·çC, é¬E ´’E-ü¿l®Ωç éπL-Ææ’ç-úø™‰ç éπü∆?
Éçé¬ N≠æߪ’ç Ç°æ¤. ÉçöÀ-Èé-∞«lç-°æü¿ ¢ÁçôØË.)
Sasir: As you please. At the same time I want
you to be my guest for a day. So I'll
move to a good hotel tomorrow night
and stay there till the day after.
(F É≠ædç.
Å®·ûË †’--¢Ìyéπ\ ®ÓVèπ◊ Ø√ ÅA-C∑í¬ Öçúø’.
鬕öÀd Í®°æ¤ ≤ƒßª’çvûªç ØËØË-üÁjØ√ Hotel èπ◊
¢Á∞¡û√, á©’xçúÕ ´®Ωèπÿ Åéπ\úø Öçö«.)
Harsha: Oh come on Sasir. You stay the whole
time with me. (
ÅüËç é¬ü¿’. †’´¤y ´÷
ÉçöxØË Öçúø’.)
Sasir: You are at it again- playing the good
host and entertaining company. But
you deprive me of the money I can get
from my company. (´’Sx ÅüË °æE îËÆæ’h-
Ø√o´¤ – ´’ç* ÇAü∑∆u-Eo*a ÊÆo£œ«-ûª’-©èπ◊
Ææ®Ωü∆ îËߪ’ôç. Å®·ûË Å™« îËߪ’ôç ´©x
company †’ç* Ø√éÌîËa úø•’s éÓ™pßË’ô’d
îËÆæ’h-Ø√o´¤.)
playing = ´÷´‚©’ Å®Ωnç Çúøôç. ÉC-´’-†ç-ü¿-JéÃ
ûÁ©’Ææ’. Playing Åçõ‰ äé𠧃vûª §Ú≠œç-îªúøç ÅE
èπÿú≈. NTR played Lord Krishna in a number
of movies = NTR î√™« *vû√™x éπ%≠æflg-úÕí¬ †öÀç-
î√úø’. Eï @N-ûªç™†÷ àüÁjØ√ §ƒvûª†’ E®Ωy-£œ«ç-
îªôç, play. Playing the good host = ´’ç* ÇA-
ü∑¿u-N’-îËa-¢√úÕ §ƒvûª §Ú≠œç-îªúøç– ´’ç* ÇAü∑¿uç ÉîËa-
¢√-úø’í¬ Öçúøôç.
Entertain - D†®Ωnç – NØÓü¿ç éπL-Tç-îªôç. Ééπ\úø
Å®Ωnç; ÅA-ü∑¿’-©†’, Éûª-®Ωvû√ ÉçöÀ-éÌ-îËa-¢√-∞¡x†÷
îª÷Ææ’-éÓ-´úøç.
He is good at entertaining company =
ûª†èπ◊company ÉîËa ¢√∞¡x†’ Åûª†’ ¶«í¬
îª÷Ææ’-èπ◊ç-ö«úø’.
Don't entertain him =
Åûª-EûÓ Â°ô’d-éÓ-´ü¿’l.
(ÅûªEûÓ áèπ◊\-´í¬ ÊÆo£æ«çí¬ Öçúø-´ü¿’l/ Åûª-EéÀ
’´¤ É´y´ü¿’l ÅE.)
Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛
2) I can stay at any hotel at
the whole time with me. That's all. (؈’
ÉçÍéç N†ü¿-©’--éÓ-™‰ü¿’. †’´¤y Ééπ\-úø’-
†oçûªÊÆ°æ‹ ´÷ ÉçöxØË Öçô’-Ø√o´¤. ÅçûË.)
Sasir: OK. By the way, how's our old friend
and Police inspector Sankar?
(ÆæÍ®.
Police
ÅC-Ææ-Í®-í¬E ´’† §ƒûª N’vûª’úø’
inspector Sankar
ᙫ ÖØ√oúø’?)
Harsha: Busy as always- trying to catch crimi-
nals at large. Right now he is after a
bank robber gang.
(á°æp-öÀ-™«Íí BJ-éπ-™‰-
èπ◊çú≈ ÖØ√oúø’– ûª°œpç-èπ◊ A®Ω’-í∫’-ûª’†o ØË®Ω-
í¬∞¡x ¢Ëô™. É°æp-öÀ-éÀ-°æ¤púø’ Bank †’ éÌ©x-íÌ-
öÀd† ´·®∏√†’ °æô’d-èπ◊ØË v°æߪ’-ûªoç™
ÖØ√oúø’.)
Sasir: He is at his best when he is out hunt-
ing criminals. I've heard he is going to
be awarded one of the police awards.
(ØË®Ω-í¬-∞¡x†’ °æô’d-èπ◊ØË v°æߪ’-ûªoç™ Ææ´’-®Ωnçí¬
´u´-£æ«-J-≤ƒhúø’. Åûª-E-ÍéüÓ police medal
´Ææ’hç-ü¿E NØ√o†’.)
Harsha: So he is. We are really happy about it,
aren't we?
(Å´¤†’, ´’†èπ◊ î√™« ÆæçûÓ-
≠æçí¬ ÖçC éπü∆?)
Sasir: Convey my congrats to him. On my
next visit I'll meet him.
(Åûª-EéÀ Ø√
Congrats
îÁ°æ¤p. ØËF-≤ƒJ ´*a-†-°æ¤púø’
ÅûªEo éπ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊ç-ö«†’.)
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Spoken English ™ at ûÓ ´îËa expressions
îª÷Ææ’hØ√oç éπü∆? É°æ¤púø’ ´’J-éÌEo expressions.
Look at the following expressions from the
dialogue above.
1) You feel absolutely at home.
2) I can stay at any hotel at company's
expenses.
3) At the sametime I want you to be my guest
for a day.
4) You are at it again.
5) Busy... always trying to catch criminals at large.
6) He is at his best when he is out hunting criminals
1) You feel absolutely at home:
At home Åçõ‰ ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éπü∆– á´JE í∫’Jç*
´÷ö«xúø’ûª’Ø√o¢Á÷ ¢√∞¡x Éçöx ÅE.
a) He is at home in the evenings =
≤ƒßª’çvû√©’ Åûª†’ (¢√∞¡x) ÉçöxØË Öçö«úø’.
b) They left their children at home =
¢√∞¡x °œ©xLo ¢√∞¡x Éçöx ´C-™‰-¨»®Ω’.
(Spoken English ™ ≤ƒüµ∆-®Ω-ùçí¬– In my
house, In their house, etc., ÅE ņ®Ω’, at
home Åçö«®Ω’.)
'At home' èπ◊ Ééπ\úÕ Å®Ωnç: ÅA-ü∑¿’-©ûÓ– ´÷ Éçöx
àç ÆæçéÓ-îª-°æ-úÌü¿÷l/ O’ É™‰x ņ’éÓçúÕ/ ¢Á·£æ«-´÷-
ô-°æ-úÌü¿’l/ É•sçC °æúÌü¿’l – ÅE îÁ°æpúøç.
Feel at home during your stay = †’´¤y-†oç-ûª-
ÊÆ°æ‹ àç ¢Á·£æ«-´÷-ô-°æ-úø-èπ◊çú≈ free í¬ Öçúø’.
(ÅA-C∑ûÓ ÅØË ´÷ô) (É•sçC °æúÌü¿’l/ É•sç-Cí¬
feel Å¢Ìyü¿’l.)
I am quite at home here = Ø√éÀ-éπ\úø éÌûËhç ÅE-
°œç-îª-ôç-™‰ü¿’. ¶«í¬ ≤˘éπ-®Ωuçí¬ ÖçC. àç É•sç-
Cí¬ ™‰ü¿’.
'At home' èπ◊ ÉçéÓ Å®Ωnç, à °æØÁjØ√ î√™« ûËLí¬_
îËߪ’-í∫-©-í∫úøç/ à subject Å®·Ø√ ¶«í¬ Å®Ωnç îËÆæ’-
éÓ-í∫-©-í∫úøç.
a) He is quite at home with maths =
Åûª†’ í∫ùÀûªç ¶«í¬ îË≤ƒhúø’.
b) She is at home with singing that kind of
songs =
Å™«çöÀ §ƒô©’ §ƒúøôç Ç¢Á’èπ◊ Ææ’©¶µºç.
company's expense.
At someone's expense:
äéπJ
úø•’sûÓ/ ê®Ω’aûÓ.
a) I am staying in this hotel at
my company's expense =
Company hotel
ê®Ω’aûÓ ØËF
™ ÖØ√o.
b) Ministers, MLAs, MPs and government offi-
cials travel and enjoy all kinds of comforts at
public expense = MLA
´’çvûª’©’, MP
©’, ©’,
v°æ¶µº’ûªy ÅCµ-é¬-®Ω’©’ v°æñ«-üµ¿-†çûÓ v°æߪ÷-ù«©’
îË≤ƒh®Ω’, ÅEo ®Ω鬩 Ææ’ë«©÷ ņ’-¶µº-N-≤ƒh®Ω’.
c) I went there at my own expense = Ø√ úø•’s
ê®Ω’a °ô’d-èπ◊ØË Øˆ-éπ\-úÕéÀ ¢Á∞«x†’.
3) At the same time =
äéπ Å®Ωnç– ÅüË/ äÍé Ææ´’-ߪ’ç™.
You can't be talking and listening at the same
time. äÍé Ææ´’-ߪ’ç™ ´÷ö«x-úøôç, N†ôç îËߪ’-™‰´¤.
Ééπ\úÕ Å®Ωnç– Å®·ûË(but) ÅE.
a) He did help me, of course; at the sametime
he hasn't repaid the money he has borrowed
from me = Ø√èπ◊ Ææ£æ…-ߪ’-¢Á’iûË î˨»úø’, Å®·ûË Ø√
ü¿í∫_®Ω BÆæ’èπ◊†o Å°æ¤p Ø√éÀçé¬ îÁLxç-îª-™‰ü¿’.
b) Her voice was good, at the same time her
accent was horrible =
Ç¢Á’ íÌçûª’ ¶«í¬ØË ÖçC,
Å®·ûË Ç¢Á’ Öî√a-®Ωù ´÷vûªç ü∆®Ω’ùç.
c) She was able to pay the bill, at the same
time she was angry at the bill amount = Bill
bill
îÁLxç-îª-í∫-L-TçC Ç¢Á’, Å®·ûË Åçûª °ü¿l ¢Á·ûªhç
Å´ôç Ç¢Á’èπ◊ éÓ°æç ûÁ°œpç-*çC.
4) You are at it again = †’´¤y ´’Sx ÅüË îËÆæ’h-Ø√o´¤.
be at it = îËÆ œçüË ´’Sx îËߪ’ôç.
a) You are at it again - eating sweets, though
the doctor told you not to =
´’Sx ÅüË îËÆæ’h-Ø√o´¤
Doctor
B°œ Açô÷, ´ü¿lØ√o èπÿú≈.
b) He is at it again. He has cut class and gone
to a movie = Class
´’Sx ÅüË îËÆæ’h-Ø√oúø’– áíÌ_öÀd
ÆœE-´÷-Èé-∞«xúø’.
5) Busy ... always trying to catch criminals
at large =
ûª°œpçèπ◊ A®Ω’-í∫’-ûª’†o ØË®Ω-í¬-∞¡x†’ °æô’d-
busy
éÓ-´-ôç™ í¬ ÖØ√oúø’.
at large = ûª°œpç-èπ◊ A®Ω’-í∫’-ûª’†o (ØË®Ω-í¬∞¡Ÿx,
vèπÿ®Ω´’%í¬©’ ™«çöÀN)
a) The suspected murderer of the child is still at
large =
Ç Gúøf†’ îªç°œ† ´uéÀh ņ’èπ◊çô’†oûª†’
Éçé¬ °æ®√K™ ÖØ√oúø’.
b) The bank robbers are still at large = Bank
éÌ©x-íÌ-öÀd† ¢√Rxçé¬ °æ®√K™ ÖØ√o®Ω’/ §ÚM-Ææ’-©-éÀçé¬
*éπ\-™‰ü¿’/ ûª°œpç-èπ◊ A®Ω’-í∫’-ûª’-Ø√o®Ω’.
c) The people in the village are scared of a
panther at large = Ç ví¬´’ v°æï©’ v°æ´÷-ü¿-éπ-®Ωçí¬
A®Ω’-í∫’-ûª’†o *®Ω’-ûª-°æ¤-L í∫’Jç* ¶µºßª’-°æ-úø’-ûª’-Ø√o®Ω’.
Panther = *®Ω’-ûª-°æ¤L. scare = ¶µºßª’ç éπL-Tç-îªôç.
6) He is at his best when he is out hunting
criminals =
ØË®Ω-Ææ’n-©†’ ¢Ëö«úË N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ ÅûªE
íÌ°æp-ûª†ç îª÷°œ-≤ƒhúø’/ •ßª’-ô-°æ-úø’-ûª’çC.
at one's best = äéπJ íÌ°æpûª†ç •ßª’-ô-°æ-úøôç.
He is at his best while acting tragic roles = ü¿’”ê
§ƒvûª©’ †öÀç-îª-ôç™ ÅûªE íÌ°æp-ûª†ç îª÷°œ-≤ƒhúø’.
tragic = ü¿’”ê-°æ‹-Jûª¢Á’i†.
role = (Ø√ô-鬩’/ ÆœE-´÷™x) §ƒvûª.
Exercise: Match words under A with their
meanings under B
A: 1. cunning 2. disgrace 3. kernel 4. omen
5. offspring
B: A. portent B. dishonest C. children D.
shame E. central part (of an idea) F. geyser.
KEY: 1.B 2.D 3.E 4.A 5.C.
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v°æ¨¡o: ¢√é¬u-™xE Ø√©’í∫’ ®Ωé¬--©’, °æü∆© Å´’-J-éπ†’
í∫’-Jç-* -N-´-Jç-îªí∫-©®Ω’.
ï-¢√-•’:
– Èé. ¢Áçéπ-õ‰-¨¡y®Ω’x, éπKç-†-í∫®˝
Four kinds of sentences.
1) Statement
2) Questions- two kinds of questions:
i) 'wh' questions (questions beginning with
what, when, where, why, how etc)
ii) Non 'wh' questions- questions without
'wh' words like what, when, where, etc.
3) Imperative sentences. (orders, requests, etc)
4) Exclamations- sentences expressing sur-
prise/ any sudden feeling.
Word order (order of words) in the differ-
ent kinds of sentences.
1) Statement:
eg: He is my friend
Word order: He (subject) + is (verb) + my
friend
Word order of a statement: Subject + verb
That is, in a statement, the subject comes
first and the verb next.
2) Questions - Word order.
a) Wh questions:
i) Where is he?
Word order: Where (Wh word)
+ is (verb) + he (subject)
ii) Where are you going?
Word order: Where (Wh word) + are
(Helping verb) + you (subject) + going?
(Main verb). If a verb has two or more
words in it, the first word is the helping
verb, and the other words, the main verb.
b) Non wh questions:
i) Are they here? Word order: Are (verb) +
they (subject) + here
ii) Are they coming? Word order: Helping
Are (Helping verb) + they (subject) +
coming? (Main verb)
Question word order:
i) Wh word + verb + subject
ii) Wh word+Helping verb+subject+Main verb
iii) Verb + subject
iv) Helping verb + subject + Main verb
Difference in the word orders of state-
ment and question: A statement has
always the subject before the verb. A ques-
tion (whether wh question or non wh ques-
tion) has verb before the subject, or the sub-
ject after the helping verb (subject in
between the helping verb and the main verb)
3) Imperative sentence: orders/ requests, etc.
In all these sentences, the subject is
always, you, which is not mentioned.
eg: i) (you) get out
ii) (you) please come in.
Word order: (You) - subject + get (Verb)
4) Exclamations: Sentences expressing sur-
prise or sudden feelings:
a) What a leader he was! (He was a very
great leader.)
Word order: What (wh word) + a leader
(noun) + he (subject) + was! (verb)
b) How tall he is! (= He is very tall)
Word order: How (wh word) + tall (adj) +
he (sub) + is! (verb)
c) How slowly he walks! (He walks very
slowly)
Word order: How (Wh word) + slowly
(adverb) + he (sub) + walks! (verb)
So the word order in an exclamation:
Wh word + Noun/ Adjective/ adverb + sub
+ verb.
These are word orders in the 4 kinds of
sentences.
- M. SURESAN