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IDIOMS AND PHRASES

To look after
• To look after – to take care of; ns[kHkky djuk
The women should always look after the house

After all
• After all – everthing being taken into account;
vkf[kjdkj@gj ckr ij è;ku nsdj
After all he is your brother you must not behave like that.
Hanker after
• Hanker after – to go about desperately; fcuk lksps vkxs c<+uk
An intelligent person should not hanker after a clerical job.

Look before and after

• Look before and after – to think; fopkj djuk
A wise man always looks before and after while doing
anything.

Now and again

• Now and again – occasionally; dHkh&dHkh
I visit Kanpur now and again.
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• Antagonist Person who actively opposes somebody.

• Anthology Collection of flowers.

• Anthomania Craze for flowers.

• Anthropologist One who studies history relating to the

development of man from premetive ages.

• Anthropology Science of mankind as an animal

 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

Befuddled (Adj.) – [u'ks esa /qRr] erokyk] vpsr] pdjk;k gqvk] Hkzfer
]

Synonyms: Bewildered, Confused, Drunk, Drunken, Fuddle,

Inebriated, Intoxicated, Muddled, Perplexed,
Sloshed, Sozzled.

Antonyms: Abstemious, Abstinent, Composed, Cool, Moderate,

Quiet, Sober, Teetotal, Temperate.
Bombastic (Adj.) – [c<+h&p<+h
ckrksa ls ;qDr] Ny ls Hkjh] diV ls
'kCnkMacjiw.kZ
]

Synonyms: Fustian, Grandiloquent, High-flown, High-sounding,

Magniloquent, Pompous, Pretentious, Turrgid,
Verbose, Windy, Wordy.

Antonyms: Brief, Compact, Compressed, Concise, Condensed,

Controlled, Laconic, Modest, Short, Unpretentious.
Beauteous (Adj.) – [laqnj] [kwclwjr] je.kh;] je.khd
]

Synonyms: Attractive, Beautiful, Comely, Elegant, Fair, Fine,

Graceful, Handsome, Lovely, Seemly, Wonderfull,
Worthy.

Antonyms: Deformed, Ghastly, Gruesome, Hideous, Horrible,

Loathsome, Ordinary, Plain, Ugly, Uncomely,
Ungainly, Unlovely.
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