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IDIOMS AND PHRASES

• One’s betters – one’s superiors; ofj"B yksx
One should always respect one’s betters.

• Between two fires – to earn displeasure of both the parties;

nksuksa
i{kksa dh ukjktxh >syuk
A wise arbitrator always avoids being between two fires.

• Between the cup and the lip – between hope and reality;
mEehn vkSj okLrfodrk ds chp
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
• Between the devil and the deep sea – in difficulties from
both sides; nksuksa rjiQ ls dfBukb;ksa esa
Please do not trouble me anymore. I am always between
the devil and the deep sea.

• Between Scylla and Charybdis – between two great

dangers; nks cM+s [krjksa ds chp
She is between Scylla and Charybdis; if she obeys her
father she will lose her job and if she does not she will lose
her family.
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• Cacophonous Harsh or discordant sound.

• Cacophony Harsh sound.

• Cadaver Dead body.

• Cadaverous That which is corpselike.

• Caduceus Emblem of medical profession and US

army medical corps.
 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS
Chimerical (Adj.) – [vokLrfod] dkYifud] Hkzedkjh] nksxyk] ]taxyh

Synonyms: Cross-bred, Fanciful, Fantastic, Hallucinatory,

Illusory, Imaginary, Unreal, Unrealistic,
Visionary, Wild.

Antonyms: Actual, Authentic, Existent, Factual, Honest,

Natural, Real, Sincere, True.
Coherence (N) – [lac¼rk] lalDrrk] laxfr] vuq:irk ]

Synonyms: Agreement, Cementing, Coagulation, Coherency,

Cohesion, Concord, Concretion, Conglomeration,
Congruity, Consolidation, Integration, Union.

Antonyms: Confusion, Disjoint, Incoherence, Incoherency,

Inconsistence, Looseness.
Construe (Vt/Vi) – [O;k[;k djuk] eryc yxkuk] vFkZ yxkuk] urhtk
fudkyuk] vuqokn djuk
]

Synonyms: Decipher, Describe, Elucidate, Explain, Infer,

Interpret, Propound, Translate, Unravel.

Antonyms: Confuse, Distort, Falsify, Misapply,

Misapprehend, Misconstrue, Misinterpret,
Mystify, Puzzle.
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• Fraternise

• Ferocious

• Frugality
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