No social security schemes for unorganized sector on anvil.
Apathy: (towards sb/sth) lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern; indifference (‘virasta) eg political apathy. (úda-sinta’)
Damper: movable metal plate that controls the flow of air into a fire in a stove, furnaces, etc; small pad that is pressed against a piano string to stop vibrating; (idm) put a damper on sth: cause (an event, atmosphere, etc) to be less cheerful, excited, etc.
Government apathy biggest damper for I.T. sector.
Commandeer: take possession or control of (vehicles, buildings, etc) forcibly or for official (esp military) purposes. (áp-haran karna’; ‘’jabt kar lena’)
Sixty new cars commandeered from show rooms.
Behest: at sb’s behest – on sb’s orders. (áagya’; áadesh’)
Nobody knows whether any of this happened at Laloo’s behest.
Antedate: put an earlier date on (a document, letter, etc) than the one at the time of writing; an antedated cheque, before (sth/sb) in time: this event antedates the discovery of America by seven centuries.
Gullible: willing to believe anything or anyone; easily deceived (‘bhola bhala’; ‘aasani se thaga jane wala’)
Yet the entire might of the enforcement system was thrown against them because they were seen to be misleading gullible people.
Credulity: too great a readiness to believe things (sahaj vishwas)
Parliament echoed with long winding (‘ubau’) speeches about how well known but unscrupulous (ánai-tik’) share brokers such as these were tapping into the ignorance of the common man and exploiting (‘soshan karna’) their credulity.
Dud: (infml) thing or person that fails to work properly; defective; worth less (;asafal vyakti’)
Misleading so many people by endorsing (‘samarthan karna’; ‘vigyapan karna’) a dud product is a serious crime.
Sucker: person who is easily deceived (‘bhola bhala vyakti’; çhusne wala)
No, I am not saying that these three popular role models, who were exploited by home trade to make suckers out of the common man, must be punished.
The chief minister’s sprawling home, Laloo Yadav in dhoti and kurta, carrying a cordless microphone, ordering lieutenants (sahayak) about (çhalta firta’ýahan wahan’)
Bellow: make a deep loud noise like a bull; roar esp with pain; say (sth) loudly or angrily; shout (‘jor se chillana’; ‘dakarna’;l ‘dard ke karan rona’; ‘gusse me chikhna’)
To his guests, Laloo bellowed instructions over the mike. Queue up with your gifts; get your names in a register.
Nitty-gritty: (infml) the basic facts or realities of a matter. (‘mahwa-purn pahlu’; ‘saar’)
When it comes to the nitty-gritty, the PM, like his home minister and Modi, are RSS swayam sevaks, who think muslims deserve to be looked upon as second-class citizen of India.
Snide: (adjective derog) critical in an indirect way; sneering ( ‘vyangya purn’; ‘banawti’)
Sneer: (at sb/sth) smile with the upper lip curled, to show contempt (for sb/sth); laugh scornfully (‘vyang-yatmak mus-kan’; )
Scorn: strong contempt (‘tiras-kaar’)
Innuendo: (derog) indirect reference (usu suggesting sth bad or discreditable about sb), silly or self satisfied smile (‘paroksh vachan’; íshara (galat bhawna se))
When they talk of Muslims or Islam, they make snide remarks, innuendos and have smirky smiles (‘kritrim muskurahat’) on their ugly faces.
Someone like Dada Kondke would surely have added innuendo to make it morning show special.
Oaf: stupid, clumsy and awkward person (usu male) (,bewa-koof aadmi’)
I’ve a more civilized way of dealing with such oafs: I’ve now stopped going to receptions and cocktail (‘madhya-paan’) parties.
Commotion: (instance of) noisy confusion or excitement. (‘hulchul’; ‘ho-halla’; ‘hangama’)
I laugh when the CM says that the officer who prevented bloodshed (‘rakst-paat’; ‘katle-aam’) in commotion, were not transferred for punishments but they were actually transferred on promotion
Emerald: bright green precious stones; bright green place (‘panna rang ka’)
Isle: island (‘taapu’; çhota dweep’)
West Indies were beaten by Sri Lanka in all the three test at the Emerald Isle.
Frivolous: adjective (of people, their character, etc) not sensible or serious; (of activities) silly or watchful. (‘gambhirta se vichar na karne wala’; ‘halka’; ‘behuda’)
Scoff: (at sb/sth) speak contemptuously (‘tiraskaar-purvak’) (about or to sb/.sth) jeer (úphaas’), or mock (‘banawti’; ‘majak udana’)
India scoffs at indigenous ’Pak missile
Epithet: adjective or descriptive phrase that refers to the character or most important quality of sb/sth. Eg: Alexander the Great. (úpadhi visheshak’; ‘vishshan’)
He did not talk of pace , but he was soon to earn the epithet, ‘Whispering Death’. (spoken about the legendary west Indian fast bowler Michael Holding)
Gush: (out) (from sth) flow or pour out suddenly in great quantities; over sb/sth (derog) talk with excessive enthusiasm; (esp sing) sudden outflow or outburst. (‘dhaar’; ‘jhoka’; ‘bah nikalna’; ‘phoot parna’; ‘bhawukta purn kahna’)
But did she have to gush, “oh , I love you, I really do”at the end of the show?
Insane: not sane; mad; senseless. (‘pagal’; ‘bawra’; ‘besudh’)
Comparing someone like Waheeda with today’s newcomers is certainly insane, but after Waheeda , watching Esha Deol was like going from a 70 mm classic to a Gulshan Kumar music video.
Foyer: entrance hall or large open space in a theatre, hotel, etc where people can meet or wait. (‘baramda cinema ghar ityaadi me ghuste hi’; ‘pratiksha sthal’)
Aditi Caught Shahrukh Khan in some foyer and fired a volley (‘jhadi’; ‘bauchaar’) of Questions
Befitting: appropriate (up-yukt)
Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee said for the first time that India should have given a befitting reply immediately after the terrorist attack on Parliament last December.
Fork out (sth): (infml) pay (money), usu reluctantly.
You – The subscriber- will have to fork out more without getting the benefit of choosing your entertainment.
Swipe: (infml) (at ) sth/sb (tryto) hit sth/sb with a swinging or reckless blow; (esp joc) steal (sth), esp by snatching. (ándha-dhundh maar’; ‘kataksh’; ‘hadapna’, ‘le kar champat ho jana’)
But he took several swipes at India, accusing it of “war hysteria (unmaad)” and urging (úksana’) the world to note the atrocities (átya-chaar’; ‘bar-bar-ta’) by “Hindu Extremists (úgravaadi’; çharampanthi’) “ against minorities in India.
Coy: (army) company; [usu derog] pretending to be shy or modest (vinamra); reluctant (ánik-shuk’) to give information, answer questions, etc.
If Mishra was ignorant, congress member M.N. Das was coy.
Snag: [gg]small difficulty or obstacle, usu hidden, unknown or unexpected; rough or sharp projection; which may be dangerous; tear, hole or thread pulled out of place (esp in tights or stockings) in material that has caught on a snag; catch ot tear off something rough or sharp. (‘nukila’; ‘kathinai’; ‘badha’; çhira lagana’)
CNG station employees said the rain caused to develop snag in compressors and dispensers.
The jitters: (infml) feling of extreme nervousness; the jim-jams (‘ghabra-hat’)
Gujarat blasts give Delhi cops the jitters.
Like clockwise: (idm) with perfect regularity and precision (ýatharth-maapi’) (exactness and clarity)(áa-sani se’)
Monsoon hits Kerela coast like clockwork.
Incumbent: on/upon sb (fml) necessary as part of sb’s duty; holding the specified official position; current; person holding an official position, esp in the church (‘pad-dhar’; ‘pada-dhikari’; ‘kar-tavya’; ‘)
Prime Minister A.B.Vajpayee conveyed to President K.R.Narayanan on Thursday that NDA did not favor breaking the tradition of not granting a second term to an incumbent president.
Hoopla: game in which players try to throw rings over objects in order to win them as prizes. (‘ho-halla’; ék prakar ka khel’)
It’s hard to get away from hoopla.
Be hove: be right or necessary for sb (úp-yukt hona’)
It does be hove our government to point an accusing finger at Islamabad and claim that infiltration of Jehadi militant is a justification (áau-chitya’) for going to war.
Furore/furor: general uproar of admiration or anger. (út-tejna’; ‘shor-gul’)
“Everyone liked Hansie. But after what happened and following the furore, it is unlikely any current players would like to say anything much. Everyone is shocked “
Alumna: female (alumni in case of male) former student of a school college or university. (‘bhutpurva chaatraa ‘)
Goa chief minister Manohar Parriker is an IIT alumni.
A damp squib: (idm) (infml) event, etc that is much less impressive than expected (óonchi dukan fika pakwan’)
VHP’s Poorn Ahuti Yagya turns out to be a damp squib.
Peeve: annoy (sb); put (sb) in a bad temper (çhidhana’)
Peeved by the incorrect screen presentation of a national hero by filmmakers; some relatives of Bhagat Singh have approached The Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to the film makers to show their respective films to them before releasing them.
Armageddon: (sing) (in the Bible) scene of the final conflict between good and evil at the end of the world; any similar dramatic conflict (‘maha-yudh’; ántim-yudh’)
Apocryphal: not likely to be genuine; untrue or invented. (‘mangadhant’; á-pramanik’)
Veracity: (fml) truthfulness; truth (‘sach-chai’; ‘satya-ta’)
Futile: producing no result, useless, pointless (‘vyarth’)
It’s an apocryphal story, of course. No one will ever vouch for its veracity. It will be a futile quest (‘talash’; ‘khoj’) to try and find whether it is true or false.
Vengeance: (on/upon sb) paying back of an injury that one has suffered ; revenge; (idm) with a vengeance (infml) to a greater degree than is normal expected or desired. (‘badla’’prati-sodh’; ‘hinsaa’) (‘purn-taya’)
“The way they have ransacked (‘luta hua’ ransack=lootna) the place leads us to believe there is a vengeance angle. But it is too premature to say anything”
Nascent: beginning to exist; not yet well developed (‘shuru-wati star par’; údiya-maan’)
The West Indies will seek to continue their nascent cricketing recovery when they take on New Zealand in five one day internationals and two test matches.
Rookie: inexperienced newcomer to a team, an organization, etc. (ánadi’’nau-sikhiya’)
South African rookie Graeme Smith described the verbal assaults (‘hamla’) of the Australian in the test series as “below the belt”.
South paw: left handed person (esp in sports such as boxing) (‘bayen haath se kaam karne wala’; ‘khabba’)
Fake: that seems genuine but is not; pretend (sth)
Rivaldo escapes with $7350 fine (self confessed fake injury against turkey)
Influx: (into) arrival of people or things, esp suddenly and in large numbers or quantities.
Pervez: “no influx if west watches LOC”
Gaiety: merriment; cheerfulness. (‘harso-ullas ka vata-varan)
Expectedly, it was a simple affairs sans (‘bina/ rahit’) the usual gaiety that marks an occasion like this.
Redeem: buy back something by paying the required sum; recover sth (‘kshati purti karna’)
Redemption: redeeming or being redeemed (‘mukti’)
Aggrieved: (at/over sth) made to feel resentful (‘naaraz’; ‘kroadhi’) (because of unfair treatment, etc)
The US finally admitted that India was the aggrieved party in the present crisis.
Contour: outward curve of sth/sb thought of as defining its shape (áa-kaar’; ‘roop-rekha’)
Armitage and his Indian counterpart (‘prati-roop’) put together the broad contours of a road map designed to take south Asia away from the brink (‘kagar’) of conflict (‘sanghursh’)
Pedigree: line of ansectors; quality of having this; table or list of a person’s ancestors; family tree; official record of the animals from which an animal has been bred (‘nasla’, ‘kul’; ‘gharana’; ‘khan-dan’)
No cricket fans bothers (‘jhanjhat’; ‘pareshani’) to know about a cricketer’s pedigree.
Prowess: (fml) outstanding skill or ability; expertise (‘kaushal)
Youhana’s family decision to embrace (áalingan’) christanity to improve social status didn’t paid off until Youhana’s cricketinf prowess managed to do what religion could not.
Mere: nothing more than; no better or more important (‘matra’; ‘kewal’)
Yeoman: farmer who owns and works his land; (formerly) servant in a royal or noble house hold. (‘bhumi-dhar’; ‘raja ka angrakshak’)
For a game that was brought here by the English and played only by the upper classes, it is today doing yeoman service to change and indeed (vaakai, vaastav me) the notion (‘dharna’) of social barriers (‘baadha’). How zatt for the grandeur of a ‘mere’game.
Trans: across; beyond (ke paar)
The real issue is trans border terrorism
Perceive: notice; observe; interpret sth in a certain way. (‘dekhna-samjhna’árth lagana’; ‘mahsus karna’)
Pamper: (often derog) treat (a person or an animal) with too much kindness or indulgence; spoil (‘bahut laar pyar karna)
Cricketers are perceived in this country to be a pampered lot and there is a strong feeling that they need to be disciplined.
Arbitrary: based on person opinion or impulse; dictatorial; arbitrarily. (‘swecha-chaari’; ‘manmana’; ‘nirgun’)
Abate: (of wind, noise , pain, etc) make or become less (‘kam hona’; ‘kam karna’; ‘door karna’)
Lurch: sudden lean or roll to one side; unsteady swaying movement; stagger (‘jhatka khana’; ‘jahaj ka yaka-yak ulat jaana’)
With each passing lurch, the crew rebellion (‘vidorh’’bagawat’) abates.
Congress backs kalam, Left in the lurch.
Intern: sb (in sth) put sb (eg a rerrorist or sb from an enemy country) in prison, a camp, etc, esp during a war and without trial. (‘qaid rakhna’; ‘nazar band karna’)
Stifle: feel or make (sb) unable to breathe (easily) because of lack of fresh air; suffocate (áaga bujhana’; ‘dabana’; ‘dam ghotna/ghutna’)
As we approach the well, (kuan) the stench (durgandh) become s stifling, and I suppress (daba dena) a vomit.
Precipice: very steep or vertical face of a cliff (seedhi chattan), mountain or rock (‘khatarnak sthithi’; ‘sankat’; ‘khadi chattan’)
Dominion: (over sb/sth) (fml) authority to rule; effective control; area governed by one government or ruler. (‘rajya’; ‘swatantra upnivesh’; ‘prabhutva’)
The cripps plan offered India in March-April; dominion office after the war.
Ensue: (from sth) happen afterwards or as a result (‘peecha karna’; ‘parnam-swaroop hona’)
Melee: (French) confused struggle; confused crowd of people (‘hangama’; ‘sambhramit bheed’)
Tyson has reportedly agreed to pay Lewis $335,000 for biting his thigh during a news conference in January and also fork out another $300,000 to replace a piece of jewelry , Lewis claims was swiped in the ensuing melee.
The pre-fight contract even stipulated (‘sauda tay karna’) that should the fight end because of an onerous foul, ( should a piece of someone be bitten off, for instance) the fighter who committed it was required to pay his opponent $ 3 million.
Peer: person who is equal to another in rank, status or merit. (‘samkaksh vyakti’)
Infantry: soldier who fight on foot (‘paidal sena’)
The son of a retired junior commissioned officer of the Army, Patil has opted for the infantry and is raring (ut-suk) to get to the front.
Moot: matter about which there is uncertainty; raise (a matter) for discussion; propose (‘viva-das-pad’; ‘prastut karna’)
The samajwadi Party’s difficulty was most acute. It had first mooted Kalam’s name at party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s meeting with Vajpayee before his Almaty visit.
Untenable: (of a theory, etc) that cannot be defended (á-samarth-niya’)
The opposition’s reservations become all the more tenable given the fact that he was decorated with Bharat Ratna when UF government was in office.
Adieu: good bye (álvida’)
France bid adieu to cup.
Paucity: (of sth) (fml)small number or quantity. (‘kami’; áplata’)
Piquant: having a pleasantly sharp taste; pleasantly exciting and stimulating to the mind.(‘masale-daar’; ‘dilchasp’; út-tejak’)
The paucity of second rung (‘sidhi’-ladder) charismatic leader has created a piquant situation for both the congress and the BJP. Despite the ongoing scrabble (áara tedha chitra’; ‘tatolna’; ‘kharochna’) to grab (jhapatna; hadapna) the key positions, they seem to be dilly-dallying (‘hich-ki-chana’)with the appointments.
Scramble: climb or crawl (rengna) quickly, usu over rough ground with difficulty; (for sth) struggle or compete with others, esp to get sth or share of sth. (‘kathin rasta’; ‘dhakkam dhakka’;’china japati’; ‘motorcycle daud’; ‘kathin chadhai’)
Dilly dally: waste time; dawdle
Vendetta: hereditary (‘vansh-anu-gat’) feud (‘shatru-ta’) between families in which murders are committed in revenge for previous murders; bitter long standing quarrel (‘poostaini jhagda’)
The congress and the samajwadi party also had to face allegations of political vendetta when they were in power.
Expatriate: person living outside his own country; cause (sb) to leave his native country; expel (prawasi)
Was Ayub Thakur, the London Based Kashmiri expatriate , in the news for supposedly funding anti-India activities in Kashmir, a double agent? (‘duhra gupt-char’’do desho ka gupt-char’)
As it is impossible to man (áadmi lagana’) all entry points, contractors succeeded in hoodwinking the police
Incursion: (into/on/ upon sth) sudden attack on or invasion (‘humla’; áakraman’) of a palace (not usu made in order to occupy it permanently); inconvenient interruption of sb’s time, privacy, etc; intrusion ( ánuchit hastak-chep’ ‘dakhal-andazi) (‘ghus-paith’; çhaapa’; áak-raman’;)
We can’t stop incursions, says Pak envoy (‘doot’; úp-rajdoot’)
Surveillance: careful watch kept on sb suspected of wrong doing. (‘nig-raani’)
India was open to the suggestion of using US surveillance technology to monitor counter infiltration (‘ghus-paith’) across the LOC
Parley: (esp formerly) meeting between enemies or opponents to discuss terms for peace; etc; (with sb) have a parley (‘sandhi varta karna’)
The left parties have begun hectic (‘vyast-ta-purn’) parleys to find an alternative candidate for the President’s post.
Prodigal: (fm derog) spending money or resources too freely; extra vagant;(‘kharchila’; ‘fijul kharch’) (of sth) (fml) generous or lavish (‘thath-daar’; ‘fijul kharch’) (with sth) (idm) the prodigal (son) person who leaves his home or community to lead a life of pleasure or extravagance , but who later regrets this and returns home.
Basking: [bask]( in sth) sit or lie enjoying warmth. (ánand uthana’; ‘dhoop me garam karna ya sekna’)
The so called “house of Kalam”on Rameshwaram’s Mosque tree and in its neighborhood have been basking in the reflected glory of their prodigal son.
Chemotherapy: treatment of diseases by drugs and other chemical substances.
Chemotherapy best for hepatitis c
Ram(mm): against /into ) sth crash against sth; strike or push something with great force(‘deewar girane ki machine’; ‘kasna’bhidna’jaan boojh kar doosri gadi se takrana, thoosna)
Crater: hole in the top of volcano; hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell, or by meteorite landings, etc. (‘jwalamukhi vivar’; ‘visphot kef al swaroop hone wala gaddha’)
Police says a white Suzuki van packed with the explosives rammed into a police check post separating the Marriot Hotel from the consulate (‘doota-was’). The blast left crater on the road.
Despicable: (of sb) (to do sth) deserving to be despised; contemptible (‘ghinauna’; ‘ghrinit’; ‘tiras-kar-niya’)
By nominating A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as its presidential candidate for despicably opportunistic reasons, the ruling alliance is putting into practice ‘the Advani Thesis’)
Occult: only for those with special knowledge or powers; involving supernatural or magical powers (‘tantra-mantra’; ‘gupt’)
Outlandish: (esp derog) looking or sounding strange (‘vichitra’; ‘betuka’)
Kalam has many outlandish ideas, including combining the occult with hardcore (‘kattar’) science, powering airlines with nuclear fission (‘vi-khan-dan’), and putting bio-implants (‘baitha dena’) into deficient (ápurn’’kam’’heen’) brains.
Kalam, an engineer turned manager, wrongly called a scientist by sections of the media which go into paroxysm each time a missile is test flown.
Fig-leaf: leaf of a fig tree, traditionally used for covering the genital organs of nude(nanga) bodies in drawing, statues, etc. (ánjir vriksh ka patta’)
