Word of the day– Succumb

• It is a verb

Meaning: Bhent chadh jana (Die, Agree)

✓ After dieting for 3 hours, Manisha succumbed to the

temptation of vanilla Ice-cream

✓ We may succumb to flattery because it makes us feel

good

✓ The patient succumbed to his injuries

✓ About 400,000 Indians succumb to smoking-related

illnesses each year

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Word of the day– Comprise and Consist

• Both are verbs

Meaning: To be made of small parts

✓ This book consists of 100 chapters (Correct)

✓ This book comprises 100 chapters (Correct)

✓ This book comprises of 100 chapters (Incorrect)

✓ The book/books is/are/was/were/ comprised of

100 chapters (Correct)

• Use the verb- comprise without “of”

• Use the verb- consist with “of”

• Use the adjective- comprised with “of”

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Part-10

Word of the day– Provide

• Provide is a verb

Meaning: To give someone something

• They provided their support to us

• The provided us with their support

• This college provides good education to its students

• This college provides its students with good education

Phrasal verbs with “provide”

1. Provide for someone: To raise someone (पालना पोसना)

• The poor man has to provide for his three children

2. Provide for something: किसी चीज़ िा इंतजाम िरना

• The law provides for safety of the women

3. Provide against: किसी चीज़ से बचने िा इंतजाम िरना

• The law provides against crimes against women on roads

• We all should have insurance to provide against accidents

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Part-9

Word of the day– Thereby

• Thereby is an adverb

Meaning

1. इस प्रिार से

2. कजसिे चलते

✓ He stopped smoking and thereby became healthier

✓ The YouTube has also launched a short-video streaming app,

thereby increasing the competition for the Tik-Tok

✓ She topped the University Examination and thereby won a

scholarship.

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Part-8

Word of the day– Thereafter

• Thereafter is an adverb

Meaning

1. ठीि उसिे बाद

✓ He was born in Kolkata, but shortly thereafter his family

moved to Mumbai

✓ The COVID-19 originated in China and infected the whole

world thereafter

✓ Initially it was drizzling and thereafter heavy rains started

✓ India opened its market in 1992 and thereafter started to

grow at an enormous pace

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Part-7

Word of the day– Subject to

• It is a noun, verb as well as Adjective

Meaning

1. किषय (As a noun)

2. चेला (As a noun)

2. किसी िे नीचे (अधीन) होना

✓ My syllabus includes 6 subjects

✓ Plato was the subject of Socrates

✓ Mutual funds are subject to market risk

✓ Indian rails are subject to delays

✓ All objects are subject to gravity

✓ These rules are subject to change without notice

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Part-6

Word of the day– Pursue

• It is a verb

Meaning

1. पीछा िरना

2. पाने िी िोकिि िरना (Career, Degree etc)

✓ I am pursuing a career in journalism

✓ She is pursuing her PhD. from a reputed college

✓ Salman has been pursuing Katrina for 20 years

✓ They decided to stop pursuing the matter

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Part-4

Word of the day– Notwithstanding

✓ Not + with + standing

✓ Meaning: बािजूद इस चीज़ िे

✓ It is an adverb as well as a preposition

✓ Synonyms: Despite, In-spite of

• She went home alone, notwithstanding the midnight

(Prepositional use)

1. Alternative Form= Despite the midnight, she went home alone

2. Alternative Form = In-spite of the midnight, she went home

alone

• It was midnight, but she went home notwithstanding

(Adverbial use)

No alternative form

Quiz- Make a sentence using Notwithstanding

Hindi- मुझे ये film पसंद नही,ं किर भी मैं तुम्हारे साथ Movie-hall चलंूगी

English- I don’t like this movie, but I will accompany you

notwithstanding

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Part-3

Word of the day– Moreover

✓ More + over

✓ Meaning: और यही नही ं

✓ It is an adverb

Synonyms: Besides, additionally

• She saw that there was indeed a man immediately behind her.

Moreover, he was observing her strangely

• This novel is factually incorrect, moreover, a waste of time

• The rent of this flat is reasonable, moreover, the location is

perfect

Make a sentence using moreover

Hindi- ये खाना सेहतमंद है और यही नही ंस्वाकदस्ट भी है

English- The food is healthful, moreover, quite tasty

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Part-2

Word of the day– Nevertheless

✓ It is an adverb

✓ Means: बािजूद इस बात िे

Synonyms: Nonetheless, Howbeit

• This car is very expensive. Nevertheless, I will buy it

because it is my dream car

• The news of her accident is unexpected; Nevertheless, it is

true

• India has never bullied China; Nevertheless, China remains

aggressive on the border

• His face is very serious, nevertheless very friendly

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Part-1

Word of the day– Walk

Verb

V1 V2 V3 V4 We are walking

Walk Walked Walked Walking

She walks her dog every

morning

Noun Walk I am going for a walk

Adjective Walking She is a Walking calculator

• Run before you walk = To do the difficult things first

• Walk free = To become free of a charge/blame without punishment

• Walk away = Run away from a difficult situation

• Walk off = To leave a person/ relationship in anger

• Walk off the job = To go on strike

• Walk out = To go on strike

• Walk off with something = To win or steal something

• Walk tall = To be proud of something

• Walk the walk = To prove that you are good at your work to others by

taking an action instead of talking about it

• Walk someone through something = To help someone learn something

• Walk on thin ice = To take risk

• Walk a thin line = To take risk

• Walk a tightrope = To be in a very difficult situation

• Walk down the aisle = To get married

1. He walked me through the process

2. The worker walked off the job

3. The manager told the employee to walk the walk  

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4. With all her careless spending, she is walking a thing line

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5. The thief walked off with my cellphone