☞ 4 July 2019 English Newspaper Analysis,

1. PATOIS (NOUN): jargon:(खास बोली)
Synonyms:  argot, dialect
Antonyms: standard, normal
Example Sentence:
Most words were understood by teenager, but the gentleman looked confused at some of the words due to the teenager’s patois.
2. PRECEPT (NOUN): law:(आदेश)
Synonyms: doctrine, axiom
Antonyms: lawlessness, disbelief
Example Sentence:
Change is the precept of the nature.

3. FERMENT (NOUN): agitation and excitement among a group of people:(विक्षोभ)
Synonyms: frenzy, storm
Antonyms: calm, peace
Example Sentence:
The highest court was in a state of ferment.
4. MAUL (VERB): Savage:(घायल करना)
Synonyms: drub, lacerate
Antonyms: protect, guard
Example Sentence:
A boy was mauled by a lion at Lucknow Zoo.
5. DELINEATE (VERB): describe precisely:(वर्णन करना)
Synonyms: define, limn
Antonyms: confuse, distort
Example Sentence:
The judge delineated the composition of the bench to hear the case.
6. RETROGRADE (ADJECTIVE): Declining:(पश्चगामी)
Synonyms: reverting, deteriorating
Antonyms: forward, positive
Example Sentence:
The company is consistently facing the retrograde growth parameter this year.
7. QUEASY (ADJECTIVE): not feeling well:(व्याकुल)
Synonyms: sick, ill
Antonyms: comfortable, healthy
Example Sentence:
He didn’t want to do any work because he felt queasy.
8. MAMMOTH (ADJECTIVE): huge:(विशालकाय)
Synonyms: enormous, gargantuan
Antonyms: little, miniature
Example Sentence:
A mammoth project will be completed very soon.
9. CONVENE (VERB): bring together for a meeting:(एकत्र होना)
Synonyms: assemble, congregate
Antonyms: disperse, separate
Example Sentence:
The Chief Justice must convene a meeting of the full court.
10. PAROCHIAL (ADJECTIVE): narrow-minded:(संकुचित)
Synonyms: petty, limited
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, liberal
Example Sentence:
A parochial approach is not enough to get success in life.

⭐️When it is possible to use during with quantitative time expressions⭐️

📚During is not used with numbers and quantitative time expressions:
🔻I worked there during three years.✖️
🔻I worked there for three years.✔️

📚However, during is used with the last + quantitative time expressions:
🔻Have you seen him at all during the last few days?✔️

#Grammar

⭐️The use of this/these and that/those for conveying attitude⭐️

📚This/these and that/those can be used to express contrasts in emotional distance and signal different attitudes. ⏩This/these convey a more positive and involved attitude whereas ⏩that/those suggest a more detached and possibly critical attitude:

🔻I love THESE new phones that you you take pictures with.
(can be said even if the speaker is nowhere near one of the phones referred to)

🔻I'm not going to wear this brown sweater any more. I hate THAT colour.

🔻When are you going to finish THAT thesis of yours?

🔻I hate THOSE big four-wheel-drive cars.