Word#beatific

* Part Of Speech — Adjective.

* Pronunciation —

* Bea as in beauty,

* ti as in tick,

* fic as in terrific.

* Meaning —

* Blissful OR

* Holy and calm

* Sentences

* The smile of a child is beatific as it is beautiful, holy, and blissful.

* Whenever he was in pensive mood, his best friend appeared like a beatific person to remove his sadness. (Adjective, blissful)

* Have a beatific Christmas!

* Synonyms — happy, cheerful, blissful, blessed, calm, holy, sacred, etc.

* Antonyms — sad, restless, heartsick, woebegone, etc.

* Pensive -engaged in serious thoughts.

Idom #Cool cat

* Meaning —

* A fashionable person.

* Sentences —

* He received oceans of compliments on her birthday; everyone called him a cool cat. (A fashionable person)

* Oceans of — plenty of.

* Though she considered herself to be a cool cat, she was always treated like a fifth wheel. (A fashionable person)

* Fifth wheel — an unnecessary person.

* She walked on eggs as he was angry with her for calling him a cool cat. (A fashionable person)

* Walked on eggs — was careful.

Phrasal verb #Knocked up’

* Meaning —

* Exhausted.

* Sentences —

* She was knocked up after a hectic day. (Exhausted)

* The mountaineer was knocked up after climbing the steep mountain.

* We were knocked up after the picnic. (Exhausted)

* They were knocked up after the meeting. (Exhausted)

Word# Gabby

* Part Of Speech — Adjective.

* Pronunciation —

* Ga as in gap,

* bb as in bubble,

* y as in happy.

* Meaning —

* Extremely talkative.

* Sentences —

* The gabby student was scolded by the teacher. (Adjective, extremely talkative)

* He is no more a gabby person; now, he has become an astute officer .

* A gabby person loves talking and a sudden change in his or her behaviour surprises everyone. (Adjective, extremely talkative)

* Synonyms — talkative, garrulous, loquacious, etc.

* Antonyms — silent, taciturn, calm, quiet, etc.

* Astute — smart and shrewd.[

Idom# Give someone stick

* Meaning —

* To criticize someone.

* Sentences ;

* He gave her stick as she always said that her hands are full. (Criticised her)

* Hands are full — to be busy.

* They gave her stick as she came to the party when Elvis had left the building. (Criticised her)

* Elvis had left the building — the main event was over.

* He went nuclear because she gave him stick. (Criticised him)

* Went nuclear — was angry.

Phrasal Verb #— ‘Knocked down’

* Meaning —

* To have met with an accident, OR

* To be sold at an auction.

* Sentences —

* She was knocked down by a car. (She had met with an accident)

* The expensive vase was knocked down at the auction. (Sold at an auction)

* He bought the house that was knocked down. (Sold at an auction)

* He was knocked down by a car but fortunately he is recovering now. (He met with an accident

Word# Gabby

* Part Of Speech — Adjective.

* Pronunciation —

* Ga as in gap,

* bb as in bubble,

* y as in happy.

* Meaning —

* Extremely talkative.

* Sentences —

* The gabby student was scolded by the teacher. (Adjective, extremely talkative)

* He is no more a gabby person; now, he has become an astute officer .

* A gabby person loves talking and a sudden change in his or her behaviour surprises everyone. (Adjective, extremely talkative)

* Synonyms — talkative, garrulous, loquacious, etc.

* Antonyms — silent, taciturn, calm, quiet, etc.

* Astute — smart and shrewd.[

Idom# Give someone stick

* Meaning —

* To criticize someone.

* Sentences ;

* He gave her stick as she always said that her hands are full. (Criticised her)

* Hands are full — to be busy.

* They gave her stick as she came to the party when Elvis had left the building. (Criticised her)

* Elvis had left the building — the main event was over.

* He went nuclear because she gave him stick. (Criticised him)

* Went nuclear — was angry.

Phrasal Verb #— ‘Knocked down’

* Meaning —

* To have met with an accident, OR

* To be sold at an auction.

* Sentences —

* She was knocked down by a car. (She had met with an accident)

* The expensive vase was knocked down at the auction. (Sold at an auction)

* He bought the house that was knocked down. (Sold at an auction)

* He was knocked down by a car but fortunately he is recovering now. (He met with an accident)

Word #Logy

* Part Of Speech — Adjective.

* Pronunciation —

* Log, as usual, log,

* y as in happy.

* Meaning —

* Tired, OR

* Dull.

* Sentences —

* He was logy after cutting the log with the saw.

* The logy man suddenly became enthusiastic on seeing his daughter's endearing smile. (Adjective, tired))

* Synonyms — tired, bleary, exhausted, worn-out, weary, etc.

* Antonyms — energetic, enthusiastic, etc.

* New words —

* Enthusiastic — eager.

* Endearing — cute.

Idiom#Live and learn

* Meaning —

* To learn from one's past experiences.

* Sentences —

* She tried to help him and then got into hot water; she no more helps others unless they approach her, live, and learn. (Learn from one's past experiences)

* Got into hot water — passionate to do something.

* He had lost his plum job because of his excessively humble nature; he has become more straightforward now, live and learn. (Learn from one's past experiences)

* Plum job — lucrative job.

Phrasal verb#keep back

* Meaning —

* Hide (conceal).

* Sentences —

* Don't keep back anything from your doctor. (Conceal)

* She kept back a secret. (Concealed)

* He keeps back his girlfriend from friends.

Word #Whir

* Part Of Speech — Verb.

* Noun — Whir.

* Pronunciation —

* Wh as in where,

* ir as urge.

* Meaning —

* To make a low sound continuously. OR

* A continuous low sound [Noun]

* Sentences —

* The mobile phone whirred but she didn't receive the call. (Verb, made a low sound continuously)

* He was able to allay the whir of the computer under the aegis of his friend. (Noun, a continuous low sound)

* Synonyms — make low sound, low sound, etc.

* Antonyms — make loud sounds, stridor, etc.

* New words

* Allay — reduce.

* Aegis — guidance.

Idiom #42 — ‘Off And On’

* Meaning —

* Occasionally.

* Sentences —

* Despite warnings from the teacher, the student kept talking off and on. (Occasionally)

* The company incurred huge loss because it changed policies off and on. (Occasionally)

* The weather is so changeable here that it rains off and on. (Occasionaly

Phrasal verb#Go upon

* Meaning —

* To rely on.

* Sentences —

* He went upon the evidence while arguing. (Relied on)

* What are the points to go upon? (Rely on)

* You can't go upon a wrong judgement. (Rely on)

Nadir

* Part Of Speech — Noun.

* Pronunciation —

* Na as in the nation,

* dir as dear [less stress on r].

* Meaning —

* The lowest point of something OR

* The worst phase of something.

* Sentences —

* His failure made him touch the nadir of his life. (Noun, the worst phase of something

* They were delighted to see the pogonip that day in the nadir of the mountain. (the lowest point of something)

Idom#As Fresh As A Daisy’

* Meaning —

* Fresh and healthy.

* Sentences -

* The teacher instructed the students to come to the school as fresh as a daisy and she dealt with the unpunctual students with an iron hand. (Fresh and healthy)

* With an iron hand — strictly.

* She is a great hand at skincare and she keeps herself as fresh as a daisy. (Fresh and healthy)

* A great hand at — an expert at.

Phrasal verb# Hold over

* Meaning —

* Postpone.

* Sentences —

* The meeting will be held over. (Postponed)

* The government instructed the board to hold over the exams due to covid-19 (Postpone)

1.iAhoy

Ahoy! Amy, how are you doing?

Ahoy! Can you help me with something?

2.How’s the tricks?

How’s the tricks with Ricky.

How’s the trick? why does everyone look sad?

3.Hat tip

Hat tip bro, what are you up to?

Hat tip Amy, How’s the trick?

4.Ciao

It can be used as hi and bye

Ciao, here I am.

5.Peek-a-boo

Peek-a-boo you look worried?

6.How hops it?

How hops its team? we are going to start in a mintue.

7.Alrighty mate.

Alright, mate? I haven’t seen you for ages.

Alrighty, mate? you are looking tense.

8.What’s the crack

What’s the crack? you sound quite excited.

Lax’

* Part Of Speech — Adjective.

* Noun — Laxity.

* Pronunciation —

* La as in lack,

* x as in maximum.

* Meaning —

* Lenient [not strict], OR

* Careless.

* Sentences —

* The teacher made rules that were not lax. (Adjective, lenient)

* None can gainsay the fact that society is quite lax in observing the regulations related to social distancing. (Adjective, lenient)

* Synonyms — lenient, not strict, careless, loose, casual, easygoing, cavalier, etc.

* Antonyms — strict, careful, serious, etc.

* Gainsay — challenge,denny

* Duplicitous — severely criticised.

* IDOM -A heavy heart

* Meaning —

* Feeling of unhappiness.

* Sentences —

* She butters everyone up so that they don't displease her and make her have a heavy heart. (Feeling of unhappiness)

* Butters up — flatters.

* He said with a heavy heart that he had lost his father at a tender age. (Feeling of unhappiness)

* Tender age — young age..

* As the postmaster was a fish out of water in the new village, he spent his days with a heavy heart. (Feeling of unhappiness)

* Fish out of water — uncomfortable in a new situation

* Phrasal verb - Go by

* Meaning —

* To judge from OR

* To be guided by or to follow.

* Sentences —

* Do not go by covers while buying

* a book. (Judge from)

* She went by all the rules of the project. (Was guided by or followed)

* Please go by the directions while filling up the form. (Follow)

The vocab word

MALADROIT

part of speech -adj (no efficient )

Noun-maladroitness

Pronunciation

Mal- malnutrition

ad- administrator

ro- rock

i- boy

t. - ate

Sentences

He is not at all Maladroit.

The company incurred a profusion of loss owing to its maladroitness policy

Phrasal verb-

Go over- Examined

The auditor went over the accounts.

She is planning to go over the balance sheet once more.

Idiom

Yellow-bellied (coward)

He was right as rain when she said she is yellow-bellied.

The rules are set in stone she said and I won't flout them no matter how many times you call me yellow-bellied.

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