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He took his failure to heart (i.e., felt it deeply; grieved over it).
It goes to his heart (touches him deeply) to see so much misery.
The offer holds good (remains binding, is valid) for two days.
He is leaving India for good (permanently).
It will go hard with him (prove a serious matter for him.) if his partner retires from
business.
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Do you expect me to be at your beck and call (under your absolute control)?
I am afraid he is burning the candles at both ends (overtaxing his energies).
Let us now bury the hatchet (cease fighting, make peace), and work for the advancement
of the country.
Mr. X, who is one of the trustees of a certain big charity, is suspected of feathering his
won nest (making money unfairly).
It is reported that some ruffians laid hands on (assaulted) him while he was returning
home.
It is suspected that he had a hand in (was concerned in) the plot.
As usual he is blowing his own trumpet (praising himself).
The excuses will not pass muster (will not be accepted as satisfactory).
As a diplomat he was head and shoulders (very much) above his contemporaries.
Old sets of the Encyclopaedia Britannica are a drug in the market (unsaleable from lack
of demand).
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The foolish young man made ducks and drakes of (squandered) his patrimony.
She knows French after a fashion (to a certain degree, not satisfactorily).
It is all Greek (or Hebrew) to me {i.e., something which I do not understand).
The thief was caught red-handed (in the very act of committing the theft).
Late in life he tried his hand (made an attempt) at farming.
What you say is neither here nor there (foreign to the subject under discussion,
irrelevant).
Even his old friend Smith, who had been indebted to him for many favours in the past,
gave him the cold shoulder (treated him in a cold and distant manner).
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If we are to give credence to rumours, another great war is on the cards (not improbable).
While he spoke, the audience hung on his lips (listened eagerly to his words).
The Speaker urged the Committee to take drastic action, but they hung fire (were
reluctant; hesitated).
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He stands well with (is well thought of by) his master.
He claims that he has given chapter and verse (full and precise reference to authority) for
every statement made in his book.
The editor of that paper is accused of giving a false colouring to (misrepresenting) the
incident.
Throughout his speech the boys were all ears (deeply attentive).
I was all eyes (eagerly watching) to see what he would do.
I know my friend keeps a good table (provides luxurious food, entertains his guests
sumptuously).
With a small income and a large family to maintain, he finds it rather difficult to keep his
head above water (to keep out of debt).
He will never set the Thames on fire (do some remarkable or surprising thing).
The scheme came to grief (failed) owing to want of foresight.
You will come to grief '(be ruined) if you follow his advice.
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I keep the fellow at arm's length (at a distance; i.e., I hold aloof from him).
He is keeping up appearances (keeping up an outward show of prosperity) although he
has lost his whole fortune.
Last year when the prince came of age (reached the age of twenty-one) he was installed
on his father's gadi.
Don't trust those men; they are villains to the backbone (in every way).
You shall go, bag and baggage (with all your belongings, i.e., altogether, completely).
The account of the murder made her blood creep (filled her with horror).
That territory is a bone of contention (a subject of dispute) between the two countries.
He took away my breath (very much surprised me) when he coolly proposed that I should
buy votes.
Since his easy succcess in the elections, he has become swollen-headed (conceited).
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Wherever he addressed public meetings he carried all before him (was completely
successful).
The cashier, having admitted defalcation, was given in charge (handed over to the
police).
“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to
drink; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head (return good for evil, and make him
ashamed of his enmity) and the Lord shall reward thee.”
It is mean to crow over (to triumph over) a fallen foe.
He took up the cudgels for (defended vigorously) his friend.
He is currying favour (using mean acts to ingratiate himself) with his rich neighbour.
If you endorse that promissory note, you will cut your own throat (ruin yourself).
His father cut him off with a shilling (disinherited him by bequeathing a trifling sum).
While he was speaking his father cut him short (interrupted him).
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The witness cut a poor figure (produced a poor impression) in his cross-examination.
When he met me in the street, he cut me dead (deliberately insulted me by ignoring me).
That Act is a dead letter (no longer in force).
A great many faults may be laid at his door (imputed to him), but he is certainly not
dishonest.
We must draw the line (fix the limit) somewhere. The cost of the new building should not
exceed two lakhs.
Printing is not in my line (is out of my province).
He is in the cotton line (i.e., he follows that trade).
I don't expect him to see eye to eye (to be in complete agreement) with me on the
question of Prohibition.
He failed to get elected, but put a good face on (bore up courageously) his defeat.
His speech on economic reform fell flat (caused no interest, produced no effect).
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The joke fell flat (caused no amusement).
It is afar cry (a long way off) from Delhi to New York.
It is afar cry (no easy transition) from autocracy to democracy.
He is far and away (very much) the better of the two players.
The story of the shipwreck, as narrated by one of the survivors,made my flesh creep
(horrified me).
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A Pathan is an ugly customer (a formidable person to deal with) when his blood is up (he
is excited).
She is a delicate woman but has to rough it (to endure hardship) to support her family.
He pins his faith to (places full reliance upon) technical education.
He sometimes tells lies, so people take his statements with a grain of salt (doubt).
He is not the sort of man to let the grass grow under his feet (to remain idle, to
procrastinate).
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It's no use splitting hairs (disputing over petty points, quibbling about trifles).
He is a great hand at (expert at) organizing public meetings.
By your strange conduct you will give a handle to (furnish an occasion for) suspicion and
scandal.
He knows what he is about (is far-sighted and prudent).
You can rely on him; he knows what's what (is shrewd and experienced, knows the ways
of the world).
Mussolini seems to bear a charmed life (to be invulnerable, as he escapes death in an
almost miraculous manner).
When the Arabs conquered Persia, some Persians, it is safe to say, embraced Islam for
loaves and fishes (material benefits).
It never occurred to me that you would leave me in the lurch (desert me in my
difficulties, leave me in a helpless condition).
In everything that he does he has an eye to the main chance (his object is to make money,
he regards his own interests).
The bank won't accept the guarantee of a man of straw (a man of no substance).
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His observations were beside the mark (not to the point, irrelevant).
Not to mince matters (to speak unreservedly), some of these pundits are mere charlatans.
His adversaries moved heaven and earth (made every possible effort) to get him
dismissed.
Do your worst ! I nail my colours to the mast (refuse to climb down or surrender).
Stick to your colours (refuse to yield, be faithful to the cause), my boys !
The murdered man was found in a state of nature (naked).
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This coat fits you to a nicety (exactly).
He refused to be led by the nose (to follow submissively).
His wife, who was the daughter of a millionaire, turned up her nose at (regarded with
contempt) her husband's proposal to buy a Ford car.
Don't thrust your nose into (meddle officiously in) my affairs.
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He is such an absent-minded fellow that he does not know what passes under his nose (in
his very presence).
Successive ministers have found the question of employment a hard nut to crack (a
difficult problem to solve).
This gentleman, having worked successfully in the business line for several years, is now
resting on his oars (stopping work for a time and having rest).
A dispute in that colliery came to a head (reached a crisis) this week.
The recent outbursts of murderous rioting should warn the labour agitators that they are
playing with fire (trifling ignorantly with matters liable to cause trouble or suffering).
During the war, he made a pile (made a fortune).
The famous libel case brought into play (gave an opportunity for the exercise of) his
forensic abilities.
I admit that he pleaded the cause of the poor very eloquently; but will he put his hand in
his pocket (give money in charity)?
To small purpose (without much practical benefit) was the Commission appointed, if its
main recommendations are not adopted.
Just now flying is all the rage (extremely popular).
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He is rather blunt, but his heart is in the right place (he is faithful and true hearted).
He is regarded as his chiefs right-hand man (most efficient assistant).
His letters to his ward speak volumes for (serve as strong testimony to) his forbearance
and good sense.
The new cotton mill is mortgaged up to the eyes (completely, to its full extent).
You don't look quite up to the mark (in excellent health) this evening.
Now, don't you call me any names, or you will find that two can play at that game (i.e., I
can retaliate in the same way).
He was a man who could put two and two together (draw a correct inference reason
logically).
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You see he has two strings to his bow (has two sources of income to rely upon); he deals
in curios, and also does miniatures.
Her uncle has taken her under his wing (under his protection).
I suspect that fellow has sent us on a wild-goose chase (a foolish and fruitless search).
36
The policeman, having disarmed the thief, had the whip-hand of (was in a position to
control) him.
I did not notice in him anything out of the way (strange, eccentric).
I am told your cousin is in hot water (in trouble) over that speech.
There is nothing so bad as washing one's dirty linen in public (discussing unpleasant
private matters before strangers).
If their demands are not granted, the strikers threaten war to the knife (a bitter and deadly
struggle).
They are at daggers drawn (i.e., their relations are strained) ever since the dissolution of
the partnership between them.
When plague first broke out in Mumbai, Dr. X did yeoman's service (excellent work).
He is still in the vigorous health, although he is on the wrong side of sixty (more than
sixty years of age).
You can safely trust him; he is a man of his words (a man to be depended on, a
trustworthy man).
He finds no little difficulty in keeping the wolf from the door (keeping off starvation).
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Beware of that wolf in sheep's clothing (hypocrite)!
The doctor says the patient has turned the corner (passed the crisis).
He very cleverly turned the tables on his opponent (i.e., brought him to the position of
disadvantage lately held by himself).
I am afraid you have caught a Tartar in him (i.e., found him more formidable than you
expected).
I should like to have that matter settled immediately, because it keeps a man on
tenterhooks (in a state of suspense and anxiety).
He is under the thumb of (completely under the influence of) his wife.
He carried out his project in the teeth of (in defiance or regardless of )opposition from his
community.
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Only ten years ago he was a junior barrister, but he is now at the top of the tree (at the
head of his profession).
We must avoid saying or writing anything that would tread on their toes (give offence to
them).
His master put the screw on (brought pressure to bear on) him to vote for his friend.
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In the contest he came off second-best (was defeated, got the worst of it).
I sent him about his business (dismissed him peremptorily) as I could stand his insolence
no longer.
People who talk shop (talk exclusively about their business or professional affairs) are
generally unbearable.
He appears to have an old head on young shoulders (to be wise beyond his years).
As a rule, they eat but one square meal (full meal) a day.
In his travels he claims to have rubbed shoulders (come into close contact) with people of
all sorts and conditions.
Although much remains to be done in this direction, the gradual increase in the number of
schools clearly shows that the school master is abroad (education is spreading in every
direction and ignorance is diminishing).
His boorish manners occasionally set his refined cousin's teeth on edge (i.e., irritated
him).
When the Inspector entered the class some of the pupils shook in their shoes (trembled
with fear).
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There are black sheep (bad characters, scoundrels) in every community.
One of our best workers was ill, so we had to make shift (get along as best as we could)
without him.
I threatened to show him up (to disclose his villainy) if he did not mend his ways.
That solicitor is guilty of sharp practice (underhand or questionable dealings).
The usurper cannot maintain his position without the sinews of war (money).
As a writer he has often snapped his fingers at (defined) convention.
The speaker was unmercifully heckled, but he manfully stood to his guns (i.e.,
maintained his own opinion).
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CHAPTER 26
PUNCTUATION
209. Punctuation (derived from the Latin punctum, a point) means the right use of putting
in Points or Stops in writing. The following are the principal stops:-
(1) Full Stop or Period (.)
(2) Comma (,)
(3) Semicolon (;)
(4) Colon (:)
(5) Question Mark (?)
(6) Exclamation Mark (!)
Other marks in common use are the Dash:- Parentheses ( ); Inverted Commas or
Quotation Marks" ".
210. The Full Stop represents the greatest pause and separation. It is used to mark the end
of a declarative or an imperative sentence;
as,
Dear, patient, gentle, noble Nell was dead.
211. The Full stop can be used in abbreviations, but they are often omitted in modern
style.
M.A. or MA
M.P. or MP
U.N.O. or UNO
Note that in current English Mr and Mrs occur without a full stop, as these have come to
be regarded as the full spellings.
212. The Comma represents the shortest pause, and is used :-
(1) To separate a series of words in the same construction; as,
England, France and Italy formed an alliance.
He lost lands, money, reputation and friends.
It was a long, dull and wearisome journey.
He wrote his exercise neatly, quickly and correctly.
Note:- A comma is generally not placed before the word preceded by and.
(2) To separate each pair of words connected by and; as,
We should be devout and humble, cheerful and serene.
High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, must all die.
(3) After a Nominative Absolute; as,
This done, she returned to the old man with a lovely smile on her face.
The wind being favourable, the squadron sailed.
The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time.
(4) To mark off a Noun or Phrase in Apposition ; as,
Paul, the apostle, was beheaded in the reign of Nero.
Milton, the great English poet, was blind.
Pandit Nehru, the first prime Minister of India, died in 1964.
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(5) To mark off words used in addressing people
Come into the garden, Maud.
How are you, Mohan?
Lord of the universe, shield us and guide us.
But when the words are emphatic, we ought to use the Note of Exclamation; as,
Monster! by thee my child's devoured!
(6) To mark off two or more Adverbs or Adverbial phrases coming together ; as,
Then, at length, tardy justice was done to the memory of Oliver.
(7) Before and after a Participial phrase, provided that the phrase might be expanded into
a sentence, and is not used in a merely qualifying sense; as,
Caesar, having conquered his enemies, returned to Rome.
(8) Before and after words, phrases, or clauses, let into the body of a sentence; as,
He did not, however, gain his object.
It is mind, after all, which does the work of the world.
His behaviour, to say the least, was very rude.
His story was, in several ways, improbable.
Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me.
The essay-writers, whose works consisted in a great measure of short moral
dissertations, set the literary taste of the age.
The people of Orleans, when they first saw her in their city, thought she was an angel.
(9) To indicate the omission of a word, especially a verb; as,
Rama received a fountain pen; Hari, a watch.
He was a Brahmin; she, a Rajput.
He will succeed; you, never.
(10) To separate short co-ordinate clauses of a Compound sentence; as,
The rains descended, and the floods came.
Men may come and men may go, but I go on for ever.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
The way was long, the wind was cold.
The minstrel was infirm and old.
When there is a conjunction the comma is sometimes omitted; as,
He came and saw me.
(11) To mark off a direct quotation from the rest of the sentence; as,
"Exactly so," said Alice.
He said to his disciples, "Watch and pray."
"Go then," said the ant, "and dance winter away."
(12) Before certain co-ordinative conjunctions; as,
To act thus is not wisdom, but folly.
(13) To separate from the verb a long Subject opening a sentence; as,
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The injustice of the sentence pronounced upon that great scientist and discoverer, is now
evident to us ail.
All that we admired and adored before as great and magnificent, is obliterated or
vanished.
(14) To separate a Noun clause-whether subject or object preceding the verb; as,
Whatever is, is right.
How we are ever to get there, is the question,
That he would succeed in his undertaking, no one ever doubted.
(15) To separate a clause that is not restrictive in meaning, but is co-ordinate with the
Principal clause; as,
Sailors, who are generally superstitious, say it is unlucky to embark on a Friday.
During my stay in Sri Lanka I visited Mihintale, which is regarded as the
cradle of Buddhism.
When the Adjective clause is restrictive in meaning the comma should not be applied; as,
This is the house that Jack built.
The Lord is nigh upto them that are of a broken heart.
The echoes of the storm which was then raised I still hear grumbling round me.
The design was disapproved by everyone whose judgement was entitled to respect.
(16) To separate an Adverbial clause from its Principal clause; as,
When I was a bachelor, I lived by myself.
If thou would 'st be happy, seek to please.
When the Adverbial clause follows the Principal clause the comma is frequently omitted;
as,
Seek to please if thou would'st be happy
213.The Semicolon represents a pause of greater importance than that shown by the
comma. It is used :-
(1) To separate the clauses of Compound sentence, when they contain a comma; as,
He was a brave, large-hearted man; and we all honoured him.
(2) To separate a series of loosely related clauses; as,
Her court was pure ; her life serene;
God gave her peace; her land reposed.
Today we love what tomorrow we hate; today we seek what tomorrow we
shun; today we desire what tomorrow we fear.
214. The Colon marks a still more complete pause than that expressed by the Semicolon.
It is used (sometimes with a dash after it): -
(1) To introduce a quotation; as,
Bacon says :- “Reading makes a full man, writing an exact man, speaking a ready man.”
(2) Before enumeration, examples, etc; as,
The principal parts of a verb in English are: the present tense, the past
Tense, and the past participle.
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The limitation of armaments, the acceptance of arbitration as the natural solvent of
international disputes, the relegation of wars of ambition and aggression to the categories
of obsolete follies : these will be milestones which mark the stages of the road.
(3) Between sentences grammatically independent but closely connected in sense; as,
Study to acquire a habit of thinking: no study is more important.
215. The Question Mark is used, instead of the Full Stop, after a direct question; as,
Have you written your exercise?
If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you trickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do
we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not have revenge?
But the Question Mark is not used after an indirect question; as
He asked me whether I had written my exercise.
216. The Exclamation Mark is used after Interjections and after Phrases and Sentences
expressing sudden emotion or wish ; as,
Alas ! -- Oh dear !
What a terrible fire this is !
O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! -- Long live the King !
Note:- When the interjection O is placed before the Nominative of Address, the
Exclamation Mark, if employed at all, comes after the? noun; or it may be placed at the
end of the sentence; as,
O father ! I hear the sound of guns.
O Hamlet, speak no more !
217. Inverted Commas are used to enclose the exact words of a speaker, or a quotation;
as,
"I would rather die," he exclaimed, "than join the oppressors of my country."
Babar is said by Elphinstone to have been "the most admirable prince that ever reigned in
Asia."
If a quotation occurs within a quotation, it is marked by single inverted commas; as,
"You might as well say," added the March Hare, "that 'I like what I get' is the same thing
as 'I get what I like,”
218. The Dash is used:-
(1) To indicate an abrupt stop or change of thought; as,
If my husband were alive – but why lament the past ?
(2) To resume a scattered subject; as,.
Friends, companions, relatives - all deserted him.
219. The Hyphen - a shorter line than the Dash - is used to connect the parts of a
compound word; as,
Passer-by, man-of-war, jack-of-all-trades.
It is also used to connect parts of a word divided at the end of a
line.
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220. Parentheses or Double Dashes are used to separate from the main part of the
sentence a phrase or clause which does not grammatically belong to it; as,
He gained from Heaven (it was all he wished) a friend.
A remarkable instance of this kind of courage - call it, if you please,
resolute will - is given in the history of Babar,
221. The Apostrophe is used:-
(1) To show the omission of a letter or letters; as, Don't, e'er, I've.
(2) In the Genitive Case of Nouns.
(3) To form the plural of letters and figures.
Dot your i's and cross your t's.
Add two 5 's and four 2 's.
Capital Letters
222. Capitals are used :-
(1) To begin a sentence.
(2) To begin each fresh line of poetry.
(3) To begin all Proper Nouns and Adjectives derived from them : as,
Delhi, Rama, Africa, African, Shakespeare, Shakespearian.
(4) For all nouns and pronouns which indicate the Deity; as, The Lord, He is the God.
(5) To write the pronoun / and the interjection O.
Exercise 119.
Insert commas, where necessary, in the following sentences:-
1. The necessity of amusement made me a carpenter a bird-eager a gardener.
2. Speak clearly if you would be understood.
3. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise.
4. When we had dined to prevent the ladies leaving us I generally ordered the table
to be removed.
5. My orchard was often robbed by schoolboys and my wife's custards plundered
by the cats.
6. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall I played one of the
most merry tunes.
7. By conscience and courage by deeds of devotion and daring he soon commended
himself to his fellows and his officers.
8. Wealth may seek us but wisdom must be sought.
9. Beware lest thou be led into temptation.
10. Brazil which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe is covered with a vegetation of
incredible profusion.
11. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing while others judge us by
what we have already done.
12. Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust
upon them.
13. I therefore walked back by the horse way which was five miles round.
14. Read not to contradict nor to believe but to weigh and consider.
15. The leaves as we shall see immediately are the feeders of the plant.
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17. Sir I would rather be right than be President.
18. In fact there was nothing else to do.
19. At midnight however I was aroused by the tramp of horse's hoofs in the yard.
20. Spenser the great English poet lived in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
21. One of the favourite themes of boasting with the Squire is the noble trees on his
estate which in truth has some of the finest that I have seen in England.
22. When he was a boy Franklin who afterward became a distinguished statesman
and philosopher learned his trade in the printing office of his brother who published a
paper in Boston.
23. We had in this village some twenty years ago an idiot boy whom I well remember
who from a child showed a strong propensity for bees.
24. Margaret the eldest of the four was sixteen and very pretty being plump and fair with
large eyes plenty of soft brown hair a sweet mouth and white hands of which she was
rather vain.
25. A letter from a young lady written in the most passionate terms wherein she laments
the misfortune of a gentleman her lover who was lately wounded in a duel has turned my
thoughts to that subject and inclined me to examine into the causes which precipitate men
into so fatal a folly.
Exercise 120.
Insert commas, where necessary, in the following sentences:-
1. In the old Persian stories Turan the land of darkness is opposed to Iran the land of
light.
2. History it has been said is the essence of innumerable biographies.
3. Attention application accuracy method punctuality and dispatch are the principal
qualities required for the efficient conduct of business of any sort.
4.When I was in Delhi I visited the Red Port, Qutab Minar, Raj Ghat, India Gate and
Chandni Chowk.
5. He was now in the vigour of his days forty-three years of age stately in person noble in
his demeanour calm and dignified in his deportment.
6. Your wife would give you little thanks if she were present to hear you make this offer.
7. A high-bred man never forgets himself controls his temper does nothing in excess is
courteous dignified and that even to persons whom he is wishing far away.
8. All that I am all that I hope to be I owe to my angel mother.
9. We all or nearly all fail to last our “lease” owing to accidents violence and avoidable as
well as unavoidable disease.
10. Nuclear bomb testing fills the air with radioactive dust and leaves many areas
uninhabitable for centuries.
11. In a strict and legal sense that is properly the domicile of a person where he has his
true fixed permanent home and principal establishment and to which whenever he is
absent he has the intention of returning.
Exercise 121.
Punctuate the following :-
1. As Caesar loved me I wept for him as he was fortunate I rejoice at it as he was valiant I
honour him but as he was ambitious I slew him.
2. The shepherd finding his flock destroyed exclaimed I have been rightly served why did
I trust my sheep to a wolf.
3. However strange however grotesque may be the appearance which Dante under takes
to describe he never shrinks from describing it he gives us the shape the colour the sound
the smell the taste.
4. Perhaps cried he there may be such monsters as you describe.
5. Sancho ran as fast as his ass could go to help his master whom he found lying and not
able to stir such a blow he and Rozinante had received mercy on me cried Sancho did I
not give your worship fair warning did I not tell you they were windmills and that nobody
could think otherwise unless he had also windmills in his head.
6. Modern ideas of government date back to the 1960s when for the first time people
began to question a kings right to rule once through to be god given.
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7. When I look upon the tombs of the great every emotion of envy dies in me when I read
the epitaphs of the beautiful every inordinate desire goes out when I meet with the grief
of parents upon a tombstone my heart melts with compassion. When I see the tomb of the
parents themselves I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly
follow
8. They had played together in infancy they had worked together in manhood they were
now tottering about and gossiping away in the evening of life and in a short time they
will probably be buried together in the neighbouring churchyard.
9. Take away that bauble said Cromwell pointing to the mace which lay upon the table
and when the House was empty he went out with the key in his pocket.
10. One day walking together up a hill I said to Friday do you not wish yourself in your
own country again yes he said what would you do there said I would you turn wild and
eat mens flesh again he looked full of concern and shaking his head said no.
11. When a great office is vacant either by death or disgrace which often happens five or
six of these candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a
dance on the rope and whoever jumps the highest without falling succeeds to the office
12. That familiarity produces neglect has been long observed the effect of all external
objects however great or splendid ceases with their novelty the courtier stands without
emotion in the royal presence the rustic tramples under his foot the beauties of the spring
with little attention to their colours or their fragrance and the inhabitant of the coast darts
his eye upon the immense diffusion of waters without awe wonder or terror.
13. If you look about you and consider the lives of others as well as your own if you think
how few are born with honour and how many die without name or children how little
beauty we see and how few friends we hear of how many diseases and how much poverty
there is in the world you will fall down upon knees and instead of repining at one
affliction will admire so many blessings which you have received from the hand of God.
14. We thank Thee for the place in which we dwell for the love that unites us for the
peace accorded us this day for the hope with which we expect the morrow for the health
the work the food and the bright skies that make our life delightful for our friends in all
parts of the earth.
15. Androcles who had no arms of any kind now gave himself up for lost what shall I do
said he I have no spear or sword no not so much as a stick to defend myself with.
16. My quaint Ariel said Prospero to the little sprite when he made him free I shall miss
you yet you shall have your freedom thank you my dear master said Ariel but give me
leave to attend your ship with prosperous gales before you bid farewell to the assistance
of your faithful spirit.
17. O master exclaimed Ananda weeping bitterly and is all the work undone and all by
my fault and folly that which is built on fraud and imposture can by no means endure
returned Buddha.
18. Wretch said the king what harm did I do thee that thou shouldst seek to take my life
with your own hand you killed my father and my two brothers was the reply.
Exercise 122.
Punctuate the following:-
