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Why We Travel -Words
Lesson | Difficult words | Pictures | Videos We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again -- to slow time down and get taken in and fall in love once more. The beauty of this whole process was best described, perhaps, before people even took to frequent flying, by George Santayana in his lapidary essay, "The Philosophy of Travel." We "need sometimes," the Harvard philosopher wrote, "to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what." I like that stress on work, since never more than on the road are we shown how proportional our blessings are to the difficulty that precedes them; and I like the stress on a holiday that's "moral" since we fall into our ethical habits as easily as into our beds at night. Few of us ever forget the connection between "travel" and "travail," and I know that I travel in large part in search of hardship -- both my own, which I want to feel, and others', which I need to see. Travel in that sense guides us toward a better balance of wisdom and compassion -- of seeing the world clearly, and yet feeling it truly. For seeing without feeling can obviously be uncaring; while feeling without seeing can be blind. Yet for me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at home, and seeing everything I thought I knew in a different light, and from a crooked angle. In that regard, even a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet (in Beijing) or a scratchy revival showing of "Wild Orchids" (on the Champs-Elysees) can be both novelty and revelation: In China, after all, people will pay a whole week's wages to eat with Colonel Sanders, and in Paris, Mickey Rourke is regarded as the greatest actor since Jerry Lewis. If a Mongolian restaurant seems exotic to us in Evanston, Ill., it only follows that a McDonald's would seem equally exotic in Ulan Bator -- or, at least, equally far from everything expected. Though it's fashionable nowadays to draw a distinction between the "tourist" and the "traveler," perhaps the real distinction lies between those who leave their assumptions at home, and those who don't: Among those who don't, a tourist is just someone who complains, "Nothing here is the way it is at home," while a traveler is one who grumbles, "Everything here is the same as it is in Cairo -- or Cuzco or Kathmandu." It's all very much the same. But for the rest of us, the sovereign freedom of traveling comes from the fact that it whirls you around and turns you upside down, and stands everything you took for granted on its head. If a diploma can famously be a passport (to a journey through hard realism), a passport can be a diploma (for a crash course in cultural relativism). And the first lesson we learn on the road, whether we like it or not, is how provisional and provincial are the things we imagine to be universal. When you go to North Korea, for example, you really do feel as if you've landed on a different planet -- and the North Koreans doubtless feel that they're being visited by an extra-terrestrial, too (or else they simply assume that you, as they do, receive orders every morning from the Central Committee on what clothes to wear and what route to use when walking to work, and you, as they do, have loudspeakers in your bedroom broadcasting propaganda every morning at dawn, and you, as they do, have your radios fixed so as to receive only a single channel). We travel, then, in part just to shake up our complacencies by seeing all the moral and political urgencies, the life-and-death dilemmas, that we seldom have to face at home. And we travel to fill in the gaps left by tomorrow's headlines: When you drive down the streets of Port-au-Prince, for example, where there is almost no paving and women relieve themselves next to mountains of trash, your notions of the Internet and a "one world order" grow usefully revised. Travel is the best way we have of rescuing the humanity of places, and saving them from abstraction and ideology. And in the process, we also get saved from abstraction ourselves, and come to see how much we can bring to the places we visit, and how much we can become a kind of carrier pigeon -- an anti-Federal Express, if you like -- in transporting back and forth what every culture needs. I find that I always take Michael Jordan posters to Kyoto, and bring woven ikebana baskets back to California; I invariably travel to Cuba with a suitcase piled high with bottles of Tylenol and bars of soap, and come back with one piled high with salsa tapes, and hopes, and letters to long-lost brothers. But more significantly, we carry values and beliefs and news to the places we go, and in many parts of the world, we become walking video screens and living newspapers, the only channels that can take people out of the censored limits of their homelands. In closed or impoverished places, like Pagan or Lhasa or Havana, we are the eyes and ears of the people we meet, their only contact with the world outside and, very often, the closest, quite literally, they will ever come to Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton. Not the least of the challenges
The Cop and The Anthem- words
Difficult words , Video and Pictures strolled - (walked)asphalt - a mixture of dark bituminous pitch with sand or gravel, used for surfacing roads, डामरAvenue – Road Vest -(waistcoat / जाकीट)trim (nice)lady missionary- (nun)Thanksgiving Day (The fourth THURSDAY of November).Roasted – grilled / भाजलेलेMallard (wild)Cheese- दुधापासून तयार केलेला पदार्थcall forth - (take)winter island.- (jail)Set foot - (entered)tattered -(old and torn)trousers – pantDecadent - (old and worn out)Conveyed (transport or carry to a place/ लेजना)Haste - (quickly pushed)Averted -(prevented/टाळणे/बचना) Ignoble (low/poor)fate (luck/life)Menaced (frightened/ scared/घाबराई हुई/ घाबरलेली)Coveted - (greatly desired/ इच्छित)limbo (border place between heaven and hell/ jail)Devised (planned)Cunningly (cleverly)Display – exhibit/ put Wares – goodsplate-glass – sheet of glass lead (ahead/आगे)brass buttons – metal buttons.Agitatedly. - (anxiously)friendly voice - (without fear), greets good fortune.- express the hope that they will be happy./Clue (hint/ सुराग).Smash (break) to chat (speak)Take to the heels (run away).drawn (moving round)club (दंडा)pursuit (Chase/ run behind).Disgust (unpleasant/ upset)Drifted (wander)along, twice unsuccessful.no great pretensions - simple.Catered (fill/provide)Appetites (hunger)Modest purses (low money).Napery (cloth)consumed – eatbeefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and pie - name of foods callous (hard)pavement- foothpath. (road)Pitched (threw)Arose (stood up),joint by joint – step by stepElusive (difficult to find)drugstore – medical storedreadful -fearfulenchantment- (charm/ जादू)rendered (made/ performed)immune (keep away from/free)Panic (terror)lounging (linger/समय बिताना)grandly –largelyglittering (dazzling/ जगमगाता)straw (slim chance)disorderly conduct (bad conduct/ behavior).Yell (cry)drunken gibberish (useless talking like drunken man/ बड़बड़)howled (shout),raved (talk in a noisy, excited, or foolish manner/बड़बड़ाना; मूर्खता-भरी बातें करना)merely (only)twirled (turned)remarked – saidcitizen - manYale (university)lads (boys)celebratin - celebratinggoose – birdto let them be.” (to leave them/avoid)Disconsolate (very unhappy/ उदास; मायूस),unavailing (unsuccessful / failure)racket (noise).lay hands – arrestfancy (imagination/ according to him),Arcadia - (heaven/paradise).chilling wind – cold windswinging – movinggrabbled – picked upsauntered (walk leisurely)hastily (hurriedly).sternly ( harshly/ कठोरतापूर्वक).sneered (scornfully/ खिल्ली उड़ाना;)petty (beautiful)larceny (theft/ चोरी).premonition (feeling of fear/unpleasant to come/ पूर्वसंकेत)eyed – looked.savagely. (in a vicious manner/ निष्ठुरता से/ जंगली जानवर की तरह)Retreated (move back/ पीछे हटना/ पीछे लौटना).Hurried (moving rapidly/ जल्दी में)to assist (help)a tall blonde (a woman with fair skin and hair/ गोरे रंग एवं सुनहरे बालों वाली महिला)hurled (threw)excavation (digging/ गढ़ा).Muttered – said / speak but in low voicethe men who wear helmets and carry clubs. – Policemen clutches (hand/ शिकंजे),avenues (road)the glitter – lightingturmoil (noise/ शोरगुल; हलचल)faint - less.instinct (natural quality/force एहसास; भावना; अनुभूति/ घराची ओढ)survives (remain alive/ पैदा होना)unusually (remarkably/असमान्यत)standstill (stopped).quaint (strange/ अनोखा/ आकर्षक) rambling (spreading/ दूर तक फैला)gabled (the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof/ छत के दो हिस्सों के बीच बाहरी दीवार का नुकीला हिस्सा).violet-stained (coloured)glowed – shine /glitterorganist- a person who plays the organ. loitered – movemastery – practiceSabbath (a day of rest and worship, Sunday)Anthem - prayer.drifted out (float/बहना)transfixed (fascinated / hypnotized /स्तंभित)convolutions (coil)fence (compound).radiant (bright);pedestrians (a person who travels by foot/पैदल चलनेवाला)twittered (चहकना)the eaves (evening)a country – villagechurchyard – church areacemented (make fast as if with cement)immaculate (pure / innocent / virtuous/ शुद्ध; निर्मल; पवित्र)collars (reputation).The conjunction (Combination)receptive (ready to receive/ संग्रहणशील)the pit (hole/ गड्ढा)tumbled (fell),the degraded (embarrassing /तुच्छ/ लज्जित)unworthy (bad/ worthless /घृणित)desires (will),wrecked (destroyed / बरबाद)faculties (power/ ability/ capacity/ क्षमता; गुण; योग्यता) base motives – useless aimexistence (life/ अस्तित्व).thrillingly (excitingly)impulse (desire / motivation/प्रेरणा)to battle (fight)desperate (sad /hopeless/निराशाजनक)mire (a difficulty or embarrassment/ दलदल)conquer (beat/ जीतना; हराना;)the evil –bad things enslaved (गुलाम)resurrect (recover / पुनर्जीवित करना)faltering (hesitation / बेहिचक).solemn (holy/religious/ गंभीर; पवित्र)notes (tune)revolution (Transformation/ क्रांति)A fur (a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)Importer – businessman place (job)Magistrate – judgeClick the following and read success stories.Success story of Steve JobsSuccess Story of Thomas Alva EdisonSuccess story of Dhirubhai Ambani To fill NEET UG 2023 application form Click the following buttonhttps://arsodenglishclasses.com/neet-application-form-2023/ To fill CET 2023 application form Click the following buttonhttps://arsodenglishclasses.com/mht-cet-application-form/ Arsod English Classes, Yavatmal My Marquee Subtext For 12th English My Marquee Subtext Arsod English Classes, Yavatmal My Marquee Subtext For 12th English My Marquee Subtext Online & Offline ClassesStudents can attend online or offline classes according to their convenience. 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An Astrologer's Day vocabulary
Difficult words and Related Pictures Midday - (12 noon) Equipment (instruments), which Obscure - difficult to understandResplendent - glowingSacred - holy,पवित्रVermilion - a brilliant red colour, कुंकू, Sparkled - shineAbnormal gleam- attractive glow Outcome -result/effectProphetic - accurately predicting/telling what will happen in the future.Comforted - relaxedEnhanced - increase/add toWhiskers (मूंछ) Half-wit’s eyes - half openSparkle - glitter/blinkTurban -Cosmos & dahlia - Name of the FlowersBoughs - branchesTamarind tree - (इमली/चिंच) Flanked - bordered/near a path - way Remarkable - SignificantSurging - increasingjunk - (भंगार), Cheap cloth - low cost Din -noiseVociferousness - crying/loud soundVendor - sellerWare - product Flocked to - attracted toDallied - stop/ gatherTransacted - perform / carry outFlare - bright flame or lightCrackled - making hiss sound Heap - PileEnchantment - attractionMunicipal lighting - street lightBewildering - surprising crisscross - crossing of lightsIntended - aim.blew out - turn offbundle up – Pack upShaft – beam, raystrayed in- move away aimlesslyparaphernalia (पाराफेनेलीया) – things/ equipment/ साहित्य shaft (ray) blotted out – Dimmed/ become obscure(कमी होणे Sensed – come to know/ feelingcareworn – worriedchat - discussedGrumbled - complain /mutterReply –answervaguely – roughlypressed (force) his invitation – forcefully called Thrust - press/pushTilting – bending/ to move into a sloping position worthwhile - importantPiqued (पिक्ड)- annoyed/upset/ angry/ feel irritatedPies - old indian currency- equal to one twelfth of an anna.withdrew - took backflung – throwbluffing - deceive/mislead/ झांसा देना)provided - if/ on the conditionstranger - Unknown person.This pact - deal/agreementheaven – godcheroot - a cigarglimpse - partial viewhooted - sound of the hornjutka – टांगाSwore - using bad language/ cursingbabble - talking/twitter semidarkness - not complete darknesspuffing - smokingruthlessly -without pityshivered – trembleddisgorge - give/hand overmuttered - speak slowlyincantations - magic spell/मंत्रconvincing - sound/properhaggling – bargainingbared – open scar - markChanced -came acrossto peep – to look)enthusiasm -interestclenching - grippinggroaned - complainproceeded –continuedtaken aback. - surprisingly go from - leavegratified - delighted/ happily deserted -empty shaft - light“The swine – pigPyol – a kind of bed (खटीया) blood –murdergambled – playing cardsyawning - जम्हाईThe end (these words are for two marks). To fill NEET UG 2023 application form Click the following buttonhttps://arsodenglishclasses.com/neet-application-form-2023/ To fill CET 2023 application form Click the following buttonhttps://arsodenglishclasses.com/mht-cet-application-form/ Arsod English Classes, Yavatmal My Marquee Subtext For 12th English My Marquee Subtext Arsod English Classes, Yavatmal My Marquee Subtext For 12th English My Marquee Subtext Online & Offline ClassesStudents can attend online or offline classes according to their convenience. Limited strength in each batch. Modern, innovative concepts based but simple teaching method. Disciplined and highly feasible learning environment. Excellent Previous ResultEvery year 100% result. In the exam of 2022, our two students are highest in Maharashtra. Completion of syllabus within stipulated time period..Quality Study MaterialNotes of all chapters, poems, and novels are provided in pdf and printed form. From the content rich notes learn tips, tricks and strategies. Regular Weekly Revision TestsWe conduct regular offline test on each and every topic, daily online test. Regular doubt clearing sessions. Every Sunday special classes for weak students. Long Teaching ExperienceMore than 35 years' teaching experience. Student centered and Exam oriented teaching as well as individual attention. Click to contact us 9822716201 arsodyogiraj@gmail.com 4, Dewkinandan, Shinde Plots, Yavatmal. Whatsapp Us Follow Us