Working with words
L Notice the following uses of the word 'tell' in the text.
1. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.
2. I would tell her English words and little things of Western science and
learning.
3. At her age one could never tell.
She told us that her end was near.
Given below are four different senses of the word 'tell’. Match the meanings to
the uses listed above.
1. make something known to someone in spoken or written words
2. count while reciting
3. be sure
give information to somebody
Ans. 1. telling the beads = count while reciting.
2. tell her = give information to somebody.
3. One could never tell = be sure.
4. told us = make something known to someone in spoken or written words.
IL Notice the different senses of the word 'take'.
1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit
2.
to take ill: to suddenly become ill
Ans. 1. take to
There were no dogs in the streets and she took to feeding sparrows in the courtyard
of our city house.
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