This video is a part of an American documentary on IITs which covers several important aspects of the brand IIT, its students and their footprint across the globe. Watch the video, learn new words and phrases, pick up conversational expressions and speak good English. Here you go:
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Let’s now look at the interesting words and phrases:
Influential = Powerful
Sonia Gandhi is the most influential person in India.
Credential = Something which gives credibility, qualifications, achievements
Vinod Kambli has very modest credentials as a cricketer.
Amitabh Bachchan has outstanding credentials as an actor.
Rigorous = Detailed and thorough
The security forces did a rigorous search of the entire village and found the dreaded terrorist hiding under a drum.
Fervent = Intense
It was a fervent dream of all nationalists to see a prosperous India where all communities live together with their heads held high.
Hot commodities = In demand
Huma Qureshi has become a hot commodity after the success of the movie Gangs of Wasseypur
Hover = Move about
I saw two biker hovering around the society gate at 2 o’clock in the night and got suspicious.
Fret = Worry unnecessarily
You should not fret about your son’s future. He is a bright young man and would do really well.
Excruciating = Very painful
Indian judicial system is notorious for being excruciatingly slow which essentially means poor people often end on disadvantaged.
Geek = An intelligent person with an odd personality
People say Einstein was a geek. He was very intelligent but could not do the math when he used to go to buy grocery.
Nerd = An intelligent but boring person who knows nothing but technology
Her boyfriend is a complete nerd. He knows everything about computers but nothing about anything else.
Echelons = Levels
People at higher echelons of the society have a greater responsibility to take the poor and the disadvantaged along with them in the march towards prosperity.
Now, let’s answer the following quiz:
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