In this post, we look at an inspirational talk by India’s first woman IPS officer, Dr Kiran Bedi who has an amazing life story. She shares some very wonderful ideas about life in this video. Of course, there is the usual interesting words and phrases discussion and the quiz at the end thus helping us achieve better spoken English skills.
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Let’s now take a look at the difficult words and interesting phrases in this address:
Visionary = Someone very ambitious and far sighted
Chanakya was a visionary. He dreamt of a great Indian empire even when he didn’t have a thing on him.
NR Narayanmurthy is a visionary. He made Infosys at a time when doing business was very difficult in India.
Inherit = Obtain from parents
A lot of our political leaders today are politicians by inheritance – their parents were in politics and they are now taking care of the family business.
Abhishek Bachchan seems to have inherited his father’s impressive height and intense eyes.
Defy = Refuse to obey
Mahatma Gandhi chose to defy the British rulers even in the face of severe repression
When his elder son defied him, Rajneesh Singh got very angry.
Doll up = Do elaborate make up
My friend Sunanda was all dolled up for her sister’s marriage.
I like looking beautiful but sitting the whole day in front of the TV all dolled up is not something I find exciting.
Conscious = Aware
He is conscious of the sacrifices his father made for his education.
She is very conscious of all the latest fashion trends.
Indefatigable = Someone who can never get tired
Sachin is an indefatigable campaigner. He can bat the whole day and yet come next morning feeling as fresh as a daisy.
Kejriwal is an indefatigable anti corruption activitst
Redefine = Give new meaning to
Amitabh Bachchan redefined the Bollywood hero from the soft hearted, sappy romantic played by Rajesh Khanna to the tough angry young man ever ready to fight it out with the bad guys.
Volunteer = To choose to do or contribute out of your own wish
This is a volunteer campaign to repair this road
He is a volunteer for the blood donation campaign by the Rotary club
Distort = Bend out of shape
The laptop emitted so much heat, the water bottle melted and got distorted.
Wrap up = Finish
I went to watch Jab Tak Hai Jaan yesterday. I think the director should have wrapped up the movie half an hour earlier.
I have wrapped up my work for today and am ready to go home.
Ombudsman = An agency to investigate complaints against government officials
Ever since a strong ombudsman came into force in Singapore, corruption cases have been reported to have gone down
Now solve the following quiz:
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