Universal Core Vocabulary · Episode 18
Pick the English-only version or the Hindi version (English lesson with Hindi meanings) above; the video keeps your place when you switch.
Below in teaching order, as in the video: related words sit side by side so you can compare them.
to work together with others for a shared goal
सहयोग करना
Usage
The neighbours cooperate to keep the street clean.
Please cooperate with the police.
Common mistake
Both sides must cooperate together on the plan.
Both sides must cooperate on the plan.
Cooperate already means work together; drop together.
Remember: Cooperate = co-operate, operate together.
noticing or finding something that is hidden
पता लगाना, खोज
Usage
Early detection of cancer can save lives.
The thief escaped detection for months.
Common mistake
The machine can detection smoke.
The machine can detect smoke.
Detection is the noun; the verb is detect.
Remember: Detection = the detective's catch.
to become worse
बिगड़ना, खराब होना
Usage
His health deteriorated in the cold weather.
Roads deteriorate quickly in heavy rain.
Common mistake
The doctors deteriorated his pain with medicine.
The doctors reduced his pain with medicine.
Deteriorate means become worse, not make less.
Remember: Deteriorate = going downhill.
sad and gloomy; very poor in quality
निराशाजनक, उदास
Usage
The team gave a dismal performance.
It was a cold, dismal day in November.
Common mistake
The manager will dismal the lazy worker.
The manager will dismiss the lazy worker.
Dismiss means send away; dismal means gloomy or poor.
Remember: Dismal = dull and dark.
to get rid of something (dispose of)
निपटान करना, फेंकना
Usage
Dispose of plastic bottles in the blue bin.
The hospital must safely dispose of needles.
Common mistake
Please dispose the rubbish outside.
Please dispose of the rubbish outside.
To throw away, always say dispose of.
Remember: Dispose of = put it away for good.
within your own country; at home
घरेलू स्तर पर, देश के भीतर
Usage
Most of these phones are made domestically in India.
The film did well domestically and abroad.
Common mistake
We travel domestical by train.
We travel domestically by train.
There is no word domestical; use the adverb domestically.
Remember: Domestically = at home, not abroad.
taming wild animals or plants to live with people
पालतूकरण
Usage
The domestication of cows changed farming.
Dogs were the first animals in domestication.
Common mistake
Our flight was a domestication one to Delhi.
Our flight was a domestic one to Delhi.
A flight inside the country is domestic; domestication is taming.
Remember: Domestication = wild to tame.
behaving in a strange, unusual way
सनकी, विलक्षण
Usage
My eccentric uncle wears a hat to bed.
The artist was famous for his eccentric habits.
Common mistake
She was eccentric at the news and cried.
She was upset at the news and cried.
Eccentric means odd in behaviour, not upset.
Remember: Eccentric = off the centre.
to become bigger, worse or more serious
बढ़ना, तीव्र होना
Usage
A small argument escalated into a fight.
Prices escalated after the floods.
Common mistake
We took the escalate to the second floor.
We took the escalator to the second floor.
The moving stairs are an escalator; escalate is a verb.
Remember: Escalate = up the moving stairs.
in a clear and direct way
स्पष्ट रूप से
Usage
The rules explicitly ban phones in the hall.
I explicitly told him to come at nine.
Common mistake
The notice says it explicit.
The notice says it explicitly.
After a verb, use the adverb explicitly.
Remember: Explicitly = said in so many words.