-¨¡-E-¢√®Ωç 28 -ÅéÓd-•®Ω’ 2006
Loknath: Hi Somnath, how are things going
for you? How is your new job?
(£æ…ß˝’ ≤Ú-¢˛’-Ø√ü∑˛, °æJ-Æ œn-ûª’-™„™«
ÖØ√o®·? F éÌûªh ÖüÓuí∫ç ᙫ
ÖçC?)
Somnath: Happy to say I'm getting on fine. The
job is good too. How about you?
(¶«í¬ØË ÖØ√o-†E îÁ°æp-ö«-EéÀ ÆæçûÓ-≠œ-Ææ’h-
Ø√o†’. ÖüÓuí∫ç èπÿú≈ ´’ç*üË. -F
Ææçí∫-ûËç-öÀ?)
Loknath: Thank you. I'm fine too. Getting on
well. How are your relations with
your colleagues and boss?
(F Ææ£æ«Ù-üÓu-í∫’-©ûÓ, F boss ûÓ Ææç•ç-
üµ∆-™„™« ÖØ√o®·?/ F Ææ£æ«Ù-üÓu-í∫’©’
FûÓ á™« ÖØ√o®Ω’? F boss FûÓ
ᙫ ÖØ√oúø’?)
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No regrets, just getting on
Somnath: Too many colleagues and too
short a time for me to say any-
thing about them.
(õ„j¢˛’ ûªèπ◊\-¢√†÷, Ææ£æ«Ù-üÓu-í∫’-™„-èπ◊\-´-
´ôç ´©x†÷, Ç N≠æߪ’ç í∫’Jç* ØËØËç
îÁ°æp-™‰†’.)
Colleague - éπMí˚ – 'éπ— ØÌéÀ\-°æ-©’-èπ◊û√ç.
Å®Ωnç, Ææ£æ«Ù-üÓuT. éÌç-ü¿®Ω’ ņ’-
éÌ-ØË-ôô’x classmates é¬ü¿’.
Loknath: How is your boss towards you?
(F boss FûÓ á™« Öçö«úø’)
Somnath: We get on excellently. He is not at
all bossy.
(¢Ë’ç î√™« Ææûªqç-•ç-üµ∆-©ûÓ Öçö«ç.
Åûª-†-Ææ©’ bossy í¬ (°j ÅCµ-é¬J†ØË
ü¿®ΩpçûÓ) Öçúøúø’.)
Loknath: How is your new home? How is
your co tenent towards you?
(F éÌAh©’x ᙫ ÖçC? O’ûÓ-§ƒô’
ÅüÁl-èπ◊-†o-ûª†’ O’ûÓ á™« Öçö«úø’?)
Somnath: We get on. We aren't that
Chummy.
(àüÓ Å™« Öçö«ç. Åçûª ÊÆo£æ«¢Ë’ç
™‰ü¿’ ´÷èπ◊)
Chummy - N’ – üÓÆ‘hí¬ Öçúøôç – v§ƒù-
ÊÆo£æ«ç.
Loknath: Why so? (áçü¿’-éπ™«?)
Somnath: The trouble with him is he doesn't
let me use my space.
(Ø√ Ææn™«Eo ††’o ¢√úø’-éÓ-E-´yúø’. ÅüË
¢√úÕûÓ *èπ◊\.)
Loknath: I don't get at you. What do you
mean - he doesn't let you use your
space?
(Ø√éπ-®Ωnç-é¬-´-ôç-™‰ü¿’. F Ææn™«Eo E†’o
¢√úø-E-´yúøØ√ Å®Ωnç?)
Somnath: He dries his clothes in my yard. I
fixed the clothes line and he
hangs his clothes on to it. That
obstructs me a lot.
Spoken English -§ƒ-ûª -¢√u≤ƒ-©éÓÆæç -éÀxé˙ -îË-ߪ’ç-úÕ.. URL: http://www.eenadu.net/spoken/spoken.htm
Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛
(Ø√ ë«S Ææn©ç™ ؈’ ü¿çúÁç éπô’d-
èπ◊çõ‰, Çߪ’† ûª† •ôd-™«-Í®-Ææ’-èπ◊ç-ö«úø’.
Ø√éπC î√™« Åúøfçí¬ ÖçC.)
Clothes line = •ôd-™«-Í®ÊÆ ü¿çúÁç
Loknath: You could tell him not to do it.
(Å™« îÁßÁ·u-ü¿lE †’´y-ûª-úÕéÀ îÁ§Òp-aí¬)
Somnath: He has helped me some time ago.
So I am a little hesitant about
being frank with him.
(Ø√éπ-ûª†’ éÌçûª-鬩ç éÀçü¿ô Ææ£æ…ߪ’ç
î˨»úø’. Åçü¿’-éπE ´’†-Ææ’™ Ö†oC
îÁ°æp-ö«-EéÀ ûªô-°æ-ö«-®·-Ææ’h-Ø√o†’.)
hesitant = àü¿Ø√o îÁ°æp-ö«-EéÀ / îËߪ’-ö«-EéÀ
ÜTÆæ-™«-úøôç / ûªô-°æ-ö«-®·ç-îªôç / °æ≤ƒh-
®·ç-îªôç.
frank = ´’†-Ææ ’™ Ö†oC èπ◊ç-úø-•-ü¿l© ’
éÌöÀd†ô’x îÁ°æpôç.
Loknath: So are you going to let him trouble
you?
(Å®·ûË Åûªúø’ Å™« Fèπ◊ Å≤˘éπ®Ωuç
éπL-Tç-îËõ‰x îË≤ƒh¢√?)
Somnath: I am trying to
get the mes-
sage across
to him in
some other
way.
(àüÓ ÉçéÓ- M. SURESAN
N-üµ¿çí¬ Ç
N≠æߪ’ç Åûª-EéÀ ûÁL-ÊÆ™« îËߪ÷-©E
v°æߪ’-Ao-Ææ’hØ√o.)
Loknath: Best of luck then. It is 10.15. I
must be getting along. See you.
(õ„j¢˛’ °æCç-¶«-´-®·çC. ØË¢Á-∞«xL. ´’Sx
éπ©’ü∆lç.)
Somnath: OK. Bye.
☯ ☯ ☯ ☯ ☯ Å®Ωn-´’-ßË’uô’x îÁ°æpôç.
Get Ö°æ-ßÁ÷í∫ç, have ûª®√yûª î√™« áèπ◊\¢Ë. -Dç-ûÓ
expressions English ™ Ææ®Ωy-≤ƒ-üµ∆-®Ωùç. Get ûÓ
´îËa ´÷ô©’ ´’† Ææ綵«-≠æ-ù™ ûª®Ω-í¬
¢√úø’ûª’çö«ç. Åçü¿’-éπE ¢√öÀE áçûª ¶«í¬ prac-
tice îËÊÆh Åçûª-´’ç-*C.
1. Get on - Ñ expression î√™« Å®√n-©ûÓ
¢√úøû√ç. ´·êuçí¬ èπ◊¨¡© v°æ¨¡o-©èπ◊ Ææ´÷-üµ∆-
†çí¬ áèπ◊\¢Ë ¢√úø’-ûª’çö«ç.
a) Kamal: Hi Vimal, how are you?
Vimal: OK. Just getting on. Thank you.
(àüÓ Å™« ïJ-T-§Ú-ûÓçC)
b) He is getting on well.
Åûª†’ ¶«í¬ØË/ èπ◊™«-≤ƒ-í¬ØË ÖØ√oúø’.
c) Prem: How are the newly married cou-
ple getting on?
(Ç éÌûªh ü¿ç°æ-ûª’©’ äéπ-JûÓ äéπ-È®™«
ÖØ√o®Ω’?)
Syam: Quite well, happily. (¶«í¬ØË
ÖØ√o®Ω’)
(OR)
Syam: They unable to get on, unfortu-
nately. Some differences. (It)
appears they are headed for a
divorce.
(ü¿’®Ω-ü¿%-≠d-´æ -¨»ûª’h ¢√∞¡x Ææç•ç-üµ∆©’ Åçûª-¶«-í¬-
™‰´¤/ äéπ-J-éÌ-éπ-JéÀ §ÒÆæ-í∫-úøç-™‰ü¿’. à¢Ó N-¶µ‰-ü∆-©’-
Ø√o®·. Nú≈-èπ◊©’ ûª°æp-†-ô’dçC.
Headed for = äéπ C¨¡í¬ ¢Á∞¡xôç.
The train is headed for New Delhi =
Ç train †÷uúµÕMx ¢Áj°∞¡ŸûÓçC.
d) If you want to be happy, you have to get
on with what you get =
†’´¤y ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬ Öçú≈-©çõ‰ ´*aç-ü∆çûÓ
ûª%°œh-°æ-ú≈L.
2. Get along = ¢Á∞¡xôç.
a) I must get along. I have work to do.
؈’ ¢Á∞«xL. Ø√èπ◊ °æ†’çC.
b) He gets along finely =
Åûª-EéÀ ¶«í¬ØË ≤ƒT-§Ú-ûÓçC/ í∫úÕ-*-§Ú-ûÓçC.
3. Get at - Ñ ´÷ô î√™« common. äéπ
N≠æߪ’ç é¬F, äéπ®Ω’ îÁ°œpçC é¬F Å®Ωnç
îËÆæ’-éÓ-´ôç.
a) I am unable to get at what he says =
¢√úø’ îÁ°œpçC ؈®Ωnç îËÆæ’-éÓ-™‰-èπ◊çú≈ ÖØ√o†’.
b) Kumar: I want to go immediately. Get
the money fast. I can't wait. (Do
you) get at me?
(؈’ ¢ÁçôØË ¢Á∞«xL. ûªy®Ωí¬ °ævö«.
ØËØ√-í∫-™‰†’. Å®Ωn-´’-®·uçü∆?)
4. Get across = äéπ
N≠æ-ߪ÷Eo Éûª-®Ω’-©èπ◊
a) Prasad: How is your new teacher?
(O’ éÌûªh öÃ˝ ᙫ ÖçC?)
Prakash: She is very good. She has a
knack of getting her ideas
across to the students.
(î√™« ´’ç* öÃ˝. Ææ÷dúÁçö¸q èπ◊ Å®Ωn-
´’-ßË’uô’x îÁÊ°p éÀô’-èπ◊çC Ç¢Á’ ü¿í∫_®Ω.)
knack – Ø√é˙ – 'Ø√— nap ™ Ø√™«=
éÀô’èπ◊/ °æü¿l¥A
b) A news paper ad is the best way to get
across your message-
EXERCISE
Vamsi: ᙫ ÖØ√o´¤, ¢Áçéπö¸?
Venkat: *çûª-™‰ç-™‰´¤. àüÓ Å™« ïJ-T-§Ú-ûÓçC.
Vamsi: àüÓ °æKéπ~ ®√¨»´¤. §ƒÆˇ Åߪ÷u¢√?
Venkat: î√™« íÌ°æpvÍíú˛ûÓ §ƒÆˇ ûÓ Åߪ÷u-†E îÁ°æp-
ö«-EéÀ ÆæçûÓ-≠œ-Ææ’hØ√o.
Vamsi: †’¢Ëy-´’Ø√o ¢√Ææ’†’ éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-¶-ûª’-Ø√o¢√?
Venkat: ™‰ü¿’. ÅûªúÕéà Ø√èπÿ °æúøü¿’. Åûª-úøçõ‰Ø√Íéç
ü¿’®Ω-Gµ-v§ƒßª’ç ™‰ü¿E áçûª-Å®Ωnç ÅßË’uô’x
îÁ°æp-ö«-EéÀ v°æߪ’-Aoç-*Ø√ Åûª-úÕ-éπ®Ωnç鬴-õ‰xü¿’.
Vamsi: ؈-ûª-EéÀ îÁ§ƒh†’.
Venkat: Wish you good luck.
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F ÆæçüË-¨»Eo Éûª-®Ω’-©èπ◊ ûÁL-Ê°çü¿’èπ◊ ã °ævAé¬
v°æéπ-ô† ´’ç* ´÷®Ω_ç.
c) He is unable to get across to his ideas
to people =
v°æï-©èπ◊ ûª† ¶µ«¢√©’ ûÁLߪ’ îÁ°æp-™‰-éπ-§Ú-ûª’-Ø√oúø’.
Look at the following sentences from the
conversation at the beginning of the
lesson:
1) a) Somnath: Happy to say I'm getting on
fine = (¶«í¬ØË ÖØ√o-†E îÁ°æp-ö«-
EéÀ ÆæçûÓ-≠œ-Ææ’hØ√o./ Ø√èπ◊ ¶«í¬ØË
í∫úÕ-*-§Ú-ûÓçC ÅE îÁ°æp-ö«-EéÀ
ÆæçûÓ-≠œ-Ææ’hØ√o.)
b) Somnath: We get on excellently= (¢Ë’ç
î√™« ¶«í¬ Öçö«ç äéπ-JûÓ
äéπ®Ωç/ ´÷ Ææç•ç-üµ∆©’ î√™«
¶«í¬ ÖØ√o®·.)
c) Somnath: We get on= (àüÓ ïJT/ í∫úÕ-*-
§Ú-ûª’çC)
2) a) Loknath: I don't get at you.= (F´¤
îÁÊ°pC Ø√éπ-®Ωnç-é¬-´ôç ™‰ü¿’.)
3) Somnath: I am trying to get the message
across to him.
(Ø√ ¶µ«¢√Eo Åûª-úÕéÀ ûªy®Ω™ 
Å®Ωn´’ßË’uô’x îËߪ’-ö«-EéÀ v°æߪ’-Ao-
Ææ’hØ√o.)
Get across Åçõ‰ äéπ N≠æ-ߪ÷Eo ÉçéÌéπJéÀ
Å®Ωn´’ßË’uô’x îËߪ’ôç éπü∆. ÉüË Å®ΩnçûÓ put
across èπÿú≈ ¢√úøû√ç.
a) I put the idea across to him that he and
I go shares =
Åûª†÷, ؈’ ¶µ«í∫≤ƒy´·-©’í¬ Öçú≈-©E Åûª-
úÕéÀ ؈’ îÁ§ƒp†’.
b) The teacher is good at putting things
across to her pupils =
Nü∆u-®Ω’n-©èπ◊ N≠æߪ’ç Å®Ωn-´’-ßË’uô’x îÁ°æpôç
Ç¢Á’èπ◊ ¶«í¬ ûÁ©’Ææ’.
5. Get through: °æK-éπ~™  pass Å´ôç
a) He got through the exam with very good
marks =
´’ç* ´÷®Ω’\-©ûÓ ÖBh-®Ω’g-úø-ߪ÷uúø’.
b) He got through with flying colours
=
î√™« íÌ°æpí¬ ÖBh-®Ω’g-úø-ߪ÷-uúø-ûª†’. (´’ç*
´÷®Ω’\-©ûÓ.)
with flying colours = î√™« íÌ°æpí¬
ÉN get ûÓ ´îËa éÌEo expressions.
ANSWER
Vamsi: How are you, Venkat?
Venkat: No regrets, just getting on.
Vamsi: You took some exam. Did you get
through?
Venkat: I got through with flying colours.
Vamsi: Are you going to meet Vasu?
Venkat: No. We don't get on. However much
I try to get across to him that I am not
prejudiced he doesn't understand.
Vamsi: I'll explain to him
Venkat: Good luck to you.