Simple words Part-v (GK-42)
Words: dagger, stub, daily,
dainty, delicate, fussy, dam,
choosing, careful, dairy, injury,
upstream, damage, drought, despise,
expect, behave, chance, investigate, depth.
specified, regard, authority, seafront, dip into.
look down, overlook, look on, look into, look in,
English simple
words
for everyday
use
(Part - v)
17.
dagger:
(n)
a short pointed
weapon:
He stabbed her with
a dagger.
stub:
(n)
පිහියෙන් ඇනීම
(v)
පිහියෙන් අනිනවා
vti
පිහියකින් අනිනවා
18.
daily:
(n)
A.
a newspaper
publishes
every day:
(adj)
He bought
the morning
daily
to read
the sports page.
done or
happening
every day:
(adv)
He paid
a daily
visit his
aged parents.
once each day:
You must water
the plants daily.
19.
(adj)
dainty:
A.
delicate:
The handkerchiefs
were covered
with dainty
embroidery.
delicate:
(a)
සියුමැලි,
සියුම්,
දුර්වල,
සිලිටු,
මොළකැටි,
කොමළ,
කොමල,
කෝමල,
අති දක්ෂ,
ශිෂ්ට,
රසවත්,
ප්‍රණීත,
පරිස්සමින් මැදිහත් විය යුතු
(Aes)
සුකුමාර
2.
careful in
choosing:
fussy:
She is dainty
about what
she wears.
fussy:
(a)
කලබල
careful:
(a)
සාවධාන,
සීරු,
දක්ෂ,
පරිස්සම් සහිත,
පරික්ෂාකාරි,
නිසම්මකාරී
(adj)
සැලකිලිමත්,
පරෙස්සම්,
ප්‍රවේශම්
20.
dairy:
(n)
A.
a place where
cream and
milk is prepared:
He reared
a hundred cows
in his diary.
21.
dam:
(n)
(v)
A.
a wall built
across a river
or
another body
of water.
The dam burst,
flooding the whole town.
2.
(v)
They damned
the river upstream.
(pt.)
upstream:
(adv)
උඩුගං බලා
(n)
ගඟේ ඉහළ කොටස
22.
Damage:
(n)
hurt:
harm:
The cyclone caused
much damage
to the village.
Damage,
damaged
(v)
injury:
The long drought
damaged the rice crop.
drought
(v)
ඉඩෝරය,
තද පෑවුම,
තද පිපාසය,
පෑවුම,
නියං නියඟය,
නියඟ
Bonus words of
phrasal verbs:
Look down
on sb/sth
despise:
consider oneself
superior to:
show false
contempt for:
When she married
the boss.
She looked down
on the office girls,
she had worked
with look down
one's nose
at sb/sth.
(colloq),
regard with
displeasure or
contempt.
Look for
sb/sth
(a).
Search for:
try to find:
Are you still
looking for a job?
That foolish fellow
is looking for
trouble is behaving
in a way
that will get him
into trouble.
(b).
expect:
It's too soon for you
to look for the results.
Look forward to
sth.
anticipate:
We are looking forward to
seeing you again.
behave:
(v)
හැසිරෙනවා
(vti)
ක්‍රියා කරනවා,
පවතිනවා
expect:
(vt)
අපේක්ෂා කරනවා,
කල්පනා කරනවා
anticipate:
(Aes)
පූර්වාපේක්ෂා කරනවා
(v)
අපේක්ෂා කරනවා
(vt)
ඉස්සර වෙනවා,
කලින් සිතනවා,
කලින් විඳිනවා,
කලින් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා
ඔබ තාම රැකියාවක් සොයනවා ද?
එය ඉක්මනුත් වැඩියි ඔබට
බලාපොරොත්තු වන්න ප්‍රතිඵල.
අපි අපේක්ෂා කරනවා
දකින්න ඔබව නැවත.
Look in (on sb)
make a short
(on me) visit:
pay a call:
Why don't you
look in (on me)
next time
you're in town?
The doctor
will look in again
this evening.
වෛද්‍යවරයා ඒවි බලන්න
නැවත අද හවස.
ඇයි ඔබ් අමතන්නේ නැත්තේ
මට නගරයේදී.
Give sb /
get a look in,
(colloq, sport, etc.)
chance:
(of winning etc.)
You won't get a
look in with such
strong competition.
ඔබ ලබා නොගනීවි ජයග්‍රහණයක්
ඔයවැනි ප්‍රබල තරඟයක දී.
Look into sth,
(a)
investigate;
Look into
a question.
(b)
dip into
(a book etc.)
(c)
Look at
the inside of,
the depths of;
He looked into the box/
the mirror/her eyes.
investigate:
(ACC)
අන්වේක්ෂණය කිරීම,
විමර්ශනය කිරීම
(Law)
අන්වේශණය කරනවා
(Psy)
විමර්ශනය කරනවා
(v)
විචාරනවා
(vt)
(ඕනෑකමින්)
පරීක්ෂා කරනවා
depth:
(n)
මධ්‍යය,
මුහුද,
අධිකත්වය,
ගැඹුර,
ගැඹුරු තැන,
ගැඹුරුකම,
ජඹුර,
පත්ල
EXERCISE
Create more than ten
sentences using
following instructions:
Look on,
(a)
be a spectator;
watch;
why don't you play
football instead
of just looking on?
Hence!
Looker on,
(a)
the person
who looks on,
upon sb/sth as,
regard as:
Do you look at him
as an authority
on the subject?
Look on
/upon sb / sth
with
regard in the way
specified:
He seems to look at me
with distrust.
Look on to,
(of a place,
room,
etc.)
overlook,
give a view of :
my bedroom looks
like a garden.
Lookout
(of sth/at sth)
He stood at the window
and looked out.
(at the view)
They were looking out
of the window.
Look out on / (to)/ over
Supply an outlook
or
view over.
our hotel room
here looks out
on the seafront.
ගුණපාල කුමාරසිංහආරච්චිගේ (GK-42)
