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yesterday he wasbanging away athis home work

Notes:

1. Of late = lately = recently = u2. Get at = reach = -. C

Phrasal verb

3. Trends = ----*...Now look at the follow-

ing sentences from the con-versation above:

1. He is banging away atthe new book he is writing.

2. It dwells at length upon with the cur-rent trends

3. The books he has written so far bear itout

1. Bang away = to work hard for a longtime on something = N-j % vN

E" d---. xx . \- -- --).

Shyam: So he is. For example the wholeof yesterday he was banging away at hishome work ( E. ---, Eo \ --E h-o, O d-

C-*--Eo J* h-. N L-T-h).

b) Sekhar: It is quite difficult to sit inProf. Ram's class. He repeats the samething again and again, especially his expe-riences of his foreign tours (v- J x a- d C. N-Eo Sx Sx --. u NQ u- J*).

Natesh: Yea, that's true. If he gets achance he begins to dwell at length uponthe honours he received from foreign uni-versities ( E. - h , NQ Ny-N-u--x C \-- J*--E --).

3. Bear out = Support with enoughproof/ prove = V .

a) Vinayak: How can I believe what yousay? You have lied so often that I have to

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Tx phrasal verbs vu C. OE x, --x-*- -T Nu-n a--L. p J x -C. Eo phrasal verbs a-!

Srikar: Have you seen Jagannathof late? I've (I have) something to tellhim. I have not been able to get at himfor the past two days (y uo--i ? -E N pL. V- Eod------o).

Teju: I have not either. He is busybanging away at the new book he iswriting, and does not want any distur-bance ( - -. --E h h - BJ o, E - d).

Srikar: What I want to talk to himabout bears upon the book he is busy

with. It's (it is) about a publisher Iknow. He has come forward to pub-lish Jagannath's book (-E p---o N E h--E -C-*-.C L- v---h -JE J*- p--E. --a- h v-J---E).

Teju: I have read a part of thebook. He has shown it to me. Itdwells upon at length with the currenttrends in people's spending habits. Hehas succeeded in making it quiteinteresting ( h- Eo C-. C -. va -x N-- J* C N-, Ja-hC. C N-jEo -h -- - %%u-u).

Srikar: He is a good writer. Thebooks he has written so far bear thisout. So will this be, I am sure (* -. -- h--Fo N-o V h. C -E t).

He was banging away...

-. --The whole of

yesterday he wasbanging away athis home work

% d-- vN-.a) Imran: You know Mukul has got a

cash prize of ten thousand rupees for hisnovel? This is the second time he is gettingthe award (F ? -- C- - -A*a-E. -A -E C -J).

Nagaraj: He deserves it, doesn't he? Hebanged away at the novel for nearly twoyears, and has got a fitting reward for it( E | ? --E -x --E % , j -A).

b) Satyam: Nikil, Dasarathi's son is veryhard working. He is not like other boys. Hespends most of his time on studies (-

--).2. Dwell upon/ on = Think or talk about

the same subject for too long = NJ* --E -*-/ x-/ Ja-

a) Hanuman: Of late Brahma has becometiring. He always talks about his daughter'sachievements ( u vt N-T-h-o. p x- t C-* N-J x---).

Raghava: That's true. He often dwellsupon her achievements both in studies andin sports and games. He bores us to death(C E. p x-t -, vx

) y ysay? You have lied so often that I have tothink twice before I accept what you say(y pC t? ypC t--- -x -l p).

Surya: You need not have any suchdoubt. Your own brother will bear out whatI have told you ( - F-\-x. F t p--Eo E E v--h).

b) Karthik: Is it true that Anand is not atfault at all? ( pO -C E-?)

Nilakanta: Why doubt it? I am sure hehas no role in what happened last week.The later events bear that out (? J-T--x E v t. - J-T -- EE V h).