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Daily Use of English Words

ditch - खाई resided - बसना stream - धारा , नदी flowed - प्रवाहित struck - मारना set off - रवाना होना respective - संबंधित bragging - डींग मारने का across - from one side to the other of (I ran across the street) tiresome - थकाने वाला tremendous - भयानक hind - पिछला, पिछला पैर exclaimed - कहा fed up - परेशान held - आयोजित onto - पर clinging - पकड़ falling off - गिरने से ignorant - अनजान, अज्ञानी abolished - समाप्त किया cunning - मक्कार , धूर्त terrified - भयातुर anxious - चिंतित mulling - विचार करना from now on - अब से Primeval - आदिम, अतिप्राचीन, पुरातन feast - दावत, treating thunder - आंधी, मेघगर्जन sneeze escaped - छींक निकलना brag - डींग blend - मिश्रण diligent - मेहनती embrace - आलिंगन , गले लगाना waved - भगा देना keep there - वहाँ रहो , वहाँ रखो vanished - ग़ायब, खत्म How did you come to know? - आपको कैसे पता चला? pothole - गड्ढा ,  jab - प्रहार  (  Got my second jab today ) snatch - छीन adjacent - सटा हुआ bushes - झाड़ियाँ clay - चिकनी मिट्टी rotten - साडी गली enthu...

The Greedy Lion – A Moral Story for Children by Ridima Sethi

Once upon a time, in a dense forest there lived many animals. Forest was the home to so many animals like - elephants, lions, hippo, and others.  Forest was ruled by a cunning, sharp, and clever lion. He would lord over all animals of the forest. All animals in the forest are terrified of him. One day, lion called all the animals of forest for a meeting. Everyone were very scared and anxious to know what lion would say in the meeting. All the animals gathered together. The lion soon arrived. He looked at everyone and said, "From tomorrow, I want you all to follow a rule that I give you." There was a big pause. Unable to control his curiosity, gorilla hesitatingly asked, "Sir, If I may ask, could you please tell us the rule that we need to follow". The lion replied, "Wait, You foolish animal! I will tell you, I am mulling over it." All the animales were ever more scared and waited quitely. Finally, the lion said, "From now on, every day, you all have t...

The Tale of Two Frogs – A Moral Story from Japan

One there were two frogs from Japan. They lived far apart from one another. One was lived in a ditch on the sea coast in Tokyo and another one resided in a clear stream that flowed through the city. They were lived separate and miles apart from each other. The two frogs had never seen and heard each other. One day, a thought struck both frog's minds. They desired to watch the outside of their world. The first frog wanted to see how Tokyo looked like, and the second one wanted to visit Alaska. On a fine day, they finally set off on their respective journey, wishing to make their dreams come true. Both the frogs started from the opposite ends of the road that connected to Okaya and Tokyo. The journey was long and tiresome. They both faced many difficulties before they came across a mountain that had to be crossed before they continue their journey.  It took a tremendous amount of effort for both of them to climb up the mountain. When they reached the top, they saw each other. Each fr...