| S1: | I took cigarettes from my case. | | P : | But when the fit of coughing was over, he replaced it between his lips. | | Q : | I lit one of them and placed it between the lips. | | R : | Then with a feeble hand he removed the cigarette. | | S : | Slowly he took a pull at it and coughed violently. | | S6: | Then he continues to draw on it. |
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| S1: | There is difference between Gandhiji s concept of secularism and that of Nehru s. | | P : | Nehru s idea of secularism was equal indifference to all religions and bothering about none of them. | | Q : | According to Gandhiji, all religions are equally true and each scripture is worthy of respect. | | R : | Such secularism which means the rejection of all religions is contrary to our culture and tradition. | | S : | In Gandhiji s view, secularism stands for equal respect for all religions. | | S6: | Instead of doing any good, such secularism can do harm instead of good. |
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| S1: | Far away in a little street there is a poor house. | | P : | Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seam stress. | | Q : | One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman. | | R : | He has a fever and asking for oranges. | | S : | In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill. | | S6: | His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying. |
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| S1: | Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange. | | P : | The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon. | | Q : | These rates of exchange vary from time to time. | | R : | For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries. | | S : | Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico. | | S6: | Another time it may be worth eight pesos. |
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| S1: | It is regrettable that there is widespread corruption in the country at all levels. | | P : | So there is hardly anything that the government can do about it now. | | Q : | And there are graft and other malpractices too. | | R : | The impression that corruption is universal phenomenon persists and the people not cooperate in checking this evil. | | S : | Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment. | | S6: | This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude. |
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| S1: | The heart is pump of life. | | P : | They have even succeeded in heart transplants. | | Q : | Nowadays surgeons are able to stop a patients heart and carry out complicated operations. | | R : | A few years ago it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly. | | S : | If heart stops we die in about five minutes. | | S6: | All this was made possible by the invention of heart-lung machine. |
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| S1: | Your letter was big relief. | | P : | How did you exams go? | | Q : | After your result, you must come here for a week. | | R : | You hadn t written for over a month. | | S : | I am sure you will come out with flying colours. | | S6: | But don t forget to bring chocolate for Geetha. |
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| S1: | She said on the phone that she would report for duty next day. | | P : | We waited for few days then we decided to go to her place. | | Q : | But she did not. | | R : | we found it locked. | | S : | Even after that we waited for her quite a few days. | | S6: | Eventually we reported to the police. |
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| S1: | But how does a new word get into the dictionary? | | P : | When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word. | | Q : | The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip. | | R : | The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language. | | S : | The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing. | | S6: | He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition. |
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| S1: | For decades, American society has been calling a melting pot | | P : | Differences remained - in appearence, mannerisms, customs, speech, religion and more. | | Q : | The term has long been a cliche and half-truth. | | R : | But homogenisation was never acheived. | | S : | Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and traditions did cast off vestiges of their native lands and become almost imperceptibly woven in to the American fabric. | | S6: | In recent years, such differences accentuated by the arrival of immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world in the United States - have become something to celebrate and to nurture. |
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