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Essay, Paragraph, Speech on “India-A Tourist’s Paradise” Complete Paragraph, Speech for Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

India-A Tourist’s Paradise “There are some parts of the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. For me India is such a place when I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the sense with the pure, concentrate intensity of its colours, smells, tastes and sounds. It was as if...
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Essay, Paragraph, Speech on “Illiteracy – A Bane” Complete Paragraph, Speech for Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Illiteracy – A Bane “India has the highest number of illiterates in the world, a mind-boggling 290 million adult illiterates- A matter of utter shame. Mahatma Gandhi visualized education a basic tools for the development of consciousness and reconstruction of society. Great reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar thought that emancipation of Indians was only possible through education.” After 51 years of independence, we are still too...
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Essay, Paragraph, Speech on “Cricket Created Fraternity” Complete Paragraph, Speech for Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Cricket Created Fraternity “Game is a game ; one must play it is the spirit of game. -Anonymous After partition, it was the first time when thousands of Indian poured into Pakistan by road, rail and by air to watch the India-Pak ODI and test series. Kudos to the people of Pakistan who greeted every Indian with such affability and geniality that had no parallel since partition. Even the long history...
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Essay, Paragraph, Speech on “Can The Corruption Be Eradicated From Our Society?” Complete Paragraph, Speech for Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Can The Corruption Be Eradicated From Our Society? “With materialistic values at the topmost priority, moral and ethical values at the lowest span of ladder, every fibre of society indulged in self-aggrandizement, where in not only the credibility of politicians and bureaucrats but also of the judiciary is at stake, it is very difficult and ridiculous to dream of a corruption free society.” It is ironical that the country which has...
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Meaning of “A Bow at A Venture” phrase of Idiom, definition and synonyms use in sentence for Kids and Students.

A Bow at A Venture “And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armour.”—s Kings xxii. 34. The origin of this phrase is in the story of the death of King Ahab. The general interpretation of the phrase is that the man drew his bow without the intention of aiming at anything in particular. In other words, he...
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Meaning of “Beat About The Bush” phrase of Idiom, definition and synonyms use in sentence for Kids and Students.

Beat About The Bush He bet about the bush whyles others caught the birds.” –GASCOIGNE: Works (1572) The idiomatic sense of this phrase is to show hesitation in approaching a subject which one intends to discuss. Sportsmen employ many different methods of drawing or approaching a quarry. Some of these methods are clumsy, others are adroit and subtle. Even animals themselves of the predatory sort often display a cleverness not excelled...
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Meaning of “Apple-Pie Order” phrase of Idiom, definition and synonyms use in sentence for kids and students.

Apple-Pie Order “Put the craft a little into apple-pie order.” —MARRYAT: Jacob Faithful (1835). To be “in apple-pie order,” or “as orderly as an apple-pie,” means anything which is arranged precisely and neatly in perfect order, and thus pleasing to the sight ; but why should an apple-pie be more orderly than any other pie ? Languages are often modified, sometimes imperceptibly, by the impingement of foreign words and phrases on...
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Meaning of “An Axe To Grind” phrase of Idiom, definition and synonyms use in sentence.

An Axe To Grind “When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers, think I, that man has an axe to grind.”—CILAS MINER. : Who’ll Turn Grindstones? (1815). This phrase connotes selfish and personally interested motives in ostensibly public service—a suggestion of pulling strings behind the scenes for private ends. “Jobbery” and “log-rolling” are terms which are closely associated with political axe-grinding. Our phrase is founded on a story told by...
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