Idioms and Phrases 122

1. calendar: chart showing months and days.

• New-year calendars are much welcomed in each home.

2. calender: press.

• There is a separate calendering department in a cloth mill.

3. cannon: a big gun.

• Cannons have become out-of-date in the modern atomic warfare.

4. canon: rule.

• Your behavior is against all canons of civic life.

5. canvas: a kind of coarse cloth.

• Canvas is chiefly used for making bedding-covers.

6. canvass: propagate.

• It is under the election rules that all public canvassing stop forty-eight hours before the actual polling, or casting of votes.

7. cast: throw.

• He has cast his old shoes.

8. caste: community.

• Under the Constitution of India there is no distinction of caste, or colour.

9. casual: occasional.

• Casual leaves are granted to the government employees for their urgent and occasional work.

10. casual: relating to cause.

• There is no causal relationship between a man’s luck and wealth.

11. career: life.

• A Youngman’s future career depends upon his education.

12. carrier: one who carries.

• Education and knowledge serve as the carrier of civilization. 

13. cease: discontinue.

• All the privileges of an employee cease as soon as he retires.

14. seize: catch hold of.

• We must seize an opportunity which knocks at our door.

15. siege: an act of surrounding.

• The Pakistani army in Bangla Desh came under the siege of the Indian troops in the last Indo-Pak battle.

16. cell: a very small room.

• The long-term prisoners are kept in separate cells in the prison.

17. sell: dispose of.

• The book-sellers solely sell books.

18. censer: a small vessel in a temple.

• A censer is used for burning incense in a temple.

19. censor: official examiner.

• All films come to be shown public after a check by the censor.

20. censure: criticize adversely.

• The common people have full right to censure their elected members if they do not work according to their promises regarding public welfare for the common people.

21. check: test.

• The auditor checked the college accounts thoroughly.

22.  cheque: written order to the banks for money.

• The basic primary school teachers in U. P. get their salary through a cheque system.

cite: quote.

• He cited from great literary works in his essay.

23. Site: place for a building.

• He has a good site for his house.

24. sight: view.

• Savitri fell in love with Satyavan in the first sight.

-scene.

• These flowers are presenting a fine sight in the garden.

25. coarse: rough.

• The young girls often do not like to wear dresses made of coarse cloth.

26. course: path.

• Throughout his life Gandhiji followed the course of truth and non-violence.

27. collison: accident.

• Four persons were killed, in the collision between a ‘tonga’ and the government roadways bus.

28. collusion: plot.

• Brutus entered into collusion with Antony to murder Julius Caesar.

29. coma: a state of unconsciousness.

• The patient fell into a coma and never recovered till death.

30. comma: a mark of punctuation.

• Under the rules of grammar, it is essential to learn the right use of a comma.

31. complacent: self-satisfied.

• The Indian villagers are often of complacent nature and do not hanker for luxurious urban life.

32. complaisant: polite.

• The parents and elders like the children of complaisant behavior.

33. complement: that which completes.

• Joy and sorrow are complement to each other.

34. compliment: regards.

• Please pay my compliments to your mother.

35. conscientious: honest.

• The conscientious children are much liked by all.

36. conscious: aware.

• I am not conscious of your painful feelings.

37. consensus: agreed opinion.

• There is the need of widespread consensus for rural uplift.

38. corps: a group of troops.

• It is highly essential and useful for young boys and girls to join National Cadet Corps in schools and colleges.

39. corpse: dead body.

• Among the Hindus it is a rite to carry a corpse to the cremation ground.

40. council: assemble.

• There is also a Legislative Council in Uttar Pradesh.

41. counsel: advice.

• The teachers and parents give useful counsel to their children.

42. credible: believable.

• What you say is not credible.

43. creditable: worthy of praise.

• The weapon of non-violence which Mahatma Gandhi sued for the achievement of freedom is certainly creditable.

44. current: stream.

• The current of human life can be cut at any moment by the fatal blow of death.

45. currant: dried grapes.

• The people in India are very fond of eating currants.