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Notes

1. pinch and scrape = spend

as little as possible (O™„ j†çûª ûªèπ◊\´ê®Ω’a °ôdúø ç).2. Taking someone places =

having to go to different places

(î√™« îÓôx A®Ωí¬Lq ®√´úø ç).3. Hard up = not have

enough (éÌ®Ωûªí¬)

4. paddle = oar (ûÁúø ’f)5. Venture = business

(¢√u§ƒ®Ωç) (there are other mean-

ings too)

6. concern = company

(¢√u§ƒ®Ω Ææ çÆæ n) (other meanings are

there)

Now look at the following sen-

tences from the conversation

above:

1. He is the sort that doesn’t know

the score

2. Thanks to his cousin who has led

him up the garden path

3. But I can paddle my own canoe

1. Know the score = Know the

facts of life, especially its difficul-

ties / to know the ups and downs of

life = éπ≥ƒd©ûÓ @Nûªç í∫úø°æúøç/@Nûª ç™E Çô’§Úô’x ûÁMúø ç.a) Sandeep: I have the idea of start-

ing a business. I need money for the

investment. What do you advise I

do? (Ø√èπ◊ ¢√u§ƒ®Ωç v§ƒ®ΩçGµ çî√©†’çC.°ô’d•úÕéÀ úø•’s 鬢√L. F Ææ©£æ … àçöÀ?)Madan: You are, I am afraid, not

suited to business. You just don’t

know the score. You are still inex-

perienced (Ø√ ÆæçüË£æ«ç †’´¤y¢√u§ƒ®√EéÀ û ª T†¢√úÕ¢√ ÅE. Fèπ◊ ü∆E™E™ûª’§ƒûª’©’ ûÁM´¤. Fé¬ Å†’¶µ º´ç ™‰ü¿’).b) Mani: Well, I am leaving for

Dubai soon. I have a job with a fat

salary waiting for me there (Ææ Í®, ؈’ûª y®Ω™ ü¿’¶«®·éÀ ¢Á ∞¡Ÿûª’Ø√o†’. ´’ç* @ûª çÉîË a ÖüÓuí∫ ç ÖçC Ø√éπéπ\úø).Nataraj: I wish you all the best. I am

sure you will prosper. You know the

score well (¨¡Ÿ¶µºç. †’´¤y °jéÌ≤ƒh´Øˆ´’téπç Ø√èπ◊çC. Fèπ◊ ü∆EéÀ Ææ ç•çCµ ç*†éπ≥ƒdÆæ’ë«©’ ¶«í¬ ûÁ©’Ææ’).

2. Has led up the garden path -present perfect of Lead someone

up the garden path = Deceive

someone (¢Á÷Ææç îËߪ’úøç).a) Vinai: I have bought this used

bike from Dinesh. Though second-

hand doesn’t it look new? (؈’ Ñ¢Á÷ö«®˝ ÂÆjéÀ™¸†’ CØË≠ˇ ü¿í∫_®Ω éÌØ√o.§ƒûªüÁjØ√ éÌûªhü∆E™« éπ†• úø’ ûÓçC éπü∆?)

Jayaram: He sure led you up the

garden path. I know about the bike

thoroughly. It has had an accident

and many parts have been replaced

(E†’o ¢√úø’ Eïçí¬ ¢Á÷Ææç î˨»úø’. Ø√èπ◊Ç ¶„jé˙ í∫’Jç* °æ‹Jhí¬ ûÁ©’Ææ’. ü∆EéÀߪ÷éÀqúÁçö¸ Å®·u î√™« ¶µ«í¬©’´÷®√aúø’).

b) Koteswar: Did Ratnam invite

you to be a partner in business?

He’s asked me (®Ωûªoç E†’o ¢√úÕ¢√u§ƒ ®Ωç™ ¶µ«í∫ Ææ’n úÕE éπ´’t Ø√o ú≈?††oúÕí¬úø’).

Subhani: He did, but knowing very

well how he led our friend Suman

up the garden path, I refused

(Å´¤†’, ÅúÕí¬úø’. é¬F ´’† N’vûª’úø’Ææ’´’Ø˛†’ ¢√úø’ ᙫ ¢Á÷Ææç î˨»úÓ Ø√èπ◊ûÁ©’Ææ’ éπü∆, Åçü¿’éπE ´ü¿lØ√o†’).

Know the score Åç õ‰ ûÁ©’≤ƒ ?

3. Paddle one’s own canoe = be independent without taking help fromanybody (á´J ≤ƒßª’ç O’ü¿ Çüµ ∆®Ω°æúøèπ◊çú≈ Ææyûª çvûª çí¬ Öçúøúø ç).

a) Madhav: So you started your own school. Interested in having part-

ners? (Å®·ûË †’´¤y •úÕ v§ƒ®ΩçGµçî√ †o ÷ô. ¶µ«í∫ ≤ƒy · ©’í¬ á´JØÁjØ√BÆæ’éÓ¢√©†’çü∆?)Lakshmi: That would only be asking for trouble. Though that is helpful, I

can paddle my own canoe. That makes me independent (ÅC É•sçü¿’©’ éÌEûÁaéÓ´úø¢Ë ’. ÅC Ø√éπ†’èπÿ©¢Ë ’ Å®·†°æ pöÀéà Ø√èπ◊ ØË †’ á´JO’ü∆ Çüµ ∆®Ω°æúøèπ◊çú≈Öçúøí∫©†’. ü∆E´©x ؈’ Ææ yûªçvûª’úø ’í¬ Öçúøí∫©†’).b) Srinath: Hari started a building venture some time ago. How is his busi-

ness? (£æ «J E®√tù ¢√u§ƒ®√Eo v§ƒ®ΩçGµ çî√úøE NØ√o†’. ᙫ ÖçC ¢√úÕ ¢√u§ƒ®Ωç?)Venu: He is in deep trouble. Quite proud and haughty, he thought he could

paddle his own canoe. But then he could not (î√™« É•sçü¿’™x ÖØ√oúø ’. í∫®Ωyç,Å£æ «ç¶µ«´çûÓ û√†’ Ææyûª çvûª’úø ’í¬ Öçúøí∫©††’èπ◊Ø√oúø ’, é¬F Å™« Öçúø™‰éπ§Úߪ÷úø ’).

Ççí∫ xç™ áØÓo ´uéà h éπ®Ωù©’ ¢√úø ’éπ™éÀ ´≤ƒh ®·. ¢√öÀE ûÁ©’Ææ ’èπ ◊çô÷, ¢√öÀ v °æ ßÁ ÷í¬Eo í∫ ’E

Ææ ’hçõ‰ Nü∆u®Ω ’n© ¶µ «≥ƒ ñ«c†ç ´%Cl ¥ îÁ çü¿ ’ûª ’çC.Å™«çöÀ éÌEo Expressions †’ ØË®Ω’a èπ◊çü∆ç!Dayanand: So how goes life, Amrith?

Not to be seen nowadays at all (ᙫÖØ√o´¤ Å´’%û˝? Ñ´’üµ ¿u éπ†°æúøúø ç ™‰ü¿Ææ©’).Amrith: Yea, I have been busy all these

days helping Prabhakar get a better job.

In the present job he has to pinch and

scrape because of his low salary. My

attempt to help has been taking me

places (Å´¤†’. v°æ¶µ «éπ®˝èπ◊ é¬Ææh ¢Á’®Ω’Èíj† ÖüÓuí∫ç îª÷Æœ °ö«d ©ØËv°æߪ’ûªoç™ ÖØ√o†’. v°æÆæ’hûª ç îËÆæ’h†o ÖüÓuí∫ ç ´©x ´îË a ûªèπ◊\´@ûªç´©x î√™« ûª èπ◊\´ ê®Ω’aûÓ ØÁô’dèπ◊ ®√¢√Lq ≤ÚhçC. ÅûªEéÀ≤ƒßª’ç îËÊÆ v°æߪ’ûª oç™ Åô÷, Éô÷ A®Ωí¬Lq ´≤ÚhçC).Dayanand: He is the sort that doesn’t know the score.

He is that innocent. For one of his qualifications he can

certainly get a better paying job (Ñ v°æ°æ çîª ç™ á™«@Nçî√©ØËC ÅûªEéÀ ûÁ Mü¿’. Åçûª Å´÷ߪ’èπ◊úø ûª†’. ÅûªEèπ◊†o Nü∆u®Ω|ûª©èπ◊ ÉçûªéπØ√o ´’ç* ÖüÓuí∫ ç üÌ®Ω’èπ◊ûª’çC).

Amrith: He lost all his money, thanks to his cousin who

had led him up the garden path. Such is this world!

Besides, the firm in which Prabhakar is working is keep-

ing him until they get a better candidate (ÅûªE éπ>Ø˛ ÅûªEo

¢Á ÷Ææ ç îËÆœ†çü¿’´©x Åûª E úø•sçû√ §ÚíÌô’dèπ◊Ø√oúø’. É™« ÖçC™éπçB®Ω’ ´’J! DEéÀûÓúø ’ v°æ¶µ «éπ®˝ °æEîËÆæ’h†o Ææ çÆæn¢√∞¡Ÿx èπÿú≈ûª†éπØ√o ´’ç*¢√úø’ üÌJÍéçûª ®Ω èπ◊ ´÷vûª¢Ë’ ÅûªEo ÖçéÓ¢√©†’èπ◊çô’Ø√o®Ω’).Dayanand: I am not in a good position either, as you

very well know. I am hard up for money as well, though

my job is much better than his. But I can paddle up my

own canoe. My present venture is quite promising (؈÷Åçûª ´’ç* °æJÆœ nA™™‰†’, Fèπ◊ ûÁ©’Ææ’éπü∆. Ø√èπÿ úø•’s É•sçCÖçC, Ø√ ÖüÓuí∫ ç ÅûªEéπØ√o î√™« ´’ç*üÁ j†°æ pöÀéÃ. é¬F ؈’ Ø√

é¬∞¡x O’ü¿ ؈’ E©•úø í∫©†’. É°æ ¤púø ’ ¢Á ·ü¿©’°öÀ d† ¢√u§ƒ®Ωç Ø√èπ◊™«¶µ º≤ƒöÀí¬ØË Öçô’çü¿†’èπ◊çô’Ø√o).

Amrith: There are fair chances of his getting a better

job with a better pay. Our friend Kamal has offered him

a job in the overseas branch of his concern. As for you,

you are capable of helping yourself (ÅûªEéÀ ´’ç* ÖüÓuí∫ ç,@ûª ç ÉîËa Ŵ鬨»©’ î√™«ØË ÖØ√o®·. ´’† N’vûª’úø ’ éπ´’™¸ ûª†Ææ çÆæ n NüË Q ¨»ê™ ÖüÓuí∫ ç É≤ƒh†Ø√oúø ’. Ééπ F N≠æߪ’ç™, Fèπ◊†’´¤ ≤ƒßª’ç îËÆæ’éÓí∫© ≤ƒ´’®Ωnuç Fèπ◊çC).

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