TOADY and FLATTERY are similar in sound and meaning. If you flatter a person in order to gain advantage, you will be refered to as toady.
the toad flattered the nightingale in order to gain popularity
Puffs up saying the things that influence the powerful. But whose croaks are filled with venom.
Ever wonder how Toad from the Super Mario Bros. series got his name? He's "toadally" a Toad to the Princess, today and every day! http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/peach/peach_080321b-l.jpg
Definition (noun) a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for toga
as v know dat v know dat v r supposed to wear some special clothes to do yoga...nw lets supose dat v should wear TOGA to do YOGA...so its a kind of robe
baba ramdev teaches YOGA in the morning to all the ppl in the stadium and b4 leaving the platform wears a TOGA and leaves....bhahut shining marta hai!!!.........;)
TOGA sounds like CHOGA, a Hindi word for a garb or clothing.
torpor
Definition (noun) a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of the seeders were INACTIVE due to which downloading the movie becomes a SLUGGISH task....
RAJ THAKERY TO MNS PEOPLE.."aaj tum sab itne LATHARGIC,SLUGGISH kyu lag rahe ho? hume kal THOD PHOD karne jana hai...yaad hai na?",,,,,,,,:)
Torpedo is fast and speedy...while torpor is opposite to torpedo
sounds like tapori, who is very lazy
Suppose you are very much disturbed with something and then you go back to your room and cause destruction i.e tod phod( in hindi language).. After you are finished with your desrtruction you feel tired and lack in energy,
Torpor and Torpid means almost the same. Lazy and inactive.
Tor- tortoise which means slow. But be careful about torpedo, which means the exact opposite.
tor - phor means breaking everything.. OPPOSITE .. lack of energy - lethargy
As in " tar par latka hua ho.. aalsi hai "
sounds like tod-phod.. person who does tod-phod is very active..Opposite of that is lethargy
A TOPPER is never a TORPOR ....he studies with vigor
tor-por is tod- phod, in hindi, after you are finished with tod-phod, you get lazy and sluggish...
torpor = tor por; The ppl who are always saying after that is always lazy.
tortuous
Definition (adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
tout=Tendulkar OUT!!!....according to the review system tendulkar was not out but the umpire gave him out....the indian media PUBLICISED this issue too much afterwards....:D
We have to bet on Stout persons in sumo, in order to win
An agent who annoy customers especially with persistent requests
if some1 pawns u wid scout. u must praise him
imagine a stout person who touts
A TOUT or an AGENT - someone who operates as a middleman or a negotiator.
tout - stout it up and shout it out
Shout and Tell it OUT.
the snout saleslady must tout her product in order to get it sold in an unfamiliar market.
You tout; I pout.
producers approach advertiser to tout their product...
t+raduce- raduce sounds like reduce ..so someone who is fond of tea traduces if t(ea) is reduced
TRADITION+INTRODUCE = introduce some1 to the tradition of slandering(speaking unfavourably about)
source:Mnemonicsgurji
traduce can be split as tennis + duece ( i know its farfetched but.. )
So a player on the wrong side of the decision swears at teh umpire
Thus traduce=slander
traduce - TREAD + ABUSE = tread on one's good image and abuse it
Well u must all be familiar with transducer. Never converts energy. But always reduced in form of heat which is dissipated …hence reduced
traduce = try to reduce, i.e they are trying to reduce your position.
trample
Definition (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping
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