Indian hockey’s new stride – The Hindu (June 20, 2016)
Four years after the Indian hockey team finished last at the London Olympics, the men stood on the same turf with their heads held high, silver medals at the elite Champions Trophy gleaming around their necks. It was a historic win, the second podium finish at a major international competition in six months and, going into the Olympics, an indicator of how much India has advanced. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Stride (noun) – progress, proceed, move.
- Hold head high (idiom) – be confident, be proud.
- Gleam (verb) – shine, glow, glitter, glimmer.
- Commendable (adjective) – admirable, excellent, praiseworthy, laudable.
- Culmination (noun) – peak, pinnacle, height, highest point, top.
- Derail (verb) – obstruct something which is on progress.
- Miss the bus/boat (idiom) – fail to get a chance/an opportunity.
- Keep pace with (idiom) – to progress at the same speed as someone else.
- Break free – another form of break away (phrasal verb) – escape, flee, run away, get away.
- Put across (phrasal verb) – achieve something by deceiving someone.
- Hunger (noun) – desire, craving, yearning, appetite.
- Strive (verb) – make effort, try hard, attempt, aim, aspire.
- Too few – “too few” is commonly used with countable nouns. Example: too few people. It means minimum number of people.
- Stifle (verb) – constrain, restrain, hinder, impede, stop, hold back.
- sheer (adjective) – total, complete, thorough, absolute.
- Dint (noun) – force, impact, power.
- Ragged (adjective) – torn, worn out, tattered, exhausted, in bad condition.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.