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4 phrases · B1
Every phrase below is a fixed shape you can fill in and use immediately, ordered from the simplest to the most advanced. Each one carries what it means in English and in Hindi, three examples that vary the slot, and the situations it actually gets said in.
Rebuild this reference phrase, then adapt it to a real situation.
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To begin with, nobody knew who was in charge.
Open a story or a list at the first thing.
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शुरुआत में, ___।
To begin with, nobody knew who was in charge.
Open a story or a list at the first thing.
It turned out that the file had been sent to the wrong address.
Reveal what was actually going on, once you found out.
I realised that I had been solving the wrong problem.
Say the moment you understood something — the point of most stories.
At that point, I decided to call the client myself.
Mark the moment in a story where things changed.
Simplest first. The braces mark the part you change.
Open a story or a list at the first thing.
शुरुआत में, ___।
Anywhere · say it as: To begin with, / nobody knew who was in charge · used interviews, college
Practise this phrase →Reveal what was actually going on, once you found out.
बाद में पता चला कि ___।
Anywhere · say it as: It turned out / that the file had been sent to the wrong address · used at work, travelling
Practise this phrase →Say the moment you understood something — the point of most stories.
मुझे समझ आया कि ___।
Anywhere · say it as: I realised / that I had been solving the wrong problem · used interviews, college
Practise this phrase →Mark the moment in a story where things changed.
उसी वक़्त, ___।
Anywhere · say it as: At that point, / I decided to call the client · used interviews, everyday life
Practise this phrase →The versions that get said instead, and why they land differently.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
It was turned out that the file was wrong. | It turned out that the file was wrong. "Turn out" is not passive. Nothing is being done to it. |
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