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553. How is the word `pizza' pronounced?
The `i' in the first syllable is like the `ee' in `feel', `peel', and `kneel'. The `zz' is pronounced like the `ts' in `beats', `sheets', and `meets', and the final `a' is like the `a' in `china'. The main stress is on the first syllable.
554. Does one `propose to' or `propose' a girl?
You usually `propose' something. For example, I propose that we cancel tomorrow's meeting. Dravid proposed that the fees be hiked. When you ask a girl to marry you, you propose `to' her. It's about time you proposed to Shyamala. Poor Vimal, he proposed to three girls last semester, and all of them turned him down.
555. What is the difference between `wake up at 7' and `wake up by 7'?
When you wake up `at' seven, you get out of bed at exactly seven o'clock. Not before or after seven, but exactly at seven. When you wake up `by' seven o'clock, you get out of bed at seven or a few minutes before seven. *I told my mother that I would be home by 6:00 o'clock. *Ganesh said he'd be back home by 7: 00 o'clock. He returned at 10: 00 o'clock "I speak twelve languages. English is the bestest."- Stefan Bergman
A collection from the Open Page Supplement of The Hindu Newspaper
Courtesy: Sri Upendra, the writer of the above
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