S1: | For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop. |
P : | Then a chance Customer would come. |
Q : | Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else's |
R : | Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading. |
S : | He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book. |
S6: | Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then. |
S1: | Calcutta unlike other cities kepts its trams. |
P : | As a result there horrendous congestion. |
Q : | It was going to be the first in South Asia. |
R : | They run down the centre of the road |
S : | To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line. |
S6: | The foundation stone was laid in 1972. |
S1: | A force of exists between everybody in the universe. |
P : | Normally it is very small but when the one of the bodies is a planet, like earth, the force is considerable. |
Q : | It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton. |
R : | Everything on or near the surface of the earth is attracted by the mass of earth. |
S : | This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved. |
S6: | The greater the mass, the greater is the earth's force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction gravity. |
S1: | In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room. |
P : | For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals. |
Q : | On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee. |
R : | While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committe. |
S : | As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities. |
S6: | From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own. |
S1: | All the land was covered by the ocean. |
P : | The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves. |
Q : | A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water. |
R : | The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars. |
S : | The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals. |
S6: | The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind. |
S1: | Smoke oozed up between the planks. |
P : | Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship. |
Q : | The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire. |
R : | Everyone now knew there was fire on board. |
S : | Flames broke out here and there. |
S6: | Most people bore the shock bravely. |
S1: | You know my wife, Madhavi, always urged me to give up smoking. |
P : | I really gave it up. |
Q : | And so When I went to jail I said to myself I really must give it up, if for no other reason than of being self-reliant. |
R : | When I emerged from jail, I wanted to tell her of my great triumph. |
S : | But when I met her, there she was with a packet of cigarettes. |
S6: | poor girl!. |
S1: | When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air. |
P : | However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets. |
Q : | As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster. |
R : | For the atmosphere becomes thinner. |
S : | As a result there is less friction. |
S6: | Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot. |
S1: | A father having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer. |
P : | Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson. |
Q : | She wheeled away the pram. |
R : | A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby. |
S : | Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar. |
S6: | She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen. |
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