Quote of the Lesson (दिन के उद्धरण)

    “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

    “प्रेरणा कार्य आरम्भ करने में सहायता करती है। आदत कार्य को जारी रखने में सहायता करती है।”

    “In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire.”

    “मेरे अनुभव के अनुसार, केवल एक ही प्रेरणा होती है और वह है इच्छा।”

    “The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.”

    “प्रेरणा के पीछे सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात लक्ष्य तय करना होता है। आपका हमेशा एक लक्ष्य अवश्य होना चाहिए।”

    “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.”

    “एक सफल व्यक्ति और असफल व्यक्ति में साहस का या फिर ज्ञान का अंतर नहीं होता है बल्कि यदि अंतर होता है तो वह इच्छाशक्ति का होता है।”

    “Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.”

    “उन सभी कारणों को भूल जाएं कि कोई कार्य नहीं होगा। आपको केवल एक अच्छा कारण खोजना है कि यह कार्य सफल होगा।”

Vegetable Name (सब्जियों के नाम)

Radish            मूली
Tomato           टमाटर
Sweet potato            शकरकंद
Mint              पुदीना

Technical word (तकनीकी शब्द)

Nanomachine (nanite)
A nanomachine, also called a nanite, is a mechanical or electromechanical device whose dimensions are measured in nanometers (millionths of a millimeter, or units of 10 -9 meter).

Nanomachines are largely in the research-and-development phase, but some primitive devices have been tested. An example is a sensor having a switch approximately 1.5 nanometers across, capable of counting specific molecules in a chemical sample. The first useful applications of nanomachines will likely be in medical technology, where they could be used to identify pathogens and toxins from samples of body fluid. Another potential application is the detection of toxic chemicals, and the measurement of their concentrations, in the environment.

NNTP
(Network News Transfer Protocol) - The protocol used by client and server software to move a USENET posting over a TCP/IP network. Most common web browsers use an NNTP connection to participate in newsgroups.

NanoManipulator
The nanoManipulator is a specialized nanorobot and microscopic viewing system for working with objects on an extremely small scale. The system was designed by the Center for Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation (CISMM) at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. The term nanoManipulator is a trademark of the current manufacturer, 3rd Tech Inc of Durham, North Carolina.

Node
Any single computer connected to a network.

Napster
Napster is a controversial application that allows people to share music over the Internet without having to purchase their own copy on CD. After downloading Napster, a user can get access to music recorded in the MP3 format from other users who are online at the same time. You can simply type in the name of an artist or song, receive a list of what's available, and then download the music from another user's hard drive. Users need to continually check the Napster directory since the music that is available depends on who is online at the time.

Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine is the application of nanotechnology (the engineering of tiny machines) to the prevention and treatment of disease in the human body. This evolving discipline has the potential to dramatically change medical science.

Established and near-future nanomedicine applications include activity monitors, chemotherapy, pacemakers, biochip s, OTC tests, insulin pumps, nebulizers, needleless injectors, hearing aids, medical flow sensors and blood pressure, glucose monitoring and drug delivery systems.

Network access control (NAC)
Network access control (NAC), also called network admission control, is a method of bolstering the security of a proprietary network by restricting the availability of network resources to endpoint devices that comply with a defined security policy.

A traditional network access server (NAS) is a server that performs authentication and authorization functions for potential users by verifying logon information. In addition to these functions, NAC restricts the data that each particular user can access, as well as implementing anti-threat applications such as firewalls, antivirus software and spyware-detection programs. NAC also regulates and restricts the things individual subscribers can do once they are connected. Several major networking and IT vendors have introduced NAC products.

NAS Appliance
A NAS appliance is a type of commodity hardware that includes its own dedicated storage disks and RAID that can easily scale as more capacity is needed. NAS appliances help businesses protect corporate data, enable file-sharing among employees and remote connectivity.

A NAS (network-attached storage) appliance typically uses protocols such as the one associated with the Network File System NFS to operate as a file server, releasing other servers from that responsibility. Other NAS appliance benefits include faster data access, easier administration and simplified configuration. Each appliance has its own dedicated storage disks and RAID.

OCX
An OCX is an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) custom control, a special-purpose program that can be created for use by applications running on Microsoft's Windows systems.

OCXs provide such functions as handling scroll bar movement and window resizing. If you have a Windows system, you'll find a number of files in your Windows directory with the OCX file name suffix.

Open Directory Project
Open Directory Project (ODP) is a human-edited index of Web sites, also known as DMOZ, an acronym for "Directory Mozilla." ODP is hosted and administered by Netscape Communications and Weblogs, Inc and is associated with the Mozilla browser. According to the official Web site, ODP hosts the largest and most comprehensive Web site directory in the world.

OC-3 and OC-12
High-speed data links capable of transferring data at 155 and 622 Megabits-per-second respectively. OC-3’s and OC-12’s are replacing T-3’s as the backbones of the Internet.

OCTAVE
OCTAVE (Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability Evaluation) is a security framework for determining risk level and planning defenses against cyber assaults. The framework defines a methodology to help organizations minimize exposure to likely threats, determine the likely consequences of an attack and deal with attacks that succeed. OCTAVE is designed to leverage the experience and expertise of people within the organization. The first step is to construct profiles of threats based on the relative risk that they pose. The process goes on to conduct a vulnerability assessment specific to the organization.

OpenCourseWare MIT
OpenCourseWare (OCW) is an educational initiative developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to make the core teaching materials for all MIT graduate and undergraduate classes available at no cost to Internet users around the world. OCW has been compared to the open source software movement because course materials on the OCW site will be "open and freely available worldwide for non-commercial purposes such as research and education, providing an extraordinary resource, free of charge, which others can adapt to their own needs". MIT President, Charles M. Vest, anticipates that within ten years, lecture notes, course outlines, reading lists and assignments for over 2000 MIT classes will be freely available on the OCW Web site.

Office for Civil Rights
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is an organization within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). OCR works closely with both doctors and patients to ensure that every patient knows their rights and privacies concerning personal health information and medical treatment options.

Vocabulary (शब्द संग्रह)

Word Meaning अर्थ
Brittle Hard but liable to be easily broken खस्ता, भंगुर
Bullion Gold or Silver before using for manufacturing ornaments चंडी सोने की ईंट
Bureaucracy A Government by the officials नौकरशाही, अधिकारी-वर्ग
Caducity The infirmity of old age. नशवरता
Calligraphy The art of beautiful hand writing. Elegant penmanship. सुलेखन,

Spice/utensils/Food Grains (स्पाइस / बर्तन / अनाज)

Saffron केसर
Turmeric हल्दी
Big cardamom बड़ी इलायची
Bay leaf तेजपात

Antonyms and Synonyms (विलोम और समानार्थक)

Synonyms (समानार्थक)

Hard - Difficult हार्ड - मुश्किल
Hazard - Danger खतरा - खतरा
Help - Assist मदद - असिस्ट
Hint - Tip सुझाव - टिप
Huge - Enormous भारी - भारी

ToLesson Proverbs (आज नीतिवचन)

Idioms : It is no use crying over spilt milk.

Hindi Equivalent: अब पछताए होत क्या जब चिड़िया चुग गई खेत.
 
Meaning :  कुछ हो जाने के बाद उस पर पछताना नहीं चाहिए.

 Idioms . First catch your hare/ Mind your own business  

   Hindi Equivalent : पहले अपना देखो तब दुसरो को बोलो

 Idioms . Red handed/ flat footed  

Hindi Equivalent : रंगे हांथो:
 
Meaning : Ramesh was caught red handed

Important Words (महत्वपूर्ण शब्द)

beside के बाजू में
best सबसे अच्छा
bet शर्त
better बेहतर
between के बीच में
bicycle साइकल
big बड़ा

I changed my mind (मैंने अपना इरादा बदल दिया कि बातचीत)

Ellen: केविन, तुम क्या करना चाहते हो?
Kevin, what would you like to do?
Kevin: पता नहीं. शायद टीवी देखना
I don't know. Maybe watch TV.
Ellen: अच्छा विचार है. हम बाद में खरीददारी करने जा रहें हैं, इसलिए मुझे लगता है कि तुमको थोडी देर केलिए आराम करना चाहिए
That's a good idea. We're going shopping later so I think you should rest for a while.
Kevin: मुझे नहीं लगता कि अभी भी जाना चाहता हूँ
I don't think I want to go anymore.
Ellen: क्या मतलब है? मैंने सोचा था कि तुमने कहा हम खरीददारी करने जा रहें हैं
What do you mean? I thought you said we were going shopping.
Kevin: मुझे पता है, लेकिन मैंने इरादा बदल दिया. मैं अभूत थका हुआ हूँ
I know, but I changed my mind. I'm too tired.
Ellen: खैर, मुझे फिर भी बहुत साड़ी चीज़ें खरीदनी है. तुम्हे क्या लगता है कि हम कब जा सकते हैं?
Well, I still have a lot of stuff to buy. When do you think we'll go?
Kevin: शायद आज रात को
Maybe tonight.
Ellen: ठीक है, अगर मैं तुम्हारा फोन इस्तेमाल करुँ तो क्या तुम्हे ऐतराज़ होगा?
OK, would you mind if I use your phone?
Kevin: माफ़ कीजिये, सिग्नल नहीं है
Sorry I don't have signal.
Ellen: क्या तुम मज़ाक कर रहे हो? आमतौर से मुझे यहाँ अच्छी रिसेप्शन मिलती है
Are you kidding? I usually have really good reception here.
Kevin: मेरी फोन बहुत पुरानी है और वह ठीक से काम नहीं कर रही है
My phone is very old and it doesn't work very well.
Ellen: अगर मैं इसको बाहर लेकर जाऊं तो?
What if I take it outside?
Kevin: हाँ, वह ठीक है. यह बाहर अच्छी तरह काम करती है
Yes, that's fine. It works well outside.

Do you want to play a game? (क्या आप एक खेल खेलना चाहते/चाहती है? कि बातचीत)

Erica: एंड्र्यू, क्या आप खेलना चाहते है?
Andrew, would you like to play a game?
Andrew: ठीक है, किस किसम का खेल?
OK, what kind of game?
Erica: हम ताश खेलते है? क्या आप ब्लेक जैक खेलना जानते है?
Lets play cards? Do you know how to play Blackjack?
Andrew: हाँ, वह एक आसान खेल है. मैं अब वह खेलना नहीं चाहता
Yes, that's an easy game. I don't want to play that right now.
Erica: ठीक है, क्या आपको याद है की पोकर कैसे खेलते है?
OK, Do you remember how to play poker?
Andrew: हाँ, मुझे लगता है, लेकिन आपको मुझे फिर से नियम समझाने पड़ेंगे
I think so, but you're going to have to explain the rules to me again.
Erica: ठीक है. इस कागज़ के टुकड़े को देखिये. इस पर सारे नियम है.
OK. Look at this piece of paper. It has all the rules on it.
Andrew: ठीक है. हाँ, अब मैं याद करता हूँ. मुझे लगता है कि आखरी बार हमने जब यह खेल खेला था, तब आप जीती थी और मैं हारा था
OK, yes. I remember now. I think the last time we played this game, you won and I lost.
Erica: हाँ, वह मजेदार था
Yes, that was fun.
Andrew: ठीक है, खेलते हैं, लेकिन इस बार मैं पैसों कि शर्त लगाना नहीं चाहता
OK, let's play, but this time I don't want to bet money.
Erica: ठीक हैं, हम शर्त नहीं लगाएंगे. हम सिर्फ मज़े के लिए खेलेंगे
OK, we won't bet. We'll just play for fun.

BirthLesson present (जन्मदिन तोफ़ा कि बातचीत)

Jimmy: एंजेला, अन्दर आईये
Angela, come in.
Angela: जन्मदिन मुबारक हो
Happy BirthLesson!
Jimmy: शुक्रिया. मुझे यकीन नहीं आ रहा है कि आपको वह याद रहा
Thanks. I can't believe you remembered that.
Angela: मेरे कंप्यूटर में कैलेंडर है. वह ऐसी चीज़ें याद रखने में मेरी मदद करती है. आप क्या करने वाले है?
Well, I have a calendar in my computer. It helps me remember things like that. What are you up to?
Jimmy: मैं एक किताब पढ़ रहा हूँ जो मेरे चचेरे भाई ने मुझे अपने जन्मदिन के लिए दिया था
I'm reading a book my cousin gave me for my birthLesson.
Angela: मुझे देखने दीजिये. मेरे पास घर में यह किताब है. मैं अभी आपको एक तोफा देना चाहती हूँ.
Let me see. Oh, I have this book at home. I want to give you a present too.
Jimmy: वाह, गिटार है. मेरे पास पहले से एक है, लेकिन मुझे यह बेहतर लगता है. शुक्रिया
Wow, it's a guitar. I already have one, but I like this one better. Thank you.
Angela: धन्यवाद. क्या आप गिटार बजाना जानते है?
You're welcome. Do you know how to play the guitar?
Jimmy: हाँ, मैं बजाना जानता हूँ. जब मैं छोटा था, तब मेरे पिताजी ने मुझे सिखाया था
Yeah, I know how to play. My father taught me when I was young.
Angela: क्या आप उसको अब बजायेंगे? मैं कुछ संगीत सुनना चाहती हूँ
Will you play it now? I want to listen to some music.
Jimmy: ठीक है. क्या आप इसको जानती है?
OK. Do you know this one?
Angela: हाँ, मैंने उसको सुना है. मैं जब मध्य विद्यालय में थी, तब वह गाना गा सकती थी
Yeah, I've heard that one. I could sing that song when I was in middle school.
Jimmy: यह पुराना वाला है. मुझे बहुत बूढा महसूस कराता है. जब में महाविद्यालय में था, तब हर वक़्त रेडियो पर बजाते थे
It's an old one. It makes me feel old. When I was in college they use to play it on the radio all the time.

SMS and online chat Abbreviations (एसएमएस और ऑनलाइन चैट संक्षिप्त)

Abbreviation Description
EZ easy
F2T free to talk
FAI Frequently argued issue
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAWC For Anyone Who Cares
FC Fingers Crossed
FF Friends Forever

Smileys Meaning (स्माइलीज अर्थ)

Emotions Meaning
:-9 Licking Lips
:-x Lips are Sealed
%+{ Lost a Fight
|-( Lost Contact Lenses
X-( Mad

Common Mistakes To Be Avoided (आम गलतियों को टाला जा सकता)

I and Me

Speakers of English often use ‘I’ and ‘me’ in place of each other. The difference is actually very simple. Allow us to explain.

Let us begin with an exercise. Fill in the blanks with either ‘I’ or ‘me’ in the following sentences.

__ want to watch a movie.

This is the house __ want to buy.

Sudhir and __ will go to Delhi.

You and __ will play toLesson.

He asked __ to drive.

She needs to pay __.

He gave __ the key.

The answer to the first four sentences is ‘I’ and the last three sentences is 'me'. This is because ‘I’ is a pronoun and hence must be the subject of a verb ('I'is the first person singular subject pronoun and will always refer to the person performing the action of a verb).

On the other hand, ‘me’ is a pronoun that must be the object of the verb (me is anobject pronoun and will always refer to the person that the action of a verb is being done to.)

English Improving ,Tips of the Lesson (अंग्रेजी में सुधार, दिन की टिप्स)

Observe Sentence Length

Now that you have quickly addressed repeat words and sentence openers, make your essay, article, or story sound professional and confident by adding more variety. One way to do that is to observe the length of your sentences. Generally, simple sentences with one clause will be shorter than a compound sentence with more than one subject or predicate. If your essay, article, or story has nothing but simple sentences or all compound sentences, vary it. There is no shortcut for this. You simply have to choose which sentences work best as is, and which could be improved by a change. 

Look for sentence fragments, or sentences not containing a subject or a predicate. While some people consider fragments ungrammatical, depending on what you are writing, these are useful as long as you use sentence fragments very sparingly.

Re-Read and Edit

You should have expert knowledge of everything contained in your essay, article, or story. Not just the argument or the plot, but every word and how the words work together. The only way to do this is to read your piece many times. You are sure to miss mistakes or not address sentence variety after only a few reads. The more you read your piece, the more redundancy you catch. 

Sentence variety is not something your word processing grammar program will be able to help you with. The best way to ensure that your sentences have enough variety is to understand ahead of time that editing is key to writing success. Repetitions will stand out and you will have to edit in service of your piece as a whole. Making sure your article, story, or essay has sentence variety will give your writing a polished, authoritative feel.

Always Fall Back on Action

Even in melodramatic speaking scenes, do not underestimate the importance of action details, as it will also give your audience a better visual of what is going on in the scene. Describe what the characters are doing from time to time. Remove the writing from the exposition by giving your audience a little background information to consider. It's difficult to tell a story just with exposition, and most of the time, readers will find it unappealing. Dialogue shouldn't happen in a vacuum; rather, it should be interspersed with the action.

Consider Reality When Looking Over Your Writing

When you are writing or editing, try observing people to make your writing more realistic. Watch how they move or perform a certain task, and then figure out how to describe it in your writing. Observing people will add more depth and reality to your writing. You do not want to overshadow your writing with this information. However, using it every now and then is a good way to reinforce the details of the story, which lends to credibility to your writing. 

When you go back over your writing, it can be difficult to find ways to thicken up your writing without making it too bulky. However, if you follow these tips, you should be able to find ways to flesh out your creative writing. By fleshing out your writing, you will be adding in realistic behavior, as well as tension evident in human nature. These mechanisms also help to propel the story forward naturally, as they allow you to focus on driving the narrative.