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3.2. Make similar conversations with the hints given and

practice with your friend.

a. Prayag a boxing player could not come to practice

because he was sick.

b. Sulekha, your neighbour died in a plane crash.

4 Vocabulary Time

4.1. ‘Mania’, a suffix in English means a strong desire or

likeness to something. Know the following manias.

a. anthomania : strong likeness to flowers

b. bibliomania : strong likeness to books

and desire to read

c. choreomania : strong likeness to dance

d. dipsomania : strong likeness to alcohol

e. graphomania : strong likeness to writing

f. logomania : strong desire to talk and

use words

g. oniomania : strong likeness to shopping

h. mythomania : strong desire to lying

i. pyromania : strong likeness to fire or

desire to start a fire

j. plutomania : strong likeness to money

or wealth.

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