We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?

Question

The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase ‘take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:

take on sth:	to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth
take sb on:	to employ sb; to engage sb to accept sb as one’s opponent in a game, contest or conflict
take sb/sth on:	to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board

Answer 1

In English, we have words like storm, gale, typhoon and cyclone. In some Indian languages, there are several terms too. For example:

Hindi:

आंधी – strong dusty wind, often before rain
तूफ़ान – violent storm, often with heavy rain
चक्रवात – cyclone

Bengali:

ঝড় (jhor) – storm in general
ধুলো ঝড় – dust storm
ঘূর্ণিঝড় (ghurnijhor) – cyclone

You can make a similar list for your own mother tongue, counting how many different words it uses for different kinds of storms.

We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?

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