Hi friends I am Niharika and welcome back to a new lesson. In today's lesson we are
gonna look at binomial pairs joined with the conjunction and. This is a new thing right?
Binomial Pairs - So what exactly is a binomial pair? Binomial pair is an expression using
two words which are joined by a conjunction. SO in English we have many binomials pairs
that we use in our daily conversations and they are usually joined with the conjunction
'and' or they are joined by the conjunction 'or' okay, and even there are binomial pairs
with the similar sound. When two words sound similar and they are joined by one of the
conjunctions, well those expressions are also called as binomial pairs. SO, we are gonna
look at six binomial pairs here in this lesson and they really simple and they are specifically
joined using the conjunction 'and'. So let's get started.
The very first one that
we have for you is sick and tired. Well I am sure you have heard this before, right!
Yes, sick and tired is one of the binomial pairs and the meaning of this phrase is that
when you are very annoyed and frustrated with something. So .... Okay, that happen right?
At times we are so annoyed and frustrated about something and we just want to talk about
it, rather than using these big words you can use one this expression which is sick
and tired. I am sick and tired of my neighbour playing loud music every evening. It means
that I am so done with it, I am so annoyed, I am so frustrated with the loud music. So
this is the expression that you can use. And yes it is joined by the conjunction 'and'.
Now, always remember all these binomial pairs, the two words that we use to join together,
these words are fixed, they cannot be used in a interchangeable manner, like you cannot
say that I am tired and sick. It's always gonna be I am sick and tired . Okay, so they
are always fixed.
The second expression that I have for you is neat and tidy. Wow, look at your closet,
it is so neat and tidy. So neat and tidy, it means that it;s not messy, it's very clean
and it's very organised. SO rather than saying oh look at your closet its so nice, its so
clean, its so organised Well use one of the binomial pair - say its neat and tidy.
The third expression that I have for you is short and sweet - Ohh wow, your speech was
so short and sweet! So short and sweet is something which is to the point, someone says
something to the point. Like in award functions, there are actors, there are singers and directors
who love to talk, they go on and on but then there are some actors who just keep it very
short, their speech is to the point, they want to thank someone, they just want to thank
to be appreciated and awarded, they just keep it very short. So that's short and sweet speech.
Another expression that I have for you here is odds and ends. Now odds and ends are these
various things, the various items which are very small and which are of less value and
not very important. So some things which are tiny items, which are not of big value and
which are not important. The small, unimportant items. Like for example - This closet of mine
has all odds and ends. So this means the closet is full of small things which are not very
important to me and which are not of great value either. Okay, so that's how you can
use this expression.
The next one is loud and clear. Am I loud and clear to you ? Loud and clear it means
Are you able to understand me or to be understood easily. The boss was very loud and clear about
his agenda. It means that he spoke to the point and which was understood by the team
members in a very nice way. So he was loud and clear about his agenda or whatever he
wants to do , he's very clear about it, he was to the point.
And then the last one that I have for you is by and large. Have you heard that before.
Yes, it's very commonly used for the things we talk about in general or on the whole. So , for example the restaurant
is great, couple of dishes were not so good but by and large it is a nice place to go
on a Saturday. So in general the restaurant is a nice place to go eat on a Saturday night.
SO when you are talking about something in general or on the whole, you end up using
this expression. Another example - the amusement park is not very spacious, but by and large
it is a good place for kids. So in general the place is good for kids.
So start using these expressions, remember these expressions in English are called binomial
pairs, which means two words joined by a conjunction. And in this lesson we specifically looked
at words which are joined by the conjunction ' and' . So start using them, keep practising
and I will back with a new lesson, till then you take care.