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Foreign words and phrases (JIPMAT)
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, Foreign Phrases, One-word Substitution · for IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak and JIPMAT
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The idea
JIPMAT and Rohtak ask the meaning of Latin and French phrases common in English, especially in law and news writing (de jure, alias, bona fide, status quo). The sentence around the phrase is usually enough to work out the meaning even if the phrase is new.
Textbook vs exam method
Textbook method
Memorise a list of foreign phrases.
Exam method
- If you know the phrase. , answer directly.
- If not, use the sentence. what must the phrase mean for the sentence to make sense?
- Beware the partner phrase. (de facto/de jure, per se/per capita) and literal one-word guesses.