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Engrossed
Meaning:
absorbed
Eg:
I was enchanted and engrossed in the play we saw last week.
Coerced
Meaning:
forced
Eg:
He was coerced to get out of the room.
Banal
Meaning:
uninteresting
Eg:
It was such a banal and uninteresting story.
Irk
Meaning:
irritation
Eg:
Will you please stop irking me with your baseless questions?
Part 3
1.
What topics do young people in India talk about?
Well, Indian people love to talk and converse over a range of topics and they can communicate
about anything under the sun. However, some of the most frequent topics that one may listen
to the Indians talking about are politics, any latest movie released at a given time, sports, family
issues and so on.
2.
What is the difference between topics that are popular now and topics that were
popular in the past?
Topics in the past were more or less inclined towards mythology, religions and real-time
discussions, even when the discussion was among the children of that time. Nonetheless, today
the discussion is majorly about gadgets, technology, web series, politics, etc.
3.
How do you know if others are not interested in the conversation?
People tend to elude the conversation by hopping over a different topic if they don’t find
themselves absorbed in the topic at hand. Apart from that, the lack of interest can be pointed
out by the way one is emoting their responses or their facial expressions.
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