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1. TENTERHOOKS
noun [ plural ]
UK  /ˈten.tə.hʊks/ US  /ˈten.t̬ɚ.hʊks/
√ on tenterhooks
worried or nervous about something that is going to happen:
• We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the phone to ring.
√be on tenterhooks
PHRASE
If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous and excited because you are wondering what is going to happen in a particular situation.

• He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.

2. WALK/TREAD A TIGHTROPE

If you walk/tread a tightrope, you have to deal with a difficult situation, especially one involving making a decision between two opposing plans of action:

• Many manufacturers have to walk a tightrope between pricing their goods too high and not selling them, and pricing them low and losing money.

to be in a difficult situation in which a very small mistake could have very bad results

He was walking a tightrope trying to keep everybody happy.


3. EMULATE
‍ˈए᠎̮म्‌युले
verb
gerund or present participle: emulating
to try to do something as well as, or better than, somebody

किसी के बराबर होने या उससे आगे बढ़ने की चेष्‍टा करना

to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have:

• They hope to emulate the success of other software companies.

• Fitzgerald is eager to emulate Martin's record of three successive world titles.

to copy someone’s behavior or try to be like someone else because you admire or respect that person:

Officials are looking to emulate successful ideas from other cities.
He just wants to emulate his dad.

SYNONYMS
imitate
mimic
mirror
challenge
contend
ditto
do
rival

4. PRIMORDIAL
प्राइˈमॉडिअल्
adjective
1.existing at or since the beginning of time or the world; earliest
अतिप्राचीन समय से विद्यमान; आदिमयुगीन; आदिकाली
2.(used about a feeling) very basic, fundamental
(भावना के लिए प्रयुक्त) मौलिक, मूल, बुनियादी

existing at or since the beginning of the world or the universe:

• The planet Jupiter contains large amounts of the primordial gas and dust out of which the solar system was formed

SYNONYMS
prehistoric
primal
primaeval
primitive
pristine
basic
early
elemental
ANTONYMS
modern
new

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