Enayam. Three’s a crowd? – The Hindu (July 09, 2016)
The Union Cabinet’s decision to approve the construction of a new port on Tamil Nadu’s west coast at Enayam near Colachel is obviously aimed at making good a poll promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The location of the facility so close to another “mega” container terminal, however, has invited doubts about its viability, even its necessity. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Two’s company, three’s a crowd (idiom) – unwanted entry of a third person making two people feel uneasy (when they (particularly lovers) are relaxing their time together).
- Envisage (verb) – foresee, predict, forecast; visualize, envision, intend, propose.
- Container (noun) – A large metal box used to transport goods.
- Gateway (noun) – a place of entry to a destination place.
- Transshipment (noun) – Transshipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to yet another destination. (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
- Proximity (noun) – closeness, nearness, adjacency; vicinity.
- Landlord (noun) – a person/an owner who rents/ leases out his property/place.
- Equity (noun) – share of stock (market).
- Breakwater (noun) – sea wall, barrier, embankment.
- Dredging (noun) – cleaning/clearing waste from the water beds (river, sea, harbour) using an apparatus (dredge).
- Berth (noun) – docking site, anchorage, mooring.
- TEUs – Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (to measure a ship’s cargo carrying capacity).
- Feasibility (noun) – practicability, practicality, workability.
- Concession (noun) – business, commercial operation.
- Leave alone (phrase) – to stop using; abandon, desert.
- Becalm (verb) – strand, stuck, marooned, at a halt, unmoving.
- Outlook (noun) – prospects, expectations, expectancy, hopes.
- Cloudy (adjective) – unclear, uncertain, indistinct.
- Berth (verb) – dock, moor, land, tie up.
- Rebound in (noun) – increase in value after some decrease, improve in value after some decline.
- Hinge on (phrasal verb) – depend, hang, rest, be based.
- Realize potential (verb) – fulfil, achieve, accomplish.
- Hinterland (noun) – backwoods, remote areas, far from urban areas.
- Acquisition (noun) – obtaining, acquiring, collecting.
- Provision (noun) – supplying, providing, furnishing, delivery.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.
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