Andrew: I am, of course, but I am afraid you are painting yourself into a corner. Your plan won't work. (¹*a-ÅŒ¢’Ã, ÂÃF ÊÕ«Ûy ƒ¦s¢-Ÿ¿Õ©ðx X¾œ¿Õ-ŌկÃo «ÊÕ-¹ע-{Õ-¯ÃoÊÕ. F X¾Ÿ±¿Â¹¢ X¾E-Íä-§ŒÕŸ¿Õ.)

Khadir: On the contrary. Follow my plan and we are going to carry the day. (ŸÄEÂË «uA-êªÂ¹¢. ¯Ã X¾Ÿ±¿Â¹¢ ÆÊÕ-®¾-J¢ÍŒÕ, FÂ¹× é’©ÕX¾Û ÅŒŸ±¿u¢.)

Andrew: But your plan isn't clear about where you get the money for it. Your father holds the purse strings. You don't have any money of your own to invest. (ÂÃF, F X¾Ÿ±¿Â¹¢ Æ«Õ-©Õ-X¾-ª½-Íä¢-Ÿ¿ÕÂ¹× ÂÄÃLqÊ œ¿¦Õs ‡Â¹ˆ-œË-ÊÕ¢* «®¾Õh¢Ÿî ¹*a-ÅŒ¢’à ÅçM{¢ ©äŸ¿Õ. åX{Õd-¦œË åX˜äd¢-Ÿ¿ÕÂ¹× F œ¿¦äs¢ ©äŸ¿Õ.)

Khadir: Dad will be ready to invest. («Ö ¯ÃÊo åX{Õd-¦œË åX˜äd¢-Ÿ¿ÕÂ¹× ®ÏŸ¿l´¢’à …¢šÇœ¿Õ.)

Andrew: I very much doubt it. He is not one to put his shirt on a scheme like that. I myself am not sure of its success; You expect your father do it? (¯ÃÂ¹× ÍÃ©Ç ®¾¢Ÿä-£¾Ç„äÕ. ÅŒÊ œ¿¦ÕsÊÕ ƒ©Ç¢šË “X¾ºÇ-R¹ OÕŸ¿ åXœ¿-ÅÃ-œ¿-ÊÕ-ÂîÊÕ. ÊÕ«Ûy ÆÊÕ-¹ע-{Õ-¯Ão„Ã?)

Khadir: What a damper, talking to you. (‡¢ÅŒ Eª½Õ-ÅÃq-£¾Ç-¹-ª½„çÖ, FÅî «ÖšÇx-œ¿œ¿¢.)

a) Abhai: How about going with me to meet sajjan?(®¾•b-¯þÊÕ Â¹©Õ-®¾Õ-Âî-«-œÄ-EÂË „ç@ÁÙh¯Ão. ¯ÃÅî «²Äh„Ã?)

Bhavan: Leave me alone please. He lets no one else talk. He goes on talking and we can't get his drift. Atleast I can't(ʯío-C-©ä§ýÕ. ƒ¢Âí-¹-JE «ÖšÇx-œ¿-E-«y-œ¿-ÅŒÊÕ. «ÖšÇx-œ¿Õ-ÅŒÖ¯ä …¢šÇœ¿Õ. «ÕÊ-¹ª½n¢ Âß¿Õ „Ãœä¢ «ÖšÇx-œ¿Õ-ÅÃœî)

2) Paint oneself into a corner
ƒC ¨ «ÕŸµ¿u¯ä „Ãœ¿Õ-¹-©ðÂË «®¾ÕhÊo «uÂÌh-¹-ª½º. ƪ½n¢: ƒ¦s¢-Ÿ¿Õ©ðx X¾œ¿œ¿¢.

a) Thyagaraj: You are very lucky. Congrats on getting such a plum job. (ÊÕ«Ûy ÍÃ©Ç ÆŸ¿%-†¾d-«¢-ÅŒÕ-œËN. ƢŌ «Õ¢* …Ÿîu’¹¢ ¤ñ¢C-Ê¢-Ÿ¿ÕÂ¹× ÆGµ-Ê¢-Ÿ¿-Ê©Õ)

Manohar: So did I think too. But a few weeks into the job and I see that I painted myself into a corner. The pay is good, but the work is more than I can stand.(¯äÊÖ Æ©Ç¯ä ÆÊÕ-¹ׯÃo. ÂÃF, ¨ ÂíEo „êéðx “’¹£ÏÇ¢-ÍÃÊÕ. ‡¢ÅŒ ƒ¦s¢-Ÿ¿Õ©ðx X¾œÄf¯î, °ÅŒ¢ ¦Ç’Ã¯ä …¢C. ÂÃF, X¾E «Ö“ÅŒ¢ ¯äÊÕ ¦µ¼J¢-ÍŒ-©ä-ʢŌ)

b) Gayanth: I am going to take our friend Sudarsan as a partner. That helps my business expand.(®¾ÕŸ¿-ª½z-¯þÊÕ ¦µÇ’¹-®¾Õh-œË’à B®¾Õ-¹ע-{Õ-¯ÃoÊÕ. ÆC „Ãu¤Äª½ N®¾h-ª½-ºÂ¹× Ÿî£¾Ç-Ÿ¿-X¾-œ¿Õ-ŌբC.)

Sumanth: You're (you are) certainly painting yourself into a corner. He is very unreliable. ( ÊÕ«Ûy ¹*a-ÅŒ¢’à ƒ¦s¢-Ÿ¿Õ©ðx X¾œ¿-¦ð-ÅŒÕ-¯Ão«Û. ÆÅŒÊÕ Ê«ÕtŸ¿’¹_„Ãœ¿Õ Âß¿Õ.)

3) To carry the day=to win= é’©-«œ¿¢, §ŒáŸ¿l´¢/ ¤òšÇx{/ ‚{ ©Ç¢šËC.

a) Paul: You seem to be very jubilant, Why?(ÊÕ«Ûy ÍÃ©Ç …ÅÃq-£¾Ç¢’à ¹Ê-X¾-œ¿Õ-ÅŒÕ-¯Ão«Û. \¢šË ®¾¢’¹A?)

Praful: Don't you know? Our team carried the day beating Vijayawada victors by an innings and ten runs. (ÅçMŸÄ F¹×? N•-§ŒÕ-„Ãœ¿ N¹d-ªýqåXj «Ö •{Õd ƒEo¢’ûq X¾C X¾ª½Õ-’¹Õ© ÅäœÄÅî é’L-*¢C)

4)Put somebody's shirt on something = risk all somebody's money on something, sure that they will win =é’©-«-’¹©¢ Ưä/ ©Ç¦µ¼¢ «®¾Õh¢-Ÿ¿¯ä Dµ«ÖÅî …Êo œ¿¦s¢Åà åX{Õd-¦œË åX{dœ¿¢.

a) Michael: I really pity Das. He is totally broke (¯äÊÕ E•¢’à ŸÄ®¾Õ OÕŸ¿ èÇL X¾œ¿Õ-ŌկÃo. X¾ÜJh’à C„Ã©Ç B¬Çœ¿Õ)

Sukdev: He doesn't deserve it. It was foolish of him to put his shirt on horse races and cricket betting. („ÃœËÂË Æ¢Ÿ¿ÕÂ¹× Æª½|ÅŒ ©äŸ¿Õ. «âª½^¢’à “ÂËéšü, ’¹Õ“ª½X¾Û X¾¢ŸÄ© OÕŸ¿ œ¿¦s¢Åà Ō’¹-©ä-®¾Õ-¹×-¯Ãoœ¿Õ.)

’¹«Õ-E¢-ÍŒ¢œË:Put somebody's shirt on =œ¿¦Õs åX{Õd-¦œË åX{dœ¿¢ («âª½^¢’Ã).