HinKhoj Dictionary

silent partner/ sleeping partner: a partner in a company who does not take an active part in its management, especially one who provides a sum of the money (निष्क्रिय साझेदार/ मूक भागीदार)

Over a three-year period, he recruited silent partners through newspaper adverts, promising to pay them ‘substantial returns’. (तीन साल की अवधि के दौरान उसने अख़बार के विज्ञापनों के माध्यम से निष्क्रिय साझेदारों की भर्ती किया, व उन्हें 'पर्याप्त रिटर्न' का भुगतान करने का वादा किया।)

partners in crime (Humorously): persons who cooperate in committing a crime or a deception (अपराध में भागीदार- प्रायः हास्य के रूप में कहा जाता है)

The sales manager and the used-car salesmen are nothing but partners in crime. (सेल्स प्रबंधक और इस्तेमाल करी हुई कार का सेल्समैन और कुछ नहीं बस अपराध में भागीदार हैं।)

sparring partner: a person you practise boxing with/ someone you have friendly arguments with (मुक्केबाजी का साथी)

Kunal is my sparring partner. (कुणाल मेरा मुक्केबाजी का साथी है।)

partnership at will: a partnership with no fixed term- It can, as the name suggests, be terminated by any partner giving notice of termination (इच्छाधीन भागीदारी)

Kunal is having a partnership at will in my company. (कुणाल की मेरी कंपनी में इच्छाधीन भागीदारी है।)

Partner

(noun)

a person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others, especially in a business or firm with shared risks and profits (भागीदार/ सहयोगी)

The two companies are partners in a contract to build the new factory. (दो कंपनियां नए कारखाने के निर्माण के लिए एक अनुबंध में भागीदार हैं।)

the person you are married to or living with as if married to them, or the person you are having a sexual relationship with (पति/ पत्नी)

I've invited Anuj and his partner over for dinner. (मैंने अनुज और उनके पार्टनर को रात के खाने के लिए आमंत्रित किया है।)

either of two people dancing together or playing a game or sport on the same side (सहनर्तकी/ जोड़ीदार/ पार्टनर)

Arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner. (बच्चों को जोड़े में व्यवस्थित करें ताकि प्रत्येक व्यक्ति का जोड़ीदार हो।)

(verb)

to act as someone's partner in a sport, game, dance, or activity, or to choose someone to do this (साथी बनना)

Harsh partnered with Lisa during a dance class and they fell in love. (हर्ष लिसा के साथ एक डांस क्लास के दौरान साथी बना और वे प्यार में पड़ गए।)

to join with another person or organization in a business activity (सहयोगी होना)

Three companies partnered to purchase Kingfisher Airlines. (किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस की खरीदने के लिए तीन कंपनियों सहयोगी बन गईं।)

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Verbs followed only by Infinitives

refuse - I refuse to cooperate.

[Wrong: refuse cooperating]

seem - It seems to be broken.

[Wrong: seems broking]

swear - He swore to take revenge.

[Wrong: swore revenging]

tend - These plants tend to grow slowly.

[Wrong: tend growing]

threaten - He has threatened to hurt us.

[Wrong: threatened hurting]

undertake - She undertook to design the new collection.

[Wrong: undertook designing]

want - I want to speak with you in private.

[Wrong: want speaking]

wish - I wish to change my address.

[Wrong: wish changing]

would like - I would like to add something before we continue.

[Wrong: would like adding]

yearn - She yearns to go free.

[Wrong: yearns going]

Ebony – आबनूस

Fir – देवदार

Flax – सन, पटसन

Grapevine – अंगूर की बेल

Jute – जूट, सन, पटसन

Neem – नीम

Oak – बलूत

Pine – चीड़

Polyalthia – अशोक

Sandal – चन्दन

Sheesham – शीशम

Teak – सागौन, सागवान

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Acacia – बबूल, कीकर

Bamboo – बांस

Banyan – बरगद, वट

Betel nut tree – सुपारी के पेड़

Birch – सनौबर, भोजपत्र

Cactus – नागफनी

Cane – बेंत, सरकंडा

Cedar – देवदार

Conifer – शंकुवृक्ष, कोनिफर

Creeper – लता, बेल

Cypress – सनौबर, भोजपत्र

Date palm – खजूर

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