In this bilingual (Hindi‑English) instructional video, Akash Gautam and Speaker A present a ‘menu’ of twelve high‑frequency English vocabulary words, building on a previous episode that covered twelve more, for a total of twenty‑four. Each word is introduced with its correct pronunciation, definition, part of speech, and a memorable cricket‑related mnemonic linking the word to a well‑known player or match scenario. The episode proceeds word‑by‑word, offering example sentences, antonyms (e.g., proscribe vs. prescribe), and vivid visual or linguistic tricks (jugaad) to aid retention. Mid‑episode a rapid four‑word challenge tests listeners on unflappable, sunfroa, quintessential, and phlegmatic, reinforcing learning through recall. Subsequent words—crestfallen, jaunty, blithe, and carte blanche—are similarly tied to cricket moments or personalities (e.g., MSD, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma). The hosts repeatedly encourage the audience, promise permanent integration of the vocabulary into everyday communication, and conclude with a recap of all twelve words and their cricket associations. The tone is conversational, enthusiastic, and pedagogical, blending English instruction with Indian cricket culture to make abstract vocabulary concrete and memorable.
Boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the coolest dhaba on internet and to episode 2 of the cricket special. पिछले एपिसोड वन में क्रिकेट से आपने 12 शब्द याद किए। आज हम 12 और ढाबे पे व्यंजन आपको परोसने वाले हैं। Total 24 out of cricket and cricketers and cricket related things. And we'll do it in a way that even if you try to forget, you will not be able to. So let's look at the menu first at the dhaba.
So what is there on the menu today? So before I tell you that, the pronunciation is menu and not menu. I'm sure you know it already, but still affirming it again to you. आज मेन्यू में है बारह वेंजन। वो बारह कौन से हैं? Let's check out. The first one is bulwark. The pronunciation is bulwark, not bulwark. Unflappable, phlegmatic, quintessential, crestfallen. विंसम इन छह में से आपको कितने आते हैं चेक इट आउट एंड द रिमेइंग सिक्स द अदर सिक्स आर सिंच जॉनटी प्रोस्क्राइब सनफ्रुआ इट्स नॉट सैंगफ्रॉयड इट्स सनफ्रुआ कार्टब्लांच एंड ब्लाइथ एंड दोज़ ऑफ़ यू हु आर थिंकिंग दैट दिस वर्ड्स आर वेरी डिफिकल्ट वन्स एंड कुड बी डेटेड लेट मी क Each of these 12 words is a high-frequency word. You would find these words in the newspapers, in the news channels, and likely to get used by the people who are good in communication. So just give me your 10-12 minutes, and I commit to you that these 12 words shall permanently become a part of your communication. The first word for today is winsome. If you, if you go back to episode 1 of Cricket Special, विराट कोहली इस कॉल्ड एस कॉलोसल कोहली, आशीष नेहरा वाज़ बेनेडिक्शन नेहरा, शिखर धवन वाज़ पिनिकल धवन, एंड मोहित शर्मा इज़ विंसम शर्मा। मोहित उन्होंने अपने रूप से मोहित कर लिया। मोहित एस एन एडजेक्टिव वुड मींस विंसम, अट्रैक्टिव और अपीलिंग इन अ फ्रेश इनोसेंट वे। ही Mile, Mohit Karliya, Winsome. So get this right that Mohit Sharma from today is Winsome Sharma. Let's move to the next one. Cinch. The pronunciation is cinch. It's not kinch or something else. It is cinch. And cinch as a noun means something which is extremely easy. बहुत आसान. An extremely easy task. और याद रखने के लिए the Australian player Aaron Finch. Bumrah, he gets him out in a cinch. It's a cinch for him to get Finch out. The device was a cinch to use. And in case you're not a cricket aficionado, Blue Star ACs, the brand line is Breathe Easy. So we change it to Breathe Cinch. I hope you got it right. So Mohit Sharma is Winsome Sharma, and Bumrah gets Aaron Finch out in a cinch. Cinch means an extremely easy task. Blue Star ACs, breathe easy, breathe cinch. Next word is bulwark and my favorite cricketer of all time, Rahul Dravid, the Wall. And the meaning of bulwark is a defensive wall. Dravid, bulwark, defensive wall. It means any person or a thing that gives support Support or encouragement in time of need, danger, or doubt. You know, जो प्रोत्साहन दे एक defence बनके खड़ा हो and for usage purpose religion was his bulwark. The new dam was a bulwark against future floods. और अगर अभी भी याद नहीं हुआ एक और जुगाड़ तरीका है. रक्षा बंधन would be called as bulwark बंधन. और याद रखने के लिए the the typical Indian जुगाड़ On this day, every brother promises his sister कि वो उन पे होने वाले हर bull के war के against उनका bulwark बनेगा। Bull के war के against उनका bulwark बनेगा। So रक्षा बंधन is bulwark बंधन। Rahul Dravid he was a defensive wall people used to call him wall so bulwark Is a defensive waller, someone who gives support in times of need or danger or doubt. We are standing outside the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, wherein the entry to the stadium is proscribed. Means no entry. P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-E-D. Ishkadi gali, which no entry. मतलब entry is proscribed in the Ishkadi gali as well as the cricket stadium. So when something is banned, something is taboo, something is supposed to be done, then we use the word as proscribe, right? And the antonym of that is prescribe. For example, we prescribe you to be physically fit, but we proscribe you to be having a lazy lifestyle. Prescribe versus proscribe, these 2 very common words which you can use in a daily language for a lot of things. So proscribe, as already explained, it means something which is forbidden, especially by the law. The word is used as a verb. So using mobile phone while Driving is prescribed by the law, right? And in times of corona, having vitamin C, vitamin D, raising your immunity somehow is prescribed by the doctors. So proscribe and prescribed, I hope you got both the words right. So let's go with a four. एक चौका मारते हैं बढ़िया सा। Let's do four words in one go. Let you check for your own self. Do you have the wherewithal, the capacity, the mental Stamina to do these four words in one ball, one go. Which are words कौन से हैं? Unflappable, phlegmatic, quintessential, and sunflower. देखते हैं आप कर पाते हैं कि नहीं। पहला शब्द है unflappable. And what? Who better than MSD to describe this word? As an adjective, it means someone who remains composed and level-headed at all times, even during crisis. Flap होता है ना flappable birds क्या करते हैं flap करते हैं flap flap flap flap और perturbed रहते हैं disturbed रहते हैं जो flap करता रहे लेकिन जो unflappable है flap ना करे बिल्कुल शांत रहे MSD stays unflappable even in the most difficult circumstances so unflappable it's a positive word and a very very important synonym of unflappable is is sunfroa let's check this word further सनफ्रुआ, as a noun, you see the pronunciation I've mentioned here. It is सनफ्रुआ, and the meaning is composure shown in danger or under trying circumstances. जब विपत्ति का समय आए या बहुत ही मुश्किल हो जाए, उस समय जब आप composure show करते हैं, उसको हम सनफ्रुआ कहते हैं। I was amazed at how he retained his सनफ्रुआ throughout the warlike discussions. और मेमोरी की जुगाड़ तरीका, A ने B के संग फ्रॉड किया, फिर भी B सनफ्रुआ रहा। संग F R A U D और सनफ्रुआ। If you get it this way or that way, intention is to remember it, you know. So MSD is unflappable. A synonym of unflappable is सनफ्रुआ, जो कि trying circumstances में अपना कंपोज़र रखे, उसे हम सनफ्रुआ कहते हैं। And quintessential as a word means the perfect, the most perfect or typical example of something or a quality. MSD is the quintessential example of unflappability. So quintessential का मतलब भी हुआ, जो बहुत बेहतरीन तरीके से जो वैल्यू या एट्रिब्यूट डिस्क्राइब करता है, उसे हम quintessential कहते हैं। The perfect or typical example of a quality And everyone knows that mango is the quintessential fruit on a hot summer day. And phlegmatic, phlegmatic. Who better than him to to describe the word phlegmatic as an adjective? It means someone who doesn't get excited easily or to action or passion. जो अपनी बहुत सायम सा रखता हो, बहुत express ना करता हो अपने आप को phlegmatic. The ever phlegmatic New Zealand. Even the normally phlegmatic Shreyas Iyer was grinning like a maniac. Now, now you might ask that what's the difference between phlegmatic and sunfroa? Well, the difference is that in the word sunfroa, in the word sunfroa, जब trying circumstances होती हैं, danger होती है, तो इंसान composure रखता है। Phlegmatic होता है, जो कि dangerous या trying circumstances का कोई aspect नहीं है इसमें। Normally जो excitement होता हो, एक्शन या पैशन के लिए वो फ्लैगमैटिक होता है, जो अपनी फीलिंग्स को ज़्यादा एक्सप्रेस ना करे, शांत रहे, that is फ्लैगमैटिक. So I hope you got both the differences right. और अगर आपको आ गया है, तो आपने चौका मार दिया, आज आपने बाउंड्री मारी है. Four runs, clap for your own self. You got all the four words right. The next word is crestfallen. Crestfallen means sad and depressed, you know, brought low in spirit. Look at him. Gentleman who's looking at the earth down, you know they lost the match. So New Zealand came back empty-handed, but not crestfallen. आप याद रखने के लिए crest मतलब होता है top. जो लोग हमेशा crest पे रहते हैं, fail या fall होने पे they feel crestfallen. Just a memory की. So crestfallen means sad and depressed. Something for example last year जो world cup हुआ था cricket का 2019 में New Zealand came back empty-handed, but not crestfallen. Right? I hope you got that right. Jaunty, jaunty roach. You know, I love him for ten reasons, but one of those ten reasons is that the name of his daughter India. So jaunty means having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and a self-confident manner. होता ना bubbly. Fresh paint has given our old house an optimistic, almost Almost jaunty air, a buoyancy air. Jaunty, full of life, lively, vivacious. That is jaunty. I hope you got it right. Blithe, blithe. And Rishabh Pant describes this word super aptly. Blithe means happy or carefree. इसका मीनिंग एक है। दूसरा मीनिंग जो आजकल बहुत अडॉप्ट हो रहा है वो है showing a casual or a cheerful indifference which is considered to be improper. होता ना कई बार वो ऐसा शॉट मारते हैं खेल-खेल में चुलबुलेपन में कि वो आउट हो जाते हैं। Which means a casual or a cheerful indifference which is considered to be improper. The youngsters' blithe disregard for the safety of others. Rishabh Pant is usually criticized for his blithe batsmanship. I hope you got this word right. Carte blanche. Carte blanche means the pronunciation firstly is कार्ट ब्लांच, वेरी कॉमन वर्ड एंड द मीनिंग ऑफ़ दिस इज़ कंपलीट फ्रीडम टू एक्ट एस वन विशेस। वो तो जैसे कहता है ना जब जब रोहित शर्मा जी के सौ हो जाते हैं तो पहले सौ में वो सत्तर असी बॉल ले लेते हैं नब्बे भी ले लेते हैं लेकिन अगले सौ में वो तीस चालीस बॉल लेते हैं Carte blanche to fearlessly hit it anywhere in the stadium. Complete freedom. Complete freedom. Carte blanche. The judiciary must be given a carte blanche. It cannot be under the political pressure. Another usage of carte blanche is when kids go out of home for studying, they have a carte blanche to do anything. And this is where careers get made or get spoiled. Environment is bigger than our willpower. So let us recapitulate if you got all the words right or wrong. Bulwark, I'll get you the correct Rahul Dravid. Wall, unflappable, MSD. Phlegmatic, MSD, as well as the New Zealand skipper if you remember. Quintessential, the perfect example of. So crestfallen, the New Zealand team came back empty-handed but not crestfallen. Winsome Sharma, Mohit Sharma.
सिंच, आरन फिंच गेट्स आउट इन अ सिंच व्हेन बुमराह बोल्स। जॉन्टी, जॉन्टी रोड्स, बबली, एंथ्यूजियास्टिक, फुल ऑफ़ लाइफ। प्रोस्क्राइब, इश्क़ दी गलीविच एंट्री इज़ प्रोस्क्राइब। सनफ्रुआ, एमएसडी। कार्ड ब्लांच, रोहित शर्मा, जब सौ बन जाता है उसके बाद खुला आसान बनके मारता ह सौ परसेंट कॉन्फिडेंट हूँ कि ये बारह शब्द एकाद रिवीजन के बाद आपकी वोकेबुलरी और कम्युनिकेशन का परमानेंट इंटीग्रल हिस्सा बन जाएंगे। थैंक यू वेरी मच फॉर सीइंग अस थ्रू द एंटायर क्रिकेट एपिसोड्स। तो द टाइम वी मीट अगेन विद न्यूअर जॉनर्स, न्यूअर सीज़न्स एंड न्यूअर
