Flag | Learn English Through Flag | Idioms related to Flag | Havisha Rathore

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Hi friends! It is the perfect time to learn  English through our flag and after watching  
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this video, I assure you that it will boost up your  English. It will add something new in your English.
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So, let's go off without a hitch. So friends,  here, I used an idiom called 'Without A Hitch'
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So friends, what does it mean? It means "To go  smoothly, easily and successfully"
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This is an Indian flag. It has three colours with Ashoka Chakra  in the middle and the top most saffron colour  
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indicates courage and selflessness. The white colour  indicates peace, honesty, and purity.
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The green colour indicates faith, fertility and prosperity. There  is Ashoka Chakra in the middle which indicates  
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constant motion. It has 24 spokes and the  24 spokes indicate 24 hours and it means  
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life should be keep on moving in  these 24 hours which make a day  
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and the dark blue color of the Ashok Chakra  indicates the ocean and the sky. India is a  
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sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and  republic country. The first is sovereign and it means
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“स्वायत यानी स्वशासन करने वाला देश यानी जिस पर किसी और देश का अधिकार न हो”
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The next word is socialist. It means, “समाजवादी”
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Third word is Secular. It means, “धर्मनिरपेक्ष, हर धर्म को समान मानने वाला देश"
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The fourth word is democratic. Democratic? Is it correct?
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No, it is not correct. The correct pronunciation  is democratic, democratic, not democratic.  
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It is democratic, democratic, cratic, demo cratic, democratic and it means “लोकतान्त्रिक,
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ऐसा सासन जो देश की जनता के प्रतिनिधियों द्वारा चलाया जाता हैं”
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The fifth word is Republic. It means, “गणतंत्र, यानी ऐसा देश जिसमें सुप्रीम पावर जनता और उनके प्रतिनिधियों के हाथों में होती हैं”
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Now, let's learn idioms related to flag. And let's start  with the first idiom and the first idiom is  
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'Wave the flag' or you can also say, 'Fly the flag' and if you wish you can also say, 'Show the flag'
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So, it means that if you are representing  or supporting your country you can  
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say, 'I'm flying the flag for the country.' For  example, I'm flying the flag for my country,  
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means, I'm supporting or representing my  country. The second idiom is 'Flag down' and  
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it means to give a signal to stop. For example, the traffic police is flagging down all the cars.
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The third idiom is 'Put the flags out' and it means  to celebrate. For example, my cousin got admission  
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in IIT college. So, let's put the flags out. And  moving on to the fourth idiom, the fourth idiom is
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to wrap oneself in a flag. It means to pretend  something but the real motives are to be selfish.  
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For example, politicians often wrap themselves in  a flag but their real motive is to be selfish.  
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So, but I think, most of the people can see  through that. Can you see through that? 
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I hope, you've enjoyed this video and if  you've learned a little bit more English  
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through this video, then don't forget to  like, share and subscribe this channel.
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