English X - Chapter No.2 - Words/Meaning and Summary

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THE WISE CALIPH

Words/Meaning

S.No	Words	Meaning
1.	Afford	Spare money
2.	Astonish	Amaze
3.	Approach	To come near
4.	Be off	Go away
5.	Beg	Request
6.	Caliph	A Muslim ruler
7.	Certain	Sure
8.	Close	Near
9.	Cling	Stick
10.	Claim	Assert, declare
11.	Disguise	Change the appearance, hide
12.	Dismount	Get down
13.	Dispute	Quarrel
14.	Faithful	Loyal
15.	First-hand	Direct
16.	Hinted	suggest or indicate something indirectly
17.	Instead	In place of
18.	Just	Right, correct
19.	Limp	Walk lamely
20.	Lend	Loan, grant to (someone) the use of (something)
21.	Master	Owner
22.	Mention	Inform
23.	Mingle	Mix
24.	Motion	Move, to signal
25.	Noble	Gentle
26.	Noticed	Observed
27.	Neigh	a characteristic high whinnying sound made by a horse
28.	Obvious	Clear
29.	Puzzled	Confused
30.	Pronounce	Declare
31.	Rags	Torn clothes
32.	Readily	Easily
33.	Reins	Guiding straps of a horse
34.	Settle	Solve
35.	Severe	Serious, stern
36.	Snort	Throw out the air violently
37.	Swear	Take oath
38.	Shiver	Tremble
39.	Stiffen	Harden
40.	Utterly	Completely
41.	Well-to-do	Rich
42.	Wicked	Evil-mannered
43.	Wince	Withdraw oneself
44.	Wisdom	Intelligence

Short note Or Summary on The Wise Caliph

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed was a wise Muslim king of Baghdad. He was famous for his justice and wisdom. One day Qazi of the city brought a disputed case before him, which he could not settle.Two men claimed ownership of a same horse. One man was rich and the other man was beggar.
Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed heard both the rich and the beggar.
The Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed asked both of them to touch the horse, one by one. At first the beggar touched the horse. On his touch the horse winced, as it did not like his touching. the horse expressed its pleasure by neighing when the rich man touches it. The caliph gave his decision that horse belonged to rich man. He forgave the beggar. The rich man also forgave the beggar and gave him a handful gold coins.