Word Meaning, Summary, Important Questions Of Chapter 3 Deep Water | Class 12

 

Hindi Meaning Of Difficult Words | Chapter 3 Deep Water

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	Synonyms
1	Treacherous	dangerous	कपटी	faker, traitor
2	Drop	slope from the shallow area to the deep area	लोलक	flap, pendant
3	Skinny	thin	पतला	diluted, slender, dilute
4	Subdued	to overcome	वशीभूत	subjugated, addicted
5	Pride	self-respect	गौरव	dignity, honour
6	Aversion	dislike	घृणा	hate, disgust, scorn
7	Surf	wave of the sea	लहर	swell, wave.
8	Knocked me down	threw him down	मुझे नीचे गिराया	……….
9	Revived	brought back to mind	पुनर्जीवित	bring to life, bring back, rescue
10	Aping	copying	नकल करना	mimic, simulate
11	To feel at ease	to feel comfortable	आराम से महसूस करने के लिए	cosy, pleasant
12	Specimen	example	नमूना	sample, cam, model
13	Miniature	small size	लघु	mini, little, short,
14	Ducked	push or plunge someone under water	पानी में गोता लगाना	douse
15	Tossed	threw	फेंक दिया	emit, shove, plunk
16	Wits	intelligence	बुद्धि	wisdom, brainpower
17	Summoned	gathered	बटोरना	pick, mass, rally
18	Spring	push	धक्का	impact, put, blow
19	Bob	jump	हिलना	tremble, dodder
20	Tinge	touch of colour	रंग	coloring, hue, spatula
21	Suffocating	unable to breathe due to lack of air	घुटना-संबंधी	asphyxiate, strangle, throttle
22	Yell	scream	चीख	shriek, screech, bellow
23	Rigid	hard	कठोर	drastic, stiff, tough
24	Expending	losing, giving out	व्यय करना	consume, deplete, diffuse
25	Ached	pained	पीड़ा होना	hurt, be in pain
26	Throbbed	felt pain in a series of beats	स्फूर्त	vibrated, dynamic, shaken
27	Dizzy	faint, unsteady	चक्‍कर लानेवाला	giddy, light-headed
28	Strategy	plan of action	रणनीति	master plan, game plan
29	Strike out	extend	जल्दी से चलना	pike, skitter
30	Thrash	hit with force	पीटना	beat, flog, whip
31	Stark	severe	कड़ा	Spartan, inflexible
32	Seized	gripped	जब्त	clutch, grasp, snatch
34	Vestiges	traces	अवशेष	mark, trail, notch
35	Paralysed	incapable of movement	लक़वा मारा हुआ	paralytic, palsied, paralysed
36	Command	order	आदेश	mandate, injunction, testament
37	Ceased	ended	समाप्त	completed, Dismissed
38	Limp	lifeless	निष्प्राण	Inanimate, defunct, Exanimate
39	Curtain of life fell	life came to an end	जीवन समाप्त हो गया	dying, extinction
40	Cascades	waterfall	झरने	falls, water chute, cataract
41	Handicap	a circumstance that makes progress or success difficult	अपंगता	obstacle
42	Canoes	small boats	डोंगियों	paddle, dinghy
43	Ruined	destroyed	तबाह	undone, down-and-out
44	Deprived	to take away	वंचित	disadvantaged, underprivileged
45	Cable	thick rope	केबल	cord, rope ,wire
46	Slack	to reduce	कम करना	slow, detract
47	Shed	removed	निकालना	eject, take out, deport
48	Panic	fear	संत्रास	intimidation, dismay, terror

About The Poet | William Douglas | Chapter 3 Deep Water William Douglas (1893-1980) was an American born in Maine Minnesota. He graduated in English and Economics and then later advanced his career in law. He remains the longest-serving justice in the history of court, serving a term of thirty six years. He became the adviser of the President Franklin D Roosevelt. The excerpt “Deep Water” is taken from an autobiography Of Men and Mountains’ written by William Douglas. In this excerpt he has narrated the incidence which was the reason of developing aquaphobia and his strategies through which he braved his fear. Short Summary Of Chapter 3 Deep Water In English The author recollects his first encounter with his fear of water as a three or four year old child. His father had taken him to a beach in California. He held his father tightly. However, a wave knocked him down. He felt smothered and scared. When the writer was ten years old he planned to learn swimming but this time he took caution. He chose YMCA pool as it was safer than Yakima river. The pool was 2 feet at its shallow end and 9 feet at the deeper end. He got a pair of water wings. He mustered courage and paddled aping others. He started regaining his confidence. But, this newly found courage was soon lost. An 18 year old boy hurled him into deep side of the pool. There was nobody close to the pool. Douglas went to the bottom of the pool. He was alert. He planned to push himself up on touching the bottom of the pool, then lie flat and paddle to the edge of the pool. But that seemed to be a never ending fall. These nine feet appeared to him like ninety feet. He felt acute uneasiness and his lungs seemed to burst. As soon as he touched the bottom, he tried to jump but much to his disappointment it was very slow and all he could see was water. He felt extremely terrified and suffocated. Douglas started making desperate efforts for survival. He looked for a rope but could not find it. He could see only water all around. His legs got stiff like lifeless objects. He again sank back to the bottom of the pool. Breathless, he hit at the bottom with all his strength. His screams were lost in water. He got a throbbing pain in his head, his lungs almost gave up and he started filling dizzy. However, his mind was still planning to escape this drowning. He was panic-stricken. He was going down endlessly. There was water all around. He was extremely frightened but his limbs gave up. He tried calling for help but it was in vain. Then fortunately he saw light. His eyes and nose came to the surface but then he sank again for the third time as this success was momentary. The writer gave up all his efforts. He accepted this as his destiny and went into oblivion. When he regained his consciousness, he found himself vomiting next to the pool. The boy who hurled him was saying that he was fooling around. Douglas had a close meet up with death. This incident had a deep-seated impact on him. He reached home and was feeling weak and trembling. He could not eat anything that night. For days he was terrified. Consequently, he avoided water whenever he could. This fear of childhood followed him. This did not let him relish the joy of fishing, canoeing, boating or swimming. Once Douglas grew old he was determined to overcome this fear. Finally, he decided to get an instructor to learn swimming. He went to the pool and practiced five days a week, one hour each day. The instructor put a belt around him which was attached to a rope. So he practiced swimming forward and backward. For weeks he practiced. It took almost three months for the tension to release. The instructor taught him the breathing techniques exhaling underwater and inhaling by raising his nose. He practiced it hundreds of times. Then the instructor taught him to kick with his legs in water. Initially, his legs got stiff but gradually he developed complete control on them. Soon Douglas could swim across the length of the pool. But he was still scared when left alone in the pool. His childhood fear petrified him. Therefore, he thought of conquering his fear. He went to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire, dived off a dock at Trigs island, and swam two miles across the lake to Stamp Act Island. For once did the terror return but he continued to swim. For his own reassurance, he went up the Tieton to Conrad Meadows, up the Conrad Creek trail to Meade Glacier and camped at the side of Warm Lake. He swam across the other shore and back. He was thrilled that he had finally overcome his fear. The narrator felt victorious that he had finally conquered his fear. He quoted that the death is full of peace, but the fear of death terrorizes. In this excerpt Douglas has narrated his near-death experience and the way fear of death intensifies his will to live. Important Previous Year Questions From Chapter 3 Deep Water SA I (2 marks) Which two incidents in Douglas’ early life made him scared of water? (Delhi 2014 C) Why did Douglas prefer to go to YMCA swimming pool to learn swimming?(Delhi 2014 C) How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer? (Delhi 2013) How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror? (AI 2013) Narrate the childhood experience of Douglas. (AI 2013) Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water? (Delhi 2012) Why did Douglas go to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire? How did he make his terror flee? (AI 2012) What efforts did Douglas make to get over his fear of water? (AI 2012) Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water? (Delhi 2012) What did Douglas experience when he went down to the bottom of the pool for the first time? (Delhi 2011) Why did Douglas go to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire?(Delhi 2011) Which factors led Douglas to decide in favor of YMCA pool? (Delhi 2011) SA II (3 marks) How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer? (Delhi 2019) How did his experience at the YMCA swimming pool affect Douglas? (Delhi 2016) What deep meaning did his experience at the YMCA swimming pool have for Douglas? (AI 2016) All we have to fear is fear itself. When did Douglas learn this lesson? (AI 2016) How did the feeling of terror Douglas at Lake Wentworth? How did he to react? return (Foreign 2016) Why did Douglas’ mother recommend that at the YMCA (Delhi 2015) he should learn swimming swimming pool? How did Douglas remove his residual doubts about his fear of water? (Delhi 2015) How did Douglas experience at YMCA pool affect him? (Delhi 2015) What lesson did Douglas learn when he go rid of his fear of water? (Delhi 2015 C) LAI (5 marks) The story “Deep Water” has made you realize that with determination and perseverance one can accomplish the impossible. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on how a positive attitude and courage will aid you to achieve success in life. (Delhi 2014) Desire, determination and diligence lead to success. Explain the value of these qualities in the light of Douglas experience in “Deep Water”.(Delhi 2014) LA II (6 marks) How did Douglas develop a fear of water?(2020) Childhood fears are deeply entrenched in our mind. Determination, hard work and right training are needed to get rid of them. Comment on the statement in the light of Douglas’ efforts to overcome his fear of water. (AI 2019) Fear is something that we must learn to overcome if we want to succeed in life. How did Douglas get over his fear of water? (2018) What happened at the YMCA swimming pool which instilled fear of water in Douglas mind? (Foreign 2015) How did Douglas experience at the YMCA pool affect him ? How did he get over this effect? (Foreign 2015) Describe the efforts made by Douglas to overcome his fear of water. (Foreign 2015) “All we have to fear is fear itself. Describe Douglas’ experiences which led to the making of this statement. (Delhi 2015 C) LAIV (10 marks) How did Douglas develop an aversion to water? (Delhi 2012) How did Douglas try to save himself from drowning in the YMCA pool! (Delhi 2012) How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer? (AI 2012)

Panic

fear

संत्रास

intimidation, dismay, terror