Spoken English..Tell me your idiosyncrasy

ఒకరు మాటకు ముందు దగ్గుతారు. ఒకరు మాట తర్వాత నవ్వుతారు. ఒకరు మాట్లాడినంత సేపూ జల్లులు కురిపిస్తూనే ఉంటారు. ప్రతి మనిషికీ ఓ అలవాటు ఉంటుంది. వాటిలో కొన్ని మాత్రమే వ్యక్తికి వన్నె తెస్తాయి. ఇంకొన్ని నలుగురిలో నవ్వులపాలు చేస్తాయి. కాబట్టి, అలవాట్లతో జాగ్రత్త.

ఒకరు మాటకు ముందు దగ్గుతారు. ఒకరు మాట తర్వాత నవ్వుతారు. ఒకరు మాట్లాడినంత సేపూ జల్లులు కురిపిస్తూనే ఉంటారు. ప్రతి మనిషికీ ఓ అలవాటు ఉంటుంది. వాటిలో కొన్ని మాత్రమే వ్యక్తికి వన్నె తెస్తాయి. ఇంకొన్ని నలుగురిలో నవ్వులపాలు చేస్తాయి. కాబట్టి, అలవాట్లతో జాగ్రత్త.

Sharath: Does
he crack his knuckles too?
Krishna: He scratches his head oftentimes.
Sharath: What are idiosyncrasies?
Krishna: Have you observed Gopal keenly?

Sharath: While playing cricket?
Krishna: While talking to us.

Sharath: No. What’s your observation?
Krishna: He bites his lip when he is thinking or trying to recollect something.

Sharath: You have a sharp eye.
Krishna: Do you clear your throat too often?

Sharath: Only when I have throat irritation.
Krishna: Gopal clears his throat frequently. By the by, have you observed Harish?

Sharath: What of him?
Krishna: He adjusts his sleeves again and again. At least twenty times in five minutes.

Sharath: Adjusts his sleeves?
Krishna: Have you observed my behaviour at least?

Sharath: What is your peculiarity?
Krishna: Come on, you’ve used the right word.

Sharath:What’s it?
Krishna: Peculiarity. That is what is meant by an idiosyncrasy.

Sharath: Tell me your idiosyncrasy.
Krishna: I crack my knuckles repeatedly. Have you observed Ramu?

Sharath: Does he crack his knuckles too?
Krishna: He scratches his head oftentimes.

Sharath: Any itching issue?
Krishna: Have you observed Suresh?

Sharath: What does he do?
Krishna: He stands with his hands behind his back.

Sharath: Have you observed Mahesh?
Krishna: What’s your observation?

Sharath: He stands with his hands on his hips.
Krishna: Our friends laugh at or mock at Satish.

Sharath: What does he do?
Krishna: He winks at us while talking.

Sharath: Even at ladies?
Krishna: He winks at everybody. It’s not intentional. That’s a trait of his behaviour.

Sharath: Look! Somu is going to join us.
Krishna: Do you observe him?

Sharath: Anything peculiar about him?
Krishna: Is it raining now? Is it too hot now?

Sharath: It’s neither raining nor too hot now.
Krishna: See what he is carrying.

Sharath: An umbrella.
Krishna: That’s his idiosyncrasy.

Oh, you mean..
Student:Sir, please give us a tusk.
Teacher:Am I a poacher?
Student:You are a teacher.
Teacher:Why do you ask for a tusk?
Student:Give us some homework,
sir.
Teacher:Oh, you mean task!

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రామకృష్ణ మఠం.