Noun forms and many-meaning words

Verbs and their nouns. The play is full of 'thinking' verbs, and each has a noun inside it:

• deduce → deduction;
• observe → observation;
• scrutinise → scrutiny (irregular: not 'scrutinisation');
• accuse → accusation;
• recognise → recognition.

Use them:

• 'Some word games need a lot of thought and deduction.'
• 'A detailed scrutiny of the documents shows a lot of errors.'
• 'She was given an award in recognition of her contribution to literature.'

Expressions from the play. Their meaning is more than their words:

• to be precise = exactly;
• gain an audience with = get a meeting with someone important;
• catch his breath = pause to rest;
• taken aback = surprised;
• with all our hearts = completely sincerely;
• erupts in applause = everyone starts cheering at once;
• in the grand scheme of things = compared with life as a whole (how Dev Datt makes ten days sound short);
• more than meets the eye = there is something hidden, not obvious. (The whole play in one phrase!)

Words with many meanings: face.

• noun: the front of a person's head ('a round, smiling face');
• noun: the front or surface of a thing ('the face of the clock');
• verb: to turn towards ('Ravi turned to face his father');
• verb: to deal with something hard ('face life's challenges').

Bear.

• verb: to put up with ('I can't bear the honking');
• verb: to accept ('bear the responsibilities');
• verb: to produce ('the trees took a long time to bear fruit');
• noun: a large, heavy animal.

Only the sentence around the word tells you which meaning is meant.