CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE BEGGAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Meaning of roasting (In this chapter)
A
A way of cooking
B
To make fun of
C
Rebunking
D
Scarring
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Roasting is a slow-cooking process, using indirect, diffused heat to cook its ingredients. It is a dry-heat cooking method where hot air surrounds the food and cooks it evenly on all sides at a temperature of at least 300 °F (or 150 °C). The heat can also be derived from an open flame, an oven, or another heat source.

Detailed explanation-2: -(roʊstɪŋ ) singular noun. If someone gives you a roasting, they criticize you severely about something in a way that shows that they are very annoyed with you. [British, informal]

Detailed explanation-3: -To roast can mean to cook, or to poke fun of someone as a way of honoring them. In cooking, slow, dry heat is used to roast things. When a cook roasts a piece of meat, you can call the meat itself a roast too. Another way to use this word is to mean “to make fun of someone, ” like a toast but meaner and funnier.

Detailed explanation-4: -roast verb (COOK) to cook food in an oven or over a fire: Just roast the chicken in the oven and baste it in oil and lemon. figurative We lay on the beach and roasted (= got very hot) in the Mediterranean sun.

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