Learn 50 everyday Hindi words and phrases for the verbs of speech. Each word is spoken slowly, repeated, explained in English and used in a natural Hindi sentence, then reviewed in a quick-fire recap. Take the matching 50-question quiz after listening to lock the words in. Words in this episode: भरोसा दिलाना (bharosa dilaana) – to reassure याद दिलाना (yaad dilaana) – to remind राज़ खोलना (raaz kholna) – to reveal a secret राज़ रखना (raaz rakhna) – to keep a secret बात फैलाना (baat phailaana) – to spread a story अफ़वाह (afwaah) – rumour चुगली करना (chugli karna) – to tell tales कान भरना (kaan bharna) – to poison someone's mind मुँह से निकल गया (munh se nikal gaya) – it slipped out बातें बनाना (baaten banaana) – to spin stories बात सुनना (baat sunna) – to listen बात अनसुनी करना (baat ansuni karna) – to ignore what's said ध्यान से सुनना (dhyaan se sunna) – to listen carefully बात कटना (baat katna) – to be contradicted बात काटना (baat kaatna) – to contradict बात आगे बढ़ाना (baat aage badhaana) – to take the talk further बात सँभालना (baat sambhaalna) – to smooth things over बात पलटना (baat palatna) – to go back on one's word मुकरना (mukarna) – to deny having said गवाही देना (gavaahi dena) – to testify शपथ लेना (shapath lena) – to take an oath कहा-सुनी (kaha-suni) – an exchange of words नोक-झोंक (nok-jhonk) – banter, bickering चुटकुला सुनाना (chutkula sunaana) – to tell a joke चुटकुला (chutkula) – joke तंज़ कसना (tanz kasna) – to make a sarcastic remark प्रशंसा करना (prashansa karna) – to commend आलोचना करना (aalochna karna) – to criticise आलोचना (aalochna) – criticism सफ़ाई से बोलना (safaai se bolna) – to speak neatly सीधे-सीधे कहना (seedhe-seedhe kehna) – to say it straight ज़ुबान फिसल गई (zubaan phisal gayi) – a slip of the tongue चुप्पी साधना (chuppi saadhna) – to keep silent मुँह खोलना (munh kholna) – to speak up आवाज़ उठाना (aawaaz uthaana) – to raise one's voice for a cause बड़बोला (badbola) – boastful talker