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I am dead tired

I am exhausted

I can hardly keep my eyes open

I am off to bed

I am going to hit the sack

run down, tired, exhausted

The journey was long and hard

Put to sleep=kill

Put to bed= make sleep the baby

I had a tough time to reach Iqra hospital

Buses are off the read

Is KSRTC operating service?

Is KSRTC plying service?

stay in door

venture away from your home

Unprecedented and unusual

unheard of

no parallel in the history

looks like

turns out

turns out = looks like

stringent restrictions in place

huge surge

upsurge of Markaz

again this time around

This is the worst time

It was best of time, It was worst of time

This time Ramadan is not much hot and stuffy

We will pull through = overcome

We will do whatever it takes

It costs a fortune

It costs an arm and a leg

rip-off= completely unaffordable

rip-off=over price

I got it for a song=cheap/dead cheap

How much would you sell it for?

It was a real bargain.

The second coming of the pandemic has strained the State’s finite health care resources, he said.

The government had no option but to ratchet up restrictions on life, ratchet =  കൊളുത്ത്‌

However, the passengers should furnish identity and travel documents when challenged by the police.

Shops selling food, groceries, fruits, vegetables, milk, dairy products and meat and fish stalls can open. So can hotels.

Mr Ahmed is very rich so is his brother.

However, the State has banned indoor dining. The emphasis was on home delivery and takeaway.

Citizens should rely on neighbourhood shops for essentials. They should not venture much away from their homes. Optimally, people should sequester themselves indoors and venture out only in the event of a contingency.

They should wear masks and gloves mandatorily.

Cinema and television serial companies should wind up production for now. (for now = temporarily).

Mr. Vijayan urged the public to postpone celebratory events.

Suspend non-essential travel and wear two masks in public.

The government has banned public jubilation. 

The government has shifted gear from counselling to strict enforcement.

The District Magistrate, Kollam, shuttered a pawnshop that admitted customers in considerable numbers.

The government will further tighten the screws on civic activity from May 4 to May 9 to bridle the surge in COVID-19 infections. (tighten the screw=strict) (to bridle=to stop).

The checks will be akin to those now observed in the weekend. (akin to = similar to) 

A mini lockdown currently in force in the State has not been found to be effective, a police report had conveyed to the government on Wednesday, with roads busy with vehicles and crowds. Intensive police checking had caused huge traffic gridlocks at many places. (gridlocks = block)

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