dogsbody
/ˈdɒɡzbɒdi/noun
उच्चारण डॉग्ज़्बॉडी
हर छोटा-मोटा काम करने वाला, बेगारी करने वाला
Core word
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[C] British, informal
a person who does all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do
हर छोटा-मोटा काम करने वाला, बेगारी करने वाला
- I'm just the office dogsbody.
- As a junior clerk, he was the dogsbody who fetched files and made tea.
- The intern felt like the office dogsbody, running errands all day.
+ 2 more examples
- Everyone in the firm treated her as a dogsbody.
- He started as a dogsbody in a film studio and later became a director.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a dogsbody (countable noun)
A dogsbody is a person who has to do the boring or menial jobs for others. It is informal British English; the plural is dogsbodies.
'Dogsbody' वह व्यक्ति है जिसे दूसरों के लिए उबाऊ या छोटे-मोटे काम करने पड़ते हैं। यह अनौपचारिक British English है; बहुवचन 'dogsbodies'।
- He started as a dogsbody in the office.
- The new intern was treated as a dogsbody.
be sb's dogsbody
Use a possessive to say whose jobs the person does.
व्यक्ति किसके काम करता है यह बताने के लिए possessive आता है।
- I'm not your dogsbody.
- She was the manager's dogsbody for two years.
the office / general dogsbody
It is often preceded by office, general or the place of work.
यह प्रायः office, general या कार्यस्थल के नाम के बाद आता है।
- He worked as the general dogsbody in the shop.
- She joined as an office dogsbody.
work as a dogsbody
Typical frame: work as a dogsbody, treat someone like a dogsbody.
विशिष्ट रूप: 'work as a dogsbody', 'treat someone like a dogsbody'।
- Many interns work as dogsbodies before getting real roles.
dogsbody vs assistant
An assistant helps with skilled tasks, but a dogsbody does the dull and menial ones, so the word is slightly insulting.
Assistant कुशल कामों में सहायता करता है, पर dogsbody नीरस और छोटे-मोटे काम करता है, इसलिए यह शब्द कुछ अपमानजनक है।
- She was hired as an assistant but treated as a dogsbody.
+Collocations 5
adjective + dogsbody
officegeneralunpaidwillingoverworked
- As an unpaid dogsbody, she carried files all day.
verb + dogsbody
be awork as atreat as astart as afeel like a
- He began as a dogsbody in the printing press.
dogsbody + job
fetching teaphotocopyingrunning errandscleaningfiling papers
- The dogsbody job meant running errands all day.
dogsbody + where
in the officeon the film setin the newsroomin the lab
- He was a dogsbody on the film set.
dogsbody + duty
make teafetch filescarry boxesrun errands
- The dogsbody was asked to make tea and carry boxes.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's brother began as a dogsbody in a newspaper office.
राधिका के भाई ने एक अखबार के कार्यालय में छोटे-मोटे काम करने वाले के रूप में शुरुआत की।
- The intern complained that she was only a dogsbody.
प्रशिक्षु ने शिकायत की कि वह केवल छोटे काम करने वाली थी।
- Everyone must start as a dogsbody in this company.
इस कंपनी में सबको छोटे कामों से शुरुआत करनी पड़ती है।
- Being the family dogsbody, he always fetched the groceries.
परिवार के हर छोटे काम का ज़िम्मेदार होने के कारण वह हमेशा सामान लाता था।
- She no longer wanted to be the dogsbody of the department.
वह अब विभाग की छोटे काम करने वाली नहीं बने रहना चाहती थी।
- After college, Radhika worked as a dogsbody at a TV channel.
कॉलेज के बाद राधिका ने एक टीवी चैनल में छोटे-मोटे काम करने वाली के रूप में काम किया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He is dogsbody in the office.
✓ He is a dogsbody in the office.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
एकवचन गणनीय noun के साथ article चाहिए।
✗ The dogsbodys did all the work.
✓ The dogsbodies did all the work.
Nouns ending in -y after a consonant change y to ies in the plural.
व्यंजन के बाद -y वाले nouns का बहुवचन -ies होता है।