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Answer the following question:

What was strange about the manner in which Mrs. Bramble addressed her son? What did he feel about it?

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Harold didn’t like the manner in which Mrs. Bramble addressed her son. Nor did he relish the habit of his mother of referring to herself in the third person. She spoke as if she were addressing a baby. She would never use “I” but said, “Yes, mother will hear you, precious”. Now Harold was a young man of ten. He had already won the spelling and dictation prize to his credit. He felt bad about it.

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अध्याय 1.4: Keeping lt from Harold - Exercise [पृष्ठ ४०]

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सीबीएसई English Literature Reader [English] Class 9
अध्याय 1.4 Keeping lt from Harold
Exercise | Q 4.1 | पृष्ठ ४०

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2. ………....……….me the willies
3. crack the…………..............….
4. take the……………….to water
5. …………...................…….tail.
6. wonders will……….........…….
7. ……………….can't be undone.
8. reap what I …………………….
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(b) long enough / the mother / him/ does not / to worry / there / leave him
(c) older / at low tide / as / wade about / allowed to / he is / he grows
(d) look out / water / keep a / into deep / sharp / does not stray / so that he/ his elders
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(f) are given / to swim / small canoes / the children / they / own / are able/ of their / when


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were

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