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प्रश्न
Discuss with your partner and match the following expressions given in column A with their interpretations in column 'B'.
| Sr.No. | A | B |
| 1. | While Chief Baron Ear sat to balance the laws. | (a) Eyes are refrained from using spectacles. |
| 2. | They are made with the straddle as wide as the ridge of the Nose is. | (b) The responsibility of giving a verdict rested on the shoulders of the hearing organ. |
| 3. | That whenever the Nose put his Spectacles on, by daylight or candlelight Eyes should be shut! | (c) Spectacles are meant for none other than the nose. |
| 4. | So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone, decisive and clear, without one if or but. | (d) The judge delivered a firm verdict without any doubt. |
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उत्तर
| Sr.No. | A | B |
| 1. | While Chief Baron Ear sat to balance the laws. | (b) The responsibility of giving a verdict rested on the shoulders of the hearing organ. |
| 2. | They are made with the straddle as wide as the ridge of the Nose is. | (c) Spectacles are meant for none other than the nose. |
| 3. | That whenever the Nose put his Spectacles on, by daylight or candlelight Eyes should be shut! | (a) Eyes are refrained from using spectacles. |
| 4. | So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone, decisive and clear, without one if or but. | (d) The judge delivered a firm verdict without any doubt |
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