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Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son. - English Core

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Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.

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Phrases/lines that indicate distance between the father and the son are:

1. ‘I do not understand this child’
2. ‘I know / Nothing of him’
3. ‘We speak like strangers’
4. ‘there’s no sign/ Of understanding in the air’
5. ‘Silence surrounds us.’

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अध्याय 8.2: Father to Son - Think it out [पृष्ठ ८६]

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अध्याय 8.2 Father to Son
Think it out | Q 3 | पृष्ठ ८६

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