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Lushkoff is Earning Thirty Five Roubles a Month. How is He Obliged to Sergei for This?

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Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?

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Lushkoff was obliged to Sergei because if he had not come to Sergei, then he might still have been calling himself a teacher or a student. He would have been begging. By listening to Sergei, he had changed his ways. He was a notary and earned thirty five roubles a month.

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अध्याय 10: The Beggar - The Beggar [पृष्ठ ६८]

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संबंधित प्रश्न

Think about the Text

Discuss in pairs and answer the question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words).

“The sound was familiar one.” What sound did the doctor hear? What did he think it
was? How many times did he hear it? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the
sounds stop?


 Match the phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

  A   B
(i) broke out (a) an attitude of kindness, a readiness to give freely
(ii)

in accordance with

(b) was not able to tolerate
(iii) a helping hand (c) began suddenly in a violent way
(iv) could not stomach (d) assistance
(v) generosity of spirit (e) persons with power to make decisions
(vi) figures of authority (f) according to a particular rule, principle, or system

Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.

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He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty, towering high;
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
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The treble of heaven's harmony_____
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Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
She saw her brother Peterkin
Roll something large and round,
Which he beside the rivulet
In playing there had found;
He came to ask what he had found,
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Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

What was Peterkin doing?


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What did Joe want to convey to his wife from his quotes from the Bible?


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Dancy: And now you can’t. It’s the end, Mabel.
Mabel: [Looking up at him] No.
[Dancy goes suddenly on his knees and seizes her hand.]
Dancy: Forgive me!
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(iv) To whom was Dancy’s suicide note addressed? What had he written in it? 

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Why did the lady chain the bear on Sundays?


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Where did the author usually spend his afternoons?


What makes him envy his teacher?


Where are rattlesnakes found?


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Be not afraid. I met her deity
Cutting the clouds towards Paphos, and her son
Dove-drawn with her.

What is meant by “dove drawn”?


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