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प्रश्न
Qua story’: what does the word mean? Find other expressions using the word qua.
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उत्तर
‘Qua’ means ‘in the capacity of’ so, ‘qua story’ means ‘in the capacity of being a story’. Qua can also used like a preposition meaning ‘as’ for example, the woman qua the head of the house decided the date.
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Questions:
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g) Identify the word in para 1 which means ‘everlasting life’.
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j) Find out the word which is the antonym of ‘natural’ in para 3.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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