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प्रश्न
What does the broken glass window suggest?
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उत्तर
The broken glass panes of the dusty window suggested lack of maintenance. There was hardly anybody who went inside the shed, so cleaning the shed was a distant possibility.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Discuss these question in class with your teacher and then write down your answer
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Thinking about the poem
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Rainbow-tinted circles of light?
Lustrous tokens of radiant lives,
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