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प्रश्न
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
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उत्तर
Cylindrical cups (i.e.) breakfast cup holds more tea. But in the shallow and flat cup, the tea turns half cold before one starts drinking it.
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My first feelings were of relief–
relief that there were no more steps to
cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
of success. I looked at Tenzing. In spite of
the balaclava helmet, goggles, and oxygen
mask – all encrusted with long icicles–that
concealed his face, there was no disguising
his grin of delight as he looked all around
him. We shook hands, and then Tenzing
threw his arm around my shoulders and
we thumped each other on the back until
we were almost breathless. It was 11.30
a.m. The ridge had taken us two and a
half hours, but it seemed like a lifetime
To the east was our giant
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