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प्रश्न
Compose two lines of your own on any sensory organ.
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उत्तर
Sensitive in nature is the skin
A slap, a burn, or be it a pin
OR
The skin provides cover like a blanket in the cold,
And changes with age, from young to old.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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Don John: Come, let us to the banquet
[Exeunt all but Claudio]
Claudio: Thus answer 1 in name of Benedick,
But hear this ill news with the ears of Claudio. 'Tis certain so; the prince woos for himself. Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. This is an accident of hourly proof, Which I Mistrusted not. Farewell, therefore, Hero.
[Enter Benedick]
Benedick: Count Claudio?
Claudio: Yea, the same.
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(ii) What has Don John just revealed to Claudio?
(iii) Explain the lines:
"Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues.
Let every eye negotiate for itself,
And trust no agent;"
(iv) How does Don John succeed in conveying his thoughts to Claudio? What is his intention in doing so?
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Example:
(0) He had been (0) ……… (sit) on the bank of a small irrigation canal.
Answer: sitting
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| Autopsy | dialysis | ECG |
| Post mortem | angiography | biopsy |
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anecdote
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delicate realism
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figurative painting
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illusionistic likeness
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conceptual space
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- Title of the book
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- Name of the illustrator (artist)
- The central idea of the book (what the book is about)
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| 2. and ginger and garlic” |
| 3. Go to Muthu’s |
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| 5. and get some |
| 6. “Little boy Raj… |
| 7. And so I go to the shops |
| 8. singing all the way |
| 9. tomatoes and pickles” |
| 10. “Sesame seeds, onions |
| 11. I rattle off a list: |
| 12. what I’d want |
| 13. and when Muthu asks me |
| 14. my mother twists my ear |
| 15. and back home |
| 16. ouch! |
______ is your birthday?
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______.
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You may begin like this:
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