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प्रश्न
Describe the fluttery cascade of things tumbling from the bag.
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उत्तर
The side of the bag flew open and everything within was extravagantly ejected over an area about the size of a tennis court. The carefully stored documents came raining down in a fluttery cascade. Coins bounced to a variety of noisy oblivions. Lidless tobacco tin rolled crazily across the concourse disgorging its content as it went.
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| Individual | Common |
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