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Don't ever try to saw her pride, her self-respect. She knows how to thaw you, saw you – so beware! What do the words thaw and saw mean here? - English

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Don't ever try to saw her pride, her self-respect.
She knows how to thaw you, saw you – so beware!

What do the words thaw and saw mean here?

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The words ‘thaw’ and ‘saw’ mean as ‘freeze’ and cut’.

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पाठ 3.2: I am Every Woman - Exercise [पृष्ठ ८५]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
पाठ 3.2 I am Every Woman
Exercise | Q A. 4. a) | पृष्ठ ८५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

How does she take life?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Not a crumb to be found.
On the snow-covered ground.

What couldn’t he find on the ground?


Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below.

In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of __________ The ant spends all its summer saving __________. The cricket __________ happily in the summer. He __________ anything for the winter. When winter comes, he is worried that his __________ is empty. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have __________ and a __________ to stay. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants __________. He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying__________. The ant threw the

cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not __________ but it is true and applicable to __________ also.


Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza?


Mention a few machines which are hammered to design.


Mention a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading, and writing, etc.


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.'


Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.

Alliteration.


Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.

Personification.


Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

Rumors are constantly being made,
And each day the house just begins to fade.
What happened inside that house?

  1. Does the house remain the same every day?
  2. How does the poet consider the house to be a mystery?

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