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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase: a rustic holiday - English

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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

a rustic holiday

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उत्तर

The students who went on a rustic holiday to Kurangani forest were caught in a forest fire accident.

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पाठ 2.3: A Shot in the Dark - Exercises [पृष्ठ ६४]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. b) | पृष्ठ ६४

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