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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.billowed

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Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
billowed

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billowed: filled with the air and swelled out

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पाठ 6.1: Silk Road - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७४]

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एनसीईआरटी English Hornbill (Core) Class 11
पाठ 6.1 Silk Road
Exercise | Q 1.3 | पृष्ठ ७४

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