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प्रश्न
The parents noticed some changes in the child. What were they?
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उत्तर
The child had transformed from a timid, doubting child to a strong, happy player willing to give all for a team.
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honing our seafaring skills
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ominous silence
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Mayday calls
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a tousled head
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the highest-ranking officer in the Municipality of a city/town ______
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(tall / quiet / humble / merry / busy / slippery / fast / sly / slow / big)
as ______ as a bee
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| Invictus | Please Listen | |
| Rhyming lines | ______ | ______ |
| Steady rhythm | ______ | ______ |
| Uniformity in the length of lines | ______ | ______ |
| Uniformity of the number of lines in each stanza. | ______ | ______ |
| Figurative language | ______ | ______ |
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