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प्रश्न
Translate the following sentence into your mother tongue.
The third question according to Socrates is - is it useful?
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उत्तर
सॉक्रेटिसच्या म्हणण्यानुसार तिसरा प्रश्न विचारा - हे उपयुक्त आहे का?
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What is the encaged bird fearful of ?
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
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brusquely |
attuned himself |
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queer rhythmic frenzy |
wrenching |
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flush of prosperity |
daze of bewilderment |
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wide-eyed wonder and eager homage |
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talking animatedly |
tremulous deliberation |
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on terms of a perpetual feud |
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Settled on the bank of a river
Like a queen
Is my beautiful village
Full of bushes green.
Write in your own words:-
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I have a ball but need someone to catch it,
I ______
I ______
I ______
I ______
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- All the time Sletherby was gazing at the door panel of the car, on which were the two crests – a demi-lion and a greyhound courant.
- He was received by Claude People. K.C., who had kept on talking about various things.
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- Bertie stated that it was the Jago crest. He further added that his mother’s hair was dark brown similar to his.
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- He explained that the Saltpen crest was that of a demi-lion.
- Sletherby sat dumbstruck on learning that Mrs. Honario Saltpen Jago had changed her dark brown hair to a blonde, just five weeks ago.
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Percentage of people who speak each language as their first language.
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