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प्रश्न
Why did the visitor return to his old house?
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उत्तर
The narrator wanted to see the old house and his treasures which he had left in the jack-fruit tree when they sold the house.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B
| S.No. | A | B |
| 1. | pruning | soaked |
| 2. | chiming | shaky |
| 3. | drenched | flourishing |
| 4. | dizzy | lively |
| 5. | prosperous | ancient |
| 6. | sprightliness | trimming a plant |
| 7. | treasure | emitting a sound |
| 8. | rusty | a collection of precious things |
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| Idioms | Meanings | ||
| 1 | blood runs thicker than water | a | to criticize or stop something that some people are enthusiastic about |
| 2 | to be a fish out of water | b | naturally, with ease |
| 3 | dull as dishwater | c | to be active but without making progress or falling farther behind |
| 4 | as a duck takes to water | d | family members have stronger obligations with each other than with people outside the family |
| 5 | come hell or high water | e | to be in a difficult situation |
| 6 | You never miss the water till the well runs dry | f | boring, uninteresting |
| 7 | pour cold water on something | g | criticism to someone that has no effect on them at all |
| 8 | tread water | h | People are not grateful for what they have until they lose it |
| 9 | be (like) water off a duck's back | i | to be uncomfortable in a particular situation |
| 10 | to be in deep water | j | no matter what happens |
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