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प्रश्न
Your teacher will speak the word given below. Write against two new words that rhyme with it.
wax ______ ______
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उत्तर
wax Tax Lax.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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They whisper like drizzle
as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.
They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.
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(2) What would you like to do for the betterment of the old people?
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(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing the sad situation of the old women.
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