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Question
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
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Solution
The three-legged stool measured a mere three–fourth foot. It would topple over if the weight VPS is not placed exactly above the legs.
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neighbour Makalu, unexplored and
unclimbed. Far away across the clouds,
the great bulk of Kanchenjunga loomed
on the horizon. To the west, we could
see the great unexplored ranges of Nepal
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quickly replaced my oxygen set
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