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Question
Find the meaning of the following words or phrases :
- ridges
- brimming
- eddying
- babble
- fallow
- trout
- netted
Short Answer
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Solution
- ridges: a long, narrow mountain range
- brimming: be full to the point of overflowing
- eddying: move in a circular way
- babble: to make murmuring sound of water flowing over stones or meaningless talking/sound made when ones talk loudly
- fallow: uncultivated land
- trout: A big freshwater fish
- netted: Form of a net.
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