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Question
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
quiet – quite – quit
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Solution
Sheela lives in her quiet cottage in Chengalpattu with her retired husband.
Life in Coimbatore is quite expensive.
Some players, who are jealous of Dhoni’s reputation, want him to quit before the world cup matches.
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