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Question
Read the story and write about the following in short.
Yonamine Chiru of Okinawa
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Solution
Yonamine Chim was the most admired girl in Okinawa. She was intelligent. tall, strong, big, and beautiful. She was so well-trained in Karate that no one could beat her. Her father was a rich man, and she would inherit a fortune from him. She had her own ideas about marriage ~d said that she would only marry a man who would beat her in a fair fight. Bushi did so and she married Bushi. It was a happy marriage. Yonamine was kind and loving; she cooked and cleaned and kept the house spic and span. She was swift and sharp in her reactions when she was attacked by a bandit. She was concerned about her husband and his health. When she came to know that the bandit she had beaten and tied to a tree was actually Bushi, she was apologetic and looked at the whole incident humorously.
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snigger |
wriggle |
sneak |
squeak |
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squawk |
titter |
pant |
chuckle |
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giggle |
jeer |
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plod |
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gasp |
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snigger |
wriggle |
squeak |
jeer |
sigh |
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