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Refer to the library and collect at least five poems of any Nature poet. Write the poems along with their summary.
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(B) In all .................................................................................
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A year ago on this very day.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
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For the best of the sight is, all allow,
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By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
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Me? "....God might question; now instead,
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Read the above lines and amswer the question that follow.
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(B) Little……………………………
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Take on sth: |
to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth |
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take sb on: |
to employ sb; to engage sb |
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Take sb/sth on: |
to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board |
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important: ____________
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trained: ____________
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| Real Self | Imaginary Persona |
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Hi, I am ____________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ |
Hi, I am ____________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| hammer | patient |
| hacksaw | cabinet |
| frightened | queue |
| worried | waiting room |
| pliers | tooth |
| photographs | clinic |
| toothache | sawing |
| appointment |
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