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What were the strange instruments the nurse carried to the surgery? How did the waiting patients interpret her act?

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What were the strange instruments the nurse carried to the surgery? How did the waiting patients interpret her act?

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The nurse carried pliers, hammer and hacksaw to the Dentists’s room. The patients thought the dentist was using those tools to extract bad tooth from patient one. Lady 1 couldn’t resist going to the surgical room as to know what was exactly happening to Joe who was the first patient. Woman restrained her all the time. Unable to bear the groans, two men left the waiting room. They were getting late for work.

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Chapter 3.3: The First Patient (play) - Exercises [Page 100]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 11 TN Board
Chapter 3.3 The First Patient (play)
Exercises | Q 3. e) | Page 100

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